Indeed a hermit who lives in a graveyard has just sent me to the Barlaam and
Josaphat story in _The Golden Legend_ and it is glorious, story upon story
upon story, a mixture of _Siddhartha_, _The Merchant of Venice_, _Everyman_,
_The Masque of the Red Death_ and Mother Teresa's state funeral all rolled
into one! I recommend its legend, its reading, both for delight and sententia!
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Julia Bolton Holloway, [log in to unmask]
Hermit of the Holy Family
via del Partigiano 16, Montebeni, 50014 FIESOLE, ITALY
http://members.aol.com/juliansite/Juliansite.htm
He said not, 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou
shalt not be diseased.' But he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome'.
Julian of Norwich
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