Eremitical
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poliphiloMy friend is sad that I didn't go to a gig she recommended. But I don't go to gigs. I'm an eremite.
Sometimes this bothers me.
It bothers me what people might think.
But not very much.
Being an eremite is about being able to resist public opinion.
I hate the world. I always have done. Even as a child I knew that the world was corrupt, hypocritical and stupid. I didn't want anything to do with it.
Which is why I became a priest.
And also why I left the priesthood
The other day Ailz had a dream about a gaunt old woman with long, long hair. "Did she look like this?" I asked.
"Yes, just like that," she said. "How did you know?"
"Because it's one of my favourite works of art," I said.
And if she'd asked me why it was one of my favourite works of art I might have said, "Because that is what I look like on the inside."
Sometimes this bothers me.
It bothers me what people might think.
But not very much.
Being an eremite is about being able to resist public opinion.
I hate the world. I always have done. Even as a child I knew that the world was corrupt, hypocritical and stupid. I didn't want anything to do with it.
Which is why I became a priest.
And also why I left the priesthood
The other day Ailz had a dream about a gaunt old woman with long, long hair. "Did she look like this?" I asked.
"Yes, just like that," she said. "How did you know?"
"Because it's one of my favourite works of art," I said.
And if she'd asked me why it was one of my favourite works of art I might have said, "Because that is what I look like on the inside."
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Date: 2007-04-11 11:00 am (UTC)What is her penitence for?
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Date: 2007-04-11 11:13 am (UTC)One version of the Mary Magdalen legend has her going off into the desert and becoming the first Christian anchorite.