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Line 20. Cf. Ezekiel II, i.

23 . Cf. Ecclesiastes XII, 5.

31 . V. Tristan und Isolde, I, verses 5-8.

42 . Id. III, verse 24.

46 . I am not familiar with the exact constitution of the Tarot pack of cards, from which I have obviously departed to suit my own convenience. The Hanged Man, a member of the traditional pack, fits my purpose in two ways: because he is associated in my mind with the Hanged God of Frazer, and because I associate him with the hooded figure in the passage of the disciples to Emmaus in Part V. The Phoenician Sailor and the Merchant appear later; also the "crowds of people," and Death by Water is executed in Part IV. The Man with Three Staves (an authentic member of the Tarot pack) I associate, quite arbitrarily, with the Fisher King himself.

60 . Cf. Baudelaire:

"Fourmillante cité, cité pleine de rèves,