King Dark

The Count is sent by the King Of Poland to the court of Russia s Ivan IV, to use his alchemical skills to craft unearthly gems for the mad emperor, there he finds not only dark intrigue and heart-stopping danger, but a breathtakingly beautiful woman to whom he loses his heart... 

The right-hand card was from the minor arcana, the jack of swords as the snare to avoid. I have known that card to refer to me, which made no sense in this context, but it can also mean my old foe, Filiberto Vasco, the vizio —the king of swords would imply his superior, Missier Grande. I had no need of tarot to warn me to beware of Vasco. If he as much as caught me wearing a sword after dark he would turn me in to the night watch. 

The solution and precipitate were separated by filtration. Qualitative analysis of the precipitate showed that it contained cerium(III) and sulfate ion. [No precipitate appeared when m-bisoxalatodiaquochromate(111) ion and cerium(IV) were allowed to react at this acidity under conditions where the sulfate and/or cerium concentrations were somewhat lower.] The filtrate, including washings, was diluted to a measured volume, and two measured aliquots of this solution were withdrawn for study. The first aliquot was passed onto a cation exchange column in the hydrogen form. Elution with 1M sulfuric acid left a small dark violet band of hexaaquochromium(III) ion at the top of the column, while the rest of the chromium passed through the column. [In separate experiments it was confirmed that the Cr(OH2)fe+3 ion is retained as a dark violet band at the top of the resin when the resin is eluted with 1M sulfuric acid. This is in agreement with the observations of King and Dismukes (23).] Analysis of the effluent solution showed that 4 to 5% of the chromium had been retained by the column. 

The Hesperides congratulated the new monarchs on their accession and asked for protected in their gardens. The King made them welcome, and countless joyful ambassadors came likewise in their turn. At the same time, the throne had changed imperceptibly into a magnificent bridal bed, over whose canopy hovered the Phoenix with little Fable. Three caryatids of dark porphyry held up the rear, whilst the front was borne on a sphinx of basalt. 

By another famous writer, this Matter at the dark stage is called "Antimony, the chariot of the King." (See Tarot VII). It is so called because of the brilliancy of the blackness assumed after solution. The Sage rejoices when he sees the blackness, for he knows what it portends. Paracelsus say that an ignorant man often picks up and throws away a stone of more value than a cow. This is literally true, so that this very saying of the great alchemist becomes a Key to the Art itself. 

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Matrix, Key, Holy Virgin, the King s Crown, Talc, Glass, Spirit of Glass, Alum, Gum of Scotland, Sulphur Water, Lunar Froth, White Gum. For there are four bodies. (2) The bodies are not naturally dark, gloomy and black. When living they are bright, white and clear. A perfect body is ferment and... 

Ibid., p. 120. Baroque city planners also recognized that narrow streets posed a danger to the state. See Mumford s comment about the Neapolitan king Ferrante s fear of dark and crooked streets (The City in History, p. 348). 

Ay a black corset hairy with gatidy flies That bumble round all stinking putrefactions. Gulfs of darkness E, candors of steam and tents, hides p70ud spears, white kings, and flutter of parasols ... 

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