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Poe, Edgar Allen - Eldorado
Identifier
005045
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Edgar Allan Poe –Eldorado (1848)
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old —
This knight so bold —
And o’er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow —
“Shadow,” said he,
“Where can it be —
This land of Eldorado?”
“Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,”
The shade replied —
“If you seek for Eldorado!”
The source of the experience
Poe, Edgar AllenConcepts, symbols and science items
Concepts
Science Items
Activities and commonsteps
Activities
Overloads
Difficult birthDrinking absinthe
Suppressions
Being left handedLaudanum
Manic depression