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The United States is like one big jail for Black people, because we're locked into a mentality and a mindset that limits our potential. It has us against us.
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― Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary, Vol. 1
― Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary, Vol. 1
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Peasants brought up on a tradition of superstitious magic could hardly be expected to distinguish between such ostensibly Christian rituals and the mumbled incantations of the local wizard. And so, to the discomfort of the priests, many came to regard elements of Christian devotion as simple magical spells. The Latin Mass was, after all, incomprehensible to the common people, so it already had the aspect of an occult formula. It came to be seen, like magic, as an essentially mechanical rite thro
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― The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
― The Devil's Doctor: Paracelsus and the World of Renaissance Magic and Science
