The Privilege & Authority: Entry Page
Title: The Privilege and Authority (A Threefold Path to Redemption prequel)
Author: rei_c
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: approx. 21k
Summary: When the pregnancy test comes back positive, Mary decides she needs to get answers: about the yellow-eyed demon, about the deal she made, and, most of all, about the child growing inside her.
Pairings: John/Mary, Mary/demons (including Dantalion, Oriax, and Lilith)
Warnings: au*, non-con, language, extreme gore, adultery, torture, philosophy, literature, orgasm denial, theology, blasphemy, canon death
*: Just as Threefold, this deviates seriously from canon following 'Mystery Spot' (3x11) but does contains spoilers for 4x03.
Extra warnings: No, seriously. This is part of Threefold universe, okay?
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Author's Notes: Once upon a time, I was reading William Blake by Kathleen Raine (Thames-Hudson, 1970) and stumbled upon this quote: "...a retelling of the Greater and Lesser Mysteries of Eleusis -- the descent of the Kore into Hades, and the nine mystic nights of the Mother's search for her child" (pg 38). Of course, all I could think about was Mary, travelling through hell.
Many of the descriptions of hell have been lifted directly from Dante's Inferno though I did take liberties with some aspects. Apologies to Dorothy Sayer for paraphrasing (badly) a section of her translation of and commentary on Inferno. Blake is, of course, peppered throughout, as well as two scripture references (Exodus 20:5 and 1 John 4:19) taken completely out of context.
The title comes from Romans 1:4-5: And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name. (New Living Translation)
And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.
And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires.
William Blake, "The Garden of Love"
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Author: rei_c
Rating: NC-17
Wordcount: approx. 21k
Summary: When the pregnancy test comes back positive, Mary decides she needs to get answers: about the yellow-eyed demon, about the deal she made, and, most of all, about the child growing inside her.
Pairings: John/Mary, Mary/demons (including Dantalion, Oriax, and Lilith)
Warnings: au*, non-con, language, extreme gore, adultery, torture, philosophy, literature, orgasm denial, theology, blasphemy, canon death
*: Just as Threefold, this deviates seriously from canon following 'Mystery Spot' (3x11) but does contains spoilers for 4x03.
Extra warnings: No, seriously. This is part of Threefold universe, okay?
--
Author's Notes: Once upon a time, I was reading William Blake by Kathleen Raine (Thames-Hudson, 1970) and stumbled upon this quote: "...a retelling of the Greater and Lesser Mysteries of Eleusis -- the descent of the Kore into Hades, and the nine mystic nights of the Mother's search for her child" (pg 38). Of course, all I could think about was Mary, travelling through hell.
Many of the descriptions of hell have been lifted directly from Dante's Inferno though I did take liberties with some aspects. Apologies to Dorothy Sayer for paraphrasing (badly) a section of her translation of and commentary on Inferno. Blake is, of course, peppered throughout, as well as two scripture references (Exodus 20:5 and 1 John 4:19) taken completely out of context.
The title comes from Romans 1:4-5: And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit. Through Christ, God has given us the privilege and authority to tell Gentiles everywhere what God has done for them, so that they will believe and obey him, bringing glory to his name. (New Living Translation)
And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And 'Thou shalt not' writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love
That so many sweet flowers bore.
And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires.
William Blake, "The Garden of Love"
[ Part One | Part Two | Part Three ]