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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Jinn and others
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:37:51 -0500 (EST)
Jinns and others Confucius, Analects, XV.II.1-3. 'The Master said, "Ts'ze, you think, I suppose, that I am one who learns many things and keeps them in memory?" Tsze-kung replied, "Yes,--but perhaps it is not so?" "No," was the answer; "I seek a unity all-pervading."' (Legge.) Al-Ghazali, The Recitation and Interpretation of the Qur'an (The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum ad-Din). 'Anas Ibn Malik said, "It often happens that a man recites the Qur'an, and the Qur'an curses him."' [...] 'A certain religious scholar said, "When a son of Adam [i.e. man] reads the Qur'an, then mingles [good with evil], and then turns [to God] and reads it again, he is asked [by God], 'What is your relationship with My speech?'"' (Muhammad Abul Quasem.) Genesis P-Orridge, Interview with Carol Tessitore, Painful but Fabulous, The Lives and Art of Genesis P-Orridge. 'It's all very public; everything is about being available and having access to everything. The web is supposedly fantastic because you can find everything and everyone is on there, you can talk to everyone. It struck me that in a way privacy is taboo.' Marco Polo, Travels. 'Having concluded his prayer, he cried with a loud voice: "In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I command thee, O mountain, to remove thyself!" Upon these words being uttered, the mountain moved, and the earth at the same time trembled in a wonderful and alarming manner. The khalif and all those by whom he was surrounded, were struck with terror, and remained in a state of stupefaction. Many of the latter became Christians, and even the khalif secretely embraced Christianity'... (Marsden and Wright.) ===