* i'm very matter of fact, which is why i'm also very spirit of fiction. timelessness and disembodiment do exist, but they are not to be found in the spiritual realm, but rather in the psychic one. we do have to go through it, but staying there is a form of hell. philosophical abstraction: you play with it until it's nothing but a gross, shapeless, off color paste. i call it neoplaydohnism. mind over matter, sure, but sometimes it's good for the lady to be on top. many are called but few are chosen. i think Jesus was overly optimistic. there are only ignoble savages left as above so below. the middle is a different story. most spirits are distilled. the holy spirit is fermented. Jesus saved my death life may be a zero sum game but if you crunch the numbers there's no accounting for taste so it doesn't add up the past used to be a foreign country, but it has been conquered and is now part of the multicultural empire.
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Love this series