“There is light, and there is darkness.” “Let me guess. The Church of England is light, and everything else—” “Not quite how it sorts out. Differences among the world religions are in fact rather trivial when compared to the common enemy, the ancient and abiding darkness which all hate, fear, and struggle against without cease”—he made a broad gesture to indicate the limitless taiga all around them—“Shamanism. There isn’t a primitive people anywhere on Earth that can’t be found practicing some form of it. Every state religion, including your own, considers it irrational and pernicious, and has
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