“Still, he could not think of the mass of Moroccans without contempt. He had no patience with their ignorance and backwardness; if he damned the Europeans with one breath, he was bound to damn the Moroccans with the next. No one escaped but him, and that was because he hated himself most of all.” Flagellation Book:Let It Come Down Source: Let It Come Down
“Let my body sweat Let snakes torment my breast My eyes be blind, ears deaf, hands distraught Mouth parched, uterus cut out, Belly slashed, back lashed, Tongue slivered into thongs of leather Rain stones inserted in my breasts, Head severed, If only the lips may speak, If only the god will come.” ViolenceMysticismRevelationOccultismFlagellation Book:The Collected Poems of Kathleen Raine Source: The Collected Poems of Kathleen Raine