Through the Gates of the Silver Key
1934
Through the Gates of the Silver Key
1934
Through the Gates of the Silver Key is a 1934 novelette by H. P. Lovecraft, co-written with E. Hoffmann Price. It follows Randolph Carter, a recurring character in Lovecraft's works, as he disappears and embarks on a cosmic journey through higher dimensions using an ancient silver key. The narrative, told by the Swami Chandraputra, explores themes of identity, reality, and the unknown, culminating in an enigmatic conclusion about Carter's fate. This story is notable for its blend of cosmic horror and speculative fiction, further expanding Lovecraft's mythos.
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“No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity. Merging with nothingness is peaceful oblivion; but to be aware of existence and yet to know that one is no longer a definite being distinguished from other beings”
— H. P. Lovecraft
“Gradually and mistily it became apparent that the Most Ancient One was holding something”
— H. P. Lovecraft
“He was told how childish and limited is the notion of a tri-dimensional world, and what an infinity of directions there are besides the known directions of up-down, forward-backward, right-left. He was shown the smallness and tinsel emptiness of the little Earth gods, with their petty, human interests and connetions”
— H. P. Lovecraft
“The man of Truth is beyond good and evil,” intoned a voice that was not a voice. “The man of Truth has ridden to All-Is-One. The man of Truth has learnt that Illusion is the only reality, and that substance is an impostor.””
— H. P. Lovecraft
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