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Interlude ז: Man On The Sphere

Let’s play Twister, let’s play Risk See you in Heaven if you make the list — R.E.M., Man On The Sphere I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, until we’ve landed on the moon, of … Continue reading

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Chapter 16: If Perchance With Iron Power He Might Avert His Own Despair

There’s a story about an old man walking down a beach. He sees a child picking up starfish and throwing them into the water. The man asks the child what he’s doing, and the child says that these starfish are … Continue reading

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Chapter 15: O Where Shall I Hide My Face?

You saved your shillings and your last six pence Cause in God’s Name they built a barbed wire fence Be glad you sail for a better day But don’t forget there’ll be Hell to pay Rebels are we Though heavy … Continue reading

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Chapter 13: The Image Of Eternal Death

October 10, 1990 Gulf of Mexico I. “Good morning,” said Sohu as she stepped out of her cottage. Technically it was already afternoon. She hadn’t slept late, but she’d stayed inside, studying, dreading to open the door. Uriel had no … Continue reading

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Interlude ו: There’s A Hole In My Bucket

Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. — Leonard Cohen, “Anthem” “There’s A Hole In My Bucket”, by Aaron Smith-Teller Submitted for the June … Continue reading

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Chapter 12: Borne On Angels’ Wings

May 11, 2017 San Jose Sitting in bed with her computer on her lap, Erica Lowry watched the sun rise and writing the news. The overt meaning of “news” is “new things”. The kabbalistic meaning of “news” is “the record … Continue reading

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Interlude ה: The Right Hand Of God

But woe unto them that were with him, at the valley gate, and at the University of California at Berkeley. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com June 20, 1970 San Francisco LSD became illegal in California in 1966, two years before the real world … Continue reading

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Chapter 11: Drive The Just Man Into Barren Climes

May 11, 2017 San Jose I. Time and chance, according to the Book of Ecclesiastes, happeneth to us all. Ana had planned to sleep in, but it so happeneth that she woke up hungry and found herself out of milk. … Continue reading

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Interlude ד: N-Grammata

The shortest effective Name of God is the Tetragrammaton. This was the Name recorded in the Bible, the one the High Priests of Israel would speak in the Temple of Solomon. The rabbis said it was so holy that God … Continue reading

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Chapter 10: Bring The Swift Arrows Of Light

Notice also that the sharing is what enables us to increase the trespass of thy brethren. — kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com May 11, 2017 San Jose Campus library hadn’t changed much since I got expelled. I checked out three big books without even … Continue reading

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