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superior power be recognized in the daytime of the society of humans.
The manifestation ought to be denied social recognition.
Donkey versus Princess as Ruler

At the level of those human relations that grant status in the city of
humans, the donkey as a stubborn animal—non-human form—is op-
posed to a princess—superior state of humanity. Since the start, the
donkey’s demand to marry the princess is a claim to the status of a
ruler, Ksatriya. This claim of equality with a princess is forthwith
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denied: the potter itself in the name of the whole society of humans
rules out the idea. When the king acknowledges the fact of an actual
right of the donkey to a status at par with the princess, a palace is
built for both of them. But the palace—image of a superior state of
humanity—is located out of the city of humans, in the jungle—image
of a savage state of life. The new king and queen are not allowed to
live in the brass and copper palace erected in the middle of the city.
The signs of power and status ought to be kept out of the eyes of men
lest their meaning be recognized.

Revelation, a Light Wrapped up in a World of Darkness
The carrier of earth who used to tread heavily on earth during the day
as a beast of burden sits on the back of a horse descended from heaven
and is carried all around the earth as its ruler. This happens for that
short while in the middle of the night, and deep in the forest palace,
when one day is over and the next one is yet to come. The servile animal-
slave is then being vested with the status of a Ksatriya enthroned by
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heaven to rule over the whole world. During this final and instant
stage, a rift or a suspension between two days of this world, reveals
the true identity of the donkey. Power and authority are shown as his
divine constitutive attributes. Still, this glory shines in the darkest of
time and the most savage place on earth every night, and in front of
no audience nor populace to acclaim the supreme ruler.
Under the sun in the daylight and among civilized humans in the city,
the donkey’s essence is and should remain invisible; only the princess
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happens to know about it—and the Vadars. But the queen is not seen
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proclaiming the secret that a luminous night revealed to her, and no
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one in the city would ever believe the discursive claim of the Vadars,
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were they ready to announce their belief and nightly vision.