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Scene
Forty:
The
Garden
of Love
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Now that the human CELEBRANTS have resolved all
dualities into unity by their mastery of love, most of the
NETERs have exited. As THOTH and MA'AT KHUs fly away and
disappear, Only ISIS, HORUS and ANUBIS remain. As he speaks,
HORUS hands his crown and regalia to ENSEMBLE.
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| HORUS:
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What now indeed. Our play is over. And you people no
longer need a King. All you really need is a surveyor. That's
what this stick is for. You are free. Good luck with that.
Please use it kindly. (To ISIS:) Is it time?
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ANUBIS:
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He smells like a whole orchard.
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ISIS & OSIRIS:
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Yes. (Simultaneous. OSIRIS' voice is
Off in VO.)
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OSIRIS KHU appears. He looks as he did in his last
scene: green face and hands, dressed in white, but now in with a gold
and green pharoah's headress, holding the crook,
flail, ankh and uas symbols.
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My work has just
become effortless. Are the humans
suddenly practicing love with great skill?
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ANUBIS:
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They are getting the hang
of it.
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| ISIS:
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Yes. They were made and born for it.
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You're no longer making war
on hemp and vines and the brothers and sisters who give
us cloth and medicine?
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Congratulations. I don't need to watch the plants all the time? I can do something else for a while. Don't
need these!
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| OSIRIS KHU pitches
the crook and flail upward, and they vanish. His
face and hands rapidly change color from green to
flesh tones as KHU dissolves and OSIRIS enters in his natural
color, dressed in a priest's skirt. He hands his
ankh and uas to ANUBIS, embracing him, then goes
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OSIRIS:
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You.
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ISIS:
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Yes.
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OSIRIS:
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A little walk after we sing?
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ISIS:
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In the garden under the moon,
we might think of something. (To HORUS and ANUBIS:) Will we
see you tomorrow?
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| ANUBIS:
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Maybe. It's time to run. (To CELEBRANTS:) Bless
you! I could smell your goodness all along. (Exits. ANUBIS KHU
appears, runs away.)
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| HORUS:
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I believe you should have some private time. Have
an exhilarating evening there in the orange trees.
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HORUS:
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(To CELEBRANTS:)
When you are light, I am with you. I see the divinity
in you.
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| Exit. HORUS KHU appears with The
Garden
of Love MUSIC, then flies to the top of the Space, flying
in a small circle at the center, then fades as the last song
begins.
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| OSIRIS:
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We bid you good night now, and we thank you for
the honor of your company.
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| ISIS:
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We invite you to join us in one more song before
we go. Please sing with us in the place that you have
created: The Garden
of Love.
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| MUSIC up as ISIS, OSIRIS and ENSEMBLE form CELEBRANTS
into a circle. Words
to the song appear, projected on the walls.
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| The Garden
of Love
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OSIRIS and ENSEMBLE (Sing:)
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In the garden of love
In the breast of the Earth
In the voices of freedom
And the beauty of birth
In the warmth of the sun
And the kiss of the moon
When the mind is in stillness
And the heart is in tune.
We practice love to heal the land
We hold the joy that calms the sea
We know the holiness of freedom
And of all the life we see.
We practice love to heal the sky,
We accept divinity,
For men and women everywhere
Must
surely have the right
And the duty to be free.
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| As the song proceeds MA'AT,
THOTH, HORUS, SET, NEPHTHYS and ANUBIS
re-enter and take their places in the circle. They and ENSEMBLE repeat song with ISIS,
OSIRIS and CELEBRANTS.
NIGHT SKY appears. NETERS move through
CELEBRANTS and exit, The Garden
of Love MUSIC continues, led at end by ENSEMBLE.
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| In the Garden of Love (Conclusion:)
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NETERs,
ENSEMBLE
and
CELEBRANTS:
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In the garden of love, the waters are laughing.
The lion, enchanted, is greeting the dove.
The children swim and sing on a crocodile's belly,
The ibis dances, the flamingo's on tour.
In the garden of love, every language is holy,
Every lover is burning with a flame of delight.
The trees are thick and green with the sap of the morning,
Bees in the meadow, crickets at night.
In
the garden of love, the people sit listening,
The
nightingale sings his caress to the moon.
The
grain keeps coming, and the shoot and the glory
Of seeds in explosion,
Of grapes in their purples
And ducks in desire
And lovers in tune.
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ENSEMBLE:
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All blessings to all! And good night!
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