Sep. 13th, 2012

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Reading part of Yehezqeil, this particular part which is read yearly. To me it is one of the most depressing passages of the Bible, where the long train of exiles leaving the land is imperceptibly -- except to narrator--overtaken by another train of exiles, God's court as refugee camp, on its way--well, to where? And the courtiers are not at all what was expected, animal, but somehow recognisable, part person; the prophet finds number and gender impossible either to use or ignore. In one casual aside, we notice that the creatures are actually upside down; in another, that they breathe outside their actual bodies. Does Yehezqeil see God? He starts to look up and is hurled to the ground so hard he does not actually remember his descent, only being roughly lifted up by the wind of their departure.

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