From its depths emerged a colossal, iridescent conch shell, gracefully drawn by numerous naiads and tritons, smoothly gliding upon the crystalline waters.
Atop the marvelous vessel stood Venus completely naked, her dazzling beauty cast such a blinding effulgence that the gathered multitudes greeting her arrival lowered their eyes and prostrated themselves to avoid being blinded.
From her vulva, shining golden rays shone forth, hitting the chosen ones who fell to the ground enraptured. Tannhäuser, refusing to heed Dado’s urgent warning to shield his eyes and plunge to the ground, defiantly attempted to stare at the forbidden sight.
The dazzling Divine energy knocked him off his feet, and in a revelatory flash, the impossible truth that no mortal can behold unscathed the unfiltered revelation of the Divine flooded the whole of his being, carrying along with it the inescapable conclusion that he would never ever be free from her potent spell.