We break open the body; we break open the soul; for insanity is a spiritual malady and a spiritual blessing and anointment, and I have this day become anointed with a terrible sickness of the soul. This is why we become alive with fire and cannot pick up the stone; we are gods alive with fire and we are great heroes anointed with the sacred substance, our flesh is the holy substance of God, and light shines out from our flesh and we are bright with the light of God; but we are helpless and cannot even pick up a small stone; and we sit in a rocking chair all our lives and mumble crazy things to ourselves, though ours is the nation of God, and we are kings of the nation of God. This book is what illuminated men mumble to themselves in mental wards and in cardboard boxes in parks.

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