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Angels and Women (1924)

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160 ANGELS AND WOMENarches were the banners, with tinkling bellswrought into the significant words:"Satanas <strong>and</strong> Samoula.""’Queen of the Earth.""Bride of the Sun."Gilded pavilions were made ready to receivethe queens of the other Devas, <strong>and</strong> inthe center of the court rose a great throne,upon which Satanas was to crown Samoulaat once Bride <strong>and</strong> Queen. This throne, ofmore than human gr<strong>and</strong>eur, rested upon thebacks of four brazen dragons, from whosemouths flowed a perpetual stream of Homa.There were no steps to the throne, but froma wide opening in the wall of the Palace,leading directly to it, was an aerial pathwayresembling a broad sunbeam.As I observed these wonders, a suddenhush pervaded the court. Each workmansuspended his labor, <strong>and</strong> a subdued murmurran through the crowd: "Make way, makeway! Orm<strong>and</strong>u, the Prince of the Winds,

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