審問官第二章「杳体」
The ancient tradition that the world will be consumed in fire at the end of six thousand years is true, as I have heard from Hell.
For the cherub with his flaming sword is hereby commanded to leave his guard at the tree of life, and when he does, the whole creation will be consumed and appear infinite and holy whereas it now appears finite & corrupt.
This will come to pass by an improvement of sensual enjoyment.
But first the notion that man has a body distinct from his soul is to be expunged; this I shall do, by printing in the infernal method, by corrosives, which in Hell are salutary and medicinal, melting apparent surfaces away, and displaying the infinite which was hid.
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.
For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narow chinks of his cavern.
世界が六千年の終はりに業火の炎で焼き尽くされるといふ古代の伝説は真実なり、吾は「地獄」より聞きしやうに。ここで、炎の剣を持てし「智天使」が命の木を守りしものを去らせるように命令したために、そして、彼がそのやうにし、そして、あらゆる創造物は焼き尽くされ、そして無限が現はれし。そして、一方で聖は現在、有限に堕落せし。
この意思は官能的な快楽の進歩を実現す。
しかし、人間が魂と全く違った肉体を持つといふ最初の考へは、消去すべきなり、吾がこの事をするだらう、浸食する地獄の理論を刷り込まれ、それは「地獄」では有益で薬になり、見かけの表面を溶かしながら、隠されてをりし永劫がその姿を現はし。
知覚の扉がきれいにされしならばあらゆるものはかやうに人間に現はれし、無限に。
遂に人間が彼の洞窟の狭い割れ目を通してあらゆるものを見るまで、何故なら人間は自身で閉ぢちし。
A Memorable Fancy.
I was in a Printing house in Hell & saw the method in which knowledge is transmitted from generation to generation.
In the first chamber was a Dragon-Man, clearing away the rubbish from a cave's mouth; within, a number of Dragons were hollowing the cave.
In the second chamber was a Viper folding round the rock & the cave, and others adorning it with gold silver and precious stones.
In the third chamber was an Eagle with wings and feathers of air: he caused the inside of the cave to be infinite, around were numbers of Eagle like men, who built palaces in the immense cliffs.
In the fourth chamber were Lions of flaming fire raging around & melting the metals into living fluids.
In the fifth chamber were Unnam'd forms, which cast the metals into the expanse.
There they were reciev'd by Men who occupied the sixth chamber, and took the forms of books & were arranged in libraries.
記憶に残りし幻
吾は「地獄の印刷所」にをりし、そして、時代から時代へと伝はる知識の法則が解かりし。
第一の部屋には「龍人」がをりし洞窟の入り口から塵を掃出しつつ、内部で、幾らかの「龍」が洞窟を掘りつつ。
第二の部屋には巌と洞窟でとぐろを巻く「大蛇」がをりし、そしてその他の大蛇が金銀や宝石で飾りつつ。
第三の部屋には空気の翼と羽を持ちし「鷹」がをりし、その「鷹」は洞窟の中での無限の因なり、巨大な断崖に宮殿を建てし人間に似た夥しき鷹がをりし。
第四の部屋には憤怒の炎を燃やせし「獅子」がをりしそして金属を熔かし生きた流体とせし。
第五の部屋には「名もなきもの」がをりし、そのもの膨張するものへ金属を投げ入れし。
それから第六の部屋を占めしし「人間」によってそのもの達を受け取り、幾冊もの本を得、図書館を整頓せし。
The Giants who formed this world into its sensual existence and now seem to live in it in chains, are in truth the causes of its life & the sources of all activity, but the chains are the cunning of weak and tame minds which have power to resist energy, according to the proverb, the weak in courage is strong in cunning.
作品名：審問官第二章「杳体」 作家名：積 緋露雪