I Saw Water

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

I Saw Water

I Saw Water explanatory and interpretive notes

Supplementary texts

“Muin”

“The Tree-alphabet and the Tree of Life”

“Dance of the Nine Opals”

“Pilgrimage”

“The Night Side of Nature”

“Wedding of Shades”

“Divination Up-to-date”

“Les Grandes Transparentes”

“Love-charm II”

“Red Stone”

“The Zodiac and the Flashing Colours”

“The Openings of the Body”

“Sanctifying Intelligence”

“The Taro as Colour”

Bibliography of the Published Writings of Ithell Colquhoun

Index

“It is difficult to understand how Ithell Colquhoun’s I Saw Water, an exemplary work of surrealist fiction, failed to be published upon completion in the 1960s. . . . Those interested in the historical context provided by Shillitoe and Morrisson will encounter high-grade research performed by experienced scholars, who clearly have an excellent grasp of the complexity of the traditions Colquhoun draws upon. . . . This quality editorial contextualization and analysis, combined with the valuable supplemental materials, enrich an already impressive novel—a surrealist enchanting viewed through jagged dream fractals.”

—Aren Roukema, Correspondences