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introduction

nal half-siblings, having been born to one or another of the two wives of Thought, and that the latter, in turn, was the unique son of the Supreme Lord’s marriage with Maya, the cosmic illusion underlying all creation. Intuition and Magnus Nescience, therefore, are now the chiefs of two rival, but consanguine, clans.

Lust also reveals to Passion a terrifying secret: he has heard a prophecy that a spell-wielding demoness, Scientia, will arise to put an end to both branches of the family at once. Her birth, like that of her brother Wisdom Moon, will follow from Intuition’s marriage to Lady Upanishad. As Lust loudly condemns those who would thus seek to destroy their own clan, a new commotion is heard. But this time it is Intuition reacting in his turn to Lust’s deprecations of him.

Intuition now discusses the family’s fate with his wife, Lady Intelligence, seeking to explain just how it is that the Supreme Lord—the highest principle that is the true and eternal Self, or Brahman—came to be entangled in the snares of Illusion, who has lulled the Lord into a profound, fitful sleep. When Intelligence inquires as to what might be done to rouse him so that he may be awakened once again, Intuition is embarrassed. Fearing his wife’s reaction, he hesitates to reveal that she will have to accept Upanishad as her co-wife. Intelligence, however, assures him that she is not one given to jealousy. As the first act concludes, they plot together to bring about Intuition’s union with Upanishad so that Wisdom Moon may be born.

The setting shifts to Varanasi, where the second act begins. The holy city, a place promising liberation on this ____

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