{"id":204,"date":"2017-05-25T15:28:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T15:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megaga.dk\/?p=204"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:08:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T16:08:43","slug":"a-year-of-prayer-et-bonnens-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"A Year of Prayer \/ Et b\u00f8nnens \u00e5r"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For almost a year I have lived inside a cat strictly following the routine of Doctor Divinibussissime Alfred Schuster\u2019s Book of the Hours which apart from the usual daily reading of the entire psalter adorned and beefed up with prayers uttered by saints from the past 2 thousand years consists of minute instructions for every possible detail concerning a person who has set him- or herself apart from the world by retreating into an animal to pray for it (the world, not the cat \u2026 which of course is part of the world …) and has wonderful drawings and illustrations of strange beings from the unknown parts of the world which he traveled in his search for wisdom. In hindsight I should perhaps have chosen a larger cave, a cow or a horse and had I chosen an elephant I could have had my bed with me, but these are thoughts – I see now \u2013 induced by The Adversary. Choosing a little animal is a fitting choice for an ascetic. In there there is just enough room for the book, a little lamp, a coffeemaker and the few necessities one needs to endure. And it has Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n

in a dream inside a dream
\nthere\u2019s a face in a face
\nchanging the first dream<\/p>\n

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I n\u00e6sten et \u00e5r har jeg levet inde i en kat strengt f\u00f8lgende den i Doktor Divinibussissime Alfred Schusters Timebog fastlagte rutine, som udover den s\u00e6dvanlige daglige l\u00e6sning af hele psalteret udsmykket med og forst\u00e6rket af b\u00f8nner fremsagt af helgener fra de sidste 2 tusind \u00e5r best\u00e5r af minuti\u00f8se instruktioner for en hver t\u00e6nkelig detalje ang\u00e5ende en person, der har afsk\u00e5ret sig selv fra verden ved at tage bolig i et mindre dyr for at bede for den (verden, ikke katten \u2026 som selvf\u00f8lgelig er en del af verden \u2026) og har undersk\u00f8nne tegninger og illustrationer af m\u00e6rkv\u00e6rdige skabninger fra de ukendte dele af verden, som han berejste i sin s\u00f8gen efter visdom. I bagklogskabens klare lys kan jeg se, at jeg m\u00e5ske skulle have valgt en st\u00f8rre hule, en ko eller en hest og havde jeg valgt en elefant kunne jeg have haft min seng med mig, men disse er tanker \u2013 ser jeg nu – indgydt af Modstanderen. At v\u00e6lge et lille dyr er passende for en asket. Herinde er der lige akkurat plads til bogen, en lille lampe, en kaffemaskine og de f\u00e5 n\u00f8dvendigheder, der skal til for at holde ud. Og den har W-Fi.<\/p>\n

i en dr\u00f8m inde i en dr\u00f8m
\ner der et ansigt i et ansigt
\nder forandrer den f\u00f8rste<\/p>\n

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below a link to a few pages from Schuster’s book<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Schuster’s Compendium<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n