In his book "The Spear of Destiny", Trevor Ravenscroft tells the history of the Lance of Longinus, the spear that pierced the side of Christ as he hung from the cross. He traces this spear through history and shows it to have been in the possession of some of the most influential people in history. His teacher was Walter Stein and so much of the book concentrates on Hitler and his obsession with this object. …
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…is weird because it is stupendous, awesome, mysterious, unfathomable; my interest has been to convince you that you must assume responsibility for being here, in this marvelous world, in this marvelous desert, in this marvelous time. I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it." Don Juan