Dear Jansy,
I was sure that it
had gone out. But, if not--my apologies. I am (re-?) sending it now. Best,
Don
----- Original Message -----
Back to ADA,
then. Not only the reference about "aconite" ( in Drakonite)
reinforces what Akiko had observed in TT 94.15-16: "Draconite," a stimulant no longer in production: is of
course
from Draconita as well as Dragon + knight/night.
Cf. "The *dragon
drag* had worn off: its aftereffects are not pleasant, combining as they do
physical fatigue with a certain starkness of thought as if all color were
drained
from the mind" (ADA II. 11, my italics).
but it
also takes us to ADA II , ch 9, following our ED´s contribution which
was:
" Aconite
and Belladonna were said to be the ingredients in the witches' "Flying
ointments," Aconite causing irregular activity to the heart, and Belladonna producing delirium, to combine to give a
sensation of flying. Aconite is one of the four classic poisons, along with
Deadly
Nightshade,
Hemlock, and Hellebore"
because...
(Penguin, pag
337:)
"And moreover her voice -
in young tuneful Russian! - is substituted for Lenore´s corny brogue.'
Van had seen the picture and had liked it. An Irish girl, the
infinitely graceful and melanCHOLY Lenore COLLINE
-
"Oh! qui
me rendra ma colline
Et le
grand chêne and my
colleen!
- harrowingly resembled
Ada Ardis as photographed with her mother in Belladonna, a
movie magazine...
Choly, Colline, colline, colleen come together
with Belladona that has a connection with
acetyl-choline and cholinergic and adrenergic
drugs.