John Augustus Knapp
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| John Augustus Knapp | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 December 1853 Newport, Kentucky |
| Died | 10 March 1938 (84) Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | McMicken School of Design, Cincinnati |
| Affiliations | Theosophical Society |
| Spouse(s) | Emily Spring |
John Augustus Knapp (December 1852 - March 10, 1938) was an American painter and illustrator, noted for his work with John Uri Lloyd on Etidorhpa (1895) and other novels, and with Manly P. Hall on The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928) and the Knapp-Hall Tarot (1929).
Selected Works
- Etidorhpa, or the End of Earth (1895), illustrations [printed in grayscale]
- The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928), illustrations [full colour]
- Knapp-Hall Tarot (Los Angeles: 1929), 78 card deck, full colour lithography
Etidorhpa (1895)
"AND TO MY AMAZEMENT SAW A WHITE-HAIRED MAN." (I-Am-The-Man appears to Llewellyn Drury)
"LET ME HAVE YOUR ANSWER NOW."
"I ESPIED UPON THE TABLE A LONG WHITE HAIR."
"THE SAME GLITTERING, MYSTERIOUS KNIFE."
"DREW HIS KNIFE TWICE ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE DOOR-KNOB."
"MY ARMS WERE FIRMLY GRASPED BY TWO PERSONS." (I-Am-The-Man is abducted; this alludes to the William Morgan Case of 1826.)
"I WAS TAKEN FROM THE VEHICLE, AND TRANSFERRED TO A BLOCK HOUSE."
"THE DEAD MAN WAS THROWN OVERBOARD."
"A MIRROR WAS THRUST BENEATH MY GAZE."
"I AM THE MAN YOU SEEK."
"CONFRONTED BY A SINGULAR LOOKING BEING."
"THE STRUGGLING RAY OF SUNLIGHT IS TO BE YOUR LAST FOR YEARS."
"WE APPROACH DAYLIGHT, I CAN SEE YOUR FORM."
"SEATED HIMSELF ON A NATURAL BENCH OF STONE."
"I WAS IN A FOREST OF COLOSSAL FUNGI."
"AN ENDLESS VARIETY OF STONY FIGURES."
"MONSTROUS CUBICAL CRYSTALS."
"I BOUNDED UPWARD FULLY SIX FEET."
"I FLUTTERED TO THE EARTH AS A LEAF WOULD FALL."
"WE LEAPED OVER GREAT INEQUALITIES."
"FAR AS THE EYE COULD REACH THE GLASSY BARRIER SPREAD AS A CRYSTAL MIRROR."
"SOLILOQUY OF PROF. DANIEL VAUGHN. 'GRAVITATION IS THE BEGINNING, AND GRAVITATION IS THE END; ALL EARTHLY BODIES KNEEL TO GRAVITATION.'"
"WE CAME TO A METAL BOAT."
"THE BIT OF GARMENT FLUTTERED LISTLESSLY AWAY TO THE SAME DISTANCE, AND THEN — VACANCY."
"RISING ABRUPTLY, HE GRASPED BY HAND."
"FACING THE OPEN WINDOW HE TURNED THE PUPILS OF HIS EYES UPWARD."
"WE FINALLY REACHED A PRECIPITOUS BLUFF."
"THE WALL DESCENDED PERPENDICULARLY TO SEEMINGLY INFINITE DEPTHS."
"WE WOULD SKIP SEVERAL RODS, ALIGHTING GENTLY."
"AN UNCONTROLLABLE, INEXPRESSIBLE DESIRE TO FLEE."
"I DROPPED ON MY KNEES BEFORE HIM."
"HANDING ME ONE OF THE HALVES, HE SPOKE THE SINGLE WORD, DRINK."
"EACH FINGER POINTED TOWARDS THE OPEN WAY IN FRONT."
"ETIDORHPA." (Portait)
"WE PASSED THROUGH CAVERNS FILLED WITH CREEPING REPTILES."
"FLOWERS AND STRUCTURES BEAUTIFUL, INSECTS GORGEOUS."
"WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING I CREPT ON MY KNEES TO HIS SIDE."
"I DREW BACK THE BAR OF IRON TO SMITE THE APPARENTLY DEFENSELESS BEING IN THE FOREHEAD."
"SPRUNG FROM THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF INTO THE ABYSS BELOW, CARRYING ME WITH HIM INTO ITS DEPTHS."
"SUSPENDED IN VACANCY, HE SEEMED TO FLOAT."
"I STOOD ALONE IN MY ROOM HOLDING THE MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPT." (Llewellyn Drury watches as I-Am-The-Man dematerialises.)
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