miles, jonas, and that sailor guy, and sea/interplanetary vessels

David Duffy · 10 Feb 2011, 03:51 · from 2011-February.txt.gz

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From: davidD at qimr.edu.au (David Duffy)
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:51:55 +1000 (EST)
Subject: (urth) miles, jonas, and that sailor guy,
	and sea/interplanetary vessels
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On Wed, 9 Feb 2011, Lee Berman wrote:

> Eckhart says:
>
>> "Tests for the devil and angel are as follows. Anything an angel does is done in the
>> light, orderly and clearly and the soul rejoices in the amiable presence of an angel;
>> also it is a sign to know him by that she is left with a sense of pleasure. In
>> counterfeiting this, the devil makes it vague, confused, ambiguous, and the soul,
>> affrighted at the haunting of the fiend, is restless and depressed and by this she may
>> know it is the devil."
>
> So I don't know what to think.  What do you think?

So you think Gene Wolfe might be a devil??

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