from "A History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1" Mircea Eliade pg296
"at first he [the initiate] wanders in DARKNESS and undergoes all sorts of TERRORS; then suddenly, he is struck by a marvelous LIGHT and discovers pure regions and meadows, hears voices, and sees dances. The mysete, a crown on his head, joins the "pure and holy men"; he beholds THE UNINITIATED, huddled together in mud and fog, sunk in their WRETCHEDNESS THROUGH FEAR OF DEATH and MISTRUST OF BLISS in the beyond (Stobaeus 4, p. 107 Meineke)."
Another way of saying it:
The Heroes Journey
Once through the fires they no longer hold you in slavery to fear
Been there done that
Sooo... Even the terrors don't leave us empty handed. God is wonderfull in funny, strange, and often unintelligible ways, or maybe I'm just dense and it takes me a while to get it. I just LOVE books.
super geek
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