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Rose cross
A reference to the Rosy Cross and/or the Rosicrucian Order of Christian Rosenkreuz, a legendary alchemist and sorcerer of the Renaissance, with possible influences on the Freemasons.
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Seven sleepers
The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus were a group of young Christians who, according to old Church legend, fled into a cave to avoid a Roman persecution and emerged alive some three centuries later.

The repetition of the number seven throughout the song is surely significant numerologically. See also the note below on the "Passport to Magonia" references, a book which includes a chapter on "The Seven Visitors of Fascius Cardan," describing a septet of seemingly supernatural entities or aliens who visited a 15th century natural philosopher.
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Aerial races
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The magical casement
Visions of a parallel world
"Aerial Races," "The Magical Casement," and "Visions of a Parallel World" all reference chapter or section headings in Jacques Vallee's book, Passport to Magonia, a study of UFO phenomena through the lens of history and folklore, and one of the earliest statements of what is sometimes called the "Ultraterrestrial hypothesis".
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in fairy
Naturally occurring ring-shaped patterns of mushrooms, commonly found in forested areas and fields. They were once widely believed to be supernatural, variously the gathering places of witches or trodden out by dancing Fey, marking portals to the world beyond.
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King in
A reference, perhaps, to Robert W. Chambers' "The King in Yellow", a collection of short stories published in 1895, and one of the classics of early weird fiction. The King in Yellow is a mysterious and hostile supernatural entity, whose eponymous play is known to drive certain readers insane. The stories (sometimes only tangentially interconnected) draw upon earlier pioneering work in weird fiction by Ambrose Bierce (including the deity Hastur and the lost, alien city of Carcosa), as well as inspiring the weird fiction of later authors like H.P. Lovecraft.
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