This week, at the kickoff meeting of my Visual Arts class, the instructor taught us about Stendhal Syndrome. I certainly have experienced it before, and in fact I would argue that fervent ecstatic worship such as Pentecostal praxis is a regimented form of the syndrome.
But I must say, today... Thursday the 2nd of February 2012... Groundhog Day... was a magic day. I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that God is alive. Or to put it in terms of Jedi theology: the Living Force is still operating and the Unifying Force is still pulling us together into a state of Oneness.
SARAH. REFUGE.
These two words, without hundreds of words to set them in context, are certainly esoteric in the extreme. But, that's the thing about the Stendhal moment: there are no words that can adequately explain the beauty of the words Sarah and Refuge in juxtaposition. So, I will simply present some words that sum it up:
Praise ye the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary;
praise Him in the firmament of His power!
Praise Him for His mighty acts;
praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
praise Him with the psaltery and harp!
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
praise Him with stringed instruments and organs!
Praise Him upon the loud cymbals;
praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals!
Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD!
Praise ye the LORD!
-Psalm 150 (21-KJV)
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