Sasha Chaitow, PhD candidate at the Center for the Study of Myth at the University of Essex, has posted some translations of L’Art Idealiste et Mystique by Joséphin Péladan.
Here is the translated 'Exhortation':
Artist,
you are a priest: Art is the great mystery and, if your effort results
in a masterpiece, a ray of divinity will descend as on an altar. Artist,
you are a king: Art is the true empire, if your hand draws a perfect
line, the cherubim themselves will descend to revel in their reflection.
Spiritual design, a line of the soul, form of understanding, you make
our dreams flesh. Artist, you are a mage: Art is the great mystery, it
only proves our immortality.
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