Jubilee (1978)

Richard O'Brien: John Dee

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• John Dee : To you, Elizabeth of England, is granted the greater vision, that man perceives but little and rarely. Beyond this, labyrinth and the serpent of memory, is the still point of the world, that, gateway which men seek. It is everywhere, and nowhere. It is here and now. Rounded time turns in a circle throughout infinity. In you, is the beginning, and the end, and the forgetfulness beyond. He who murders, will swim in blood, lapping against the bounds of time. But he who sings with joy, will be continuously greeted with joyfulness. Every deed you accomplish accompanies you throughout time.

• John Dee : I assigned myself with rosemary, a true alexipharmic against your enemies.

• John Dee : Your Majesty, as once a virgin, fashioned the whole earth, so by a virgin it shall have rebirth. So says the old sage, Wisdom.

• John Dee : Angel commander of the ten hosts, I cast for Ariel, pearl of fire, my only star. God's moonbeam, send forth my flower. The smoke and ashes of ages past which hangs like morning mist in veils across the universe, parts in swirls and eddies, and through them, the shooting star, my angel Ariel flies with mirrored eyes, leaving a sparkling phosphorescent trail across the universe. Down. Down he plummets towards Earth, through the great vacuum, on the curve of infinity. And like a fiery rose, he descends.

• John Dee : Light and dark, hot or cold, living - or dead. Mankind is attracted by the polarities.