Etidorhpa: ou, O Fim da Terra - Prefácio & Conteúdos

Etidorhpa: ou, O Fim da Terra

Por John Uri Llloyd

[iii]Prefácio

Este livro, o qual tem sido apropriadamente chamado de “Um Romance de Mistério,” foi publicado privadamente em 1895. As discussões que se seguiram levaram a edições sucessivas, a presente sendo a décima primeira. Nesta edição, os capítulos excluídos de edições anteriores foram fornecidos em um lugar, dessa maneira alargando e tornando o livro completo.

Será observado que Etidorhpa consiste não apenas em uma história dentro de uma história, mas que os capítulos na parte posterior do livro estão estritamente conectados com incidentes precedentes, desse modo trazendo para a atenção do leitor fazes de pensamento que, de outra maneira, poderiam ser desprezadas ou negligenciadas.

J. U. L.

[v]Conteúdos

I. “My Purpose is to Tell the Truth” 1

II. “Never Less Alone than When Alone” 4

III. A Friendly Conference. 15

IV. A Second Interview with the Mysterious Visitor. 24

V. A Search for Knowledge. — The Alchemistic Letter. 35

VI. The Writing of my Confession. 38

VII. Kidnapped. 40

VIII. A Wild Night — I am Prematurely Aged. 49

IX. A Lesson in Mind Study. 58

X. I Cannot Establish my Identity. 63

XI. My Journey toward the End of the Earth Begins. — The Adepts' Brotherhood. 70

XII. My Journey Continues. — Instinct. 77

XIII. A Cavern Discovered. — Bissell's Hill. 82

XIV. The Punch-Bowls and Caverns of Kentucky.—“Into the Unknown Country” 87

XV. Farewell to God's Sunshine — The Echo of the Cry. 97

XVI. A Zone of Light Deep within the Earth. 102

XVII. The Fungus Forest. — Enchantment. 107

XVIII. The Cry from a Distance. — I Rebel Against Continuing the Journey. 111

XIX. My Unbidden Guest, I-Am-The-Man, Proves His Statement. 114

XX. My Weight Disappearing. 117

XXI. My Unbidden Guest Departs. 123

XXII. The Mother of a Volcano.—“You Cannot Disprove, and You Dare not Admit.” 125

XXIII. Motion from Inherent Energy.—“Lead Me Deeper into this Expanding Study.” 130

XXIV. Sleep, Dreams, Nightmare.—“Strangle the Life from my Body.” 137

XXV. A Challenge.— My Unbidden Guest Accepts it. — Looking Backward. — The Living Brain. 142

XXVI. Primary Colors Are Capable of Further Subdivision. 152

XXVII. I Cease to Breathe, and Yet Live. 157

XXVIII. “A Certain Point within a Sphere.” — Men are as Parasites on the Roof of the Earth. 162

XXIX. Drunkenness. — The Drinks of Man. 167

XXX. The Drunkard's Voice. 171

XXXI. The Drunkard's Den. 173

XXXII. Among the Drunkards. 181

XXXIII. Further Temptation — Etidorhpa. 186

XXXIV. Misery. 195

XXXV. Eternity without Time. 206

XXXVI. The Fathomless Abyss. — The Edge of the Earth Shell. 211

XXXVII. My Heart-Throb is Stilled, and yet I Live. 213

XXXVIII. The Inner Circle, or the End of Gravitation. — In the Bottomless Gulf. 220

XXXIX. Hearing without Ears.—“What will be the End?” 225

XL. Oscillating through Space. — Earth's Shell above me. 231

XLI. My Weight Annihilated.—“Tell me,” I Cried in Alarm, “is this to be a Living Tomb?” 239

XLIL Is that a Mortal?—“The End of the Earth.” 244

XLIIL The Last Farewell. 249

XLIV. A Search for Knowledge. 259

XLV. Vitalized Darkness. — The Narrows in Science. 269

XLVL The Food of Man. 277

XLVn. The Unbidden Guest Proves His Statement. 282

XLVIIL I Question Scientific Men. — Aristotle's Ether. 289

XLIX. The Soliloquy of Professor Daniel Vaughan.— “Gravitation is the Beginning and Gravitation is the End: All Earthly Bodies Yield to Gravitation”. 294

L. A Challenge. 298

LI. Beware of Biology, the Science of the Life of Man. 305

LII. What would Happen if a Crevice Should Open in the Ocean's Bottom. 312

LIII. Matter is Retarded Motion 319

LIV. “A Study of Science is a Study of God.”- Communing with Angels. 325

LV. A Remarkable Contest. 327

LVI. Why and How. 355

LVII. I Seek a Confidant. 359

LVIII. ‘Tis not the Eye, but the Brain that Sees an Object. 363

LIX. The Vision of the Future of Science. 372

ORIGINAL:

LLOYD, J. U. Etidorhpa or The End of Earth. Eleventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged. New York: Dodd, Mead & Compan, 1901. p. iii-vi. Disponível em: <https://archive.org/details/etidorhpaorendo00lloy/page/n8/mode/1up>

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