Tables of the Law and The Adoration of the Magi
Author: first_name: William Butler
last_name: Yeats
Language: English

The first two tales involve the persona's relationship with a certain Aherne, who has come into possession of a beautiful book by Joachim of Flora, a book deemed so heretical that Pope Alexander IV had all known copies burnt. This one overlooked copy, Aherne now cherishes, apparently influenced by a sect directed by a Michael Robartes. (Both Robartes and Aherne appear in other works of Yeats.)

A decade after this introduction, Michael Robartes having suffered some "terrible destiny," part 2 o