And this one. <sigh...> Forwarded message: > Subject: Re: OSC on the virtues of writer's block > To: Talpianna at aol.com > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:32:05 -0500 (EST) > From: "Alexx Kay" <alexx at panix.com> > > > Like Neoplatonism, Manichaeanism (and its descendant Catharism, aka the > > Albigensian heresy) believed in a radical dissociation between flesh and spirit, with > > all the material world being negative. The perfect act of Cathar worship was > > to starve oneself to death. Kinda hard to believe they invented courtly love, > > isn't it? > > Not really. Courtly Love is all about types of love which are never going > to find any physical outlet. Except perhaps, in making the lover(s) less > healthy: > 15. Every lover regularly turns pale in the presence of his beloved. > 16. When a lover suddenly catches sight of his beloved his heart palpitates. > 23. He whom the thought of love vexes, eats and sleeps very little. > > Alexx > > > Opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily those of my employers. > alexx at carolingiaSPAMBL@CK.org http://www.panix.com/~alexx > "Hello, I'd like to join the French Foreign Legion." > "Fine. We'll need your name, Social Security number, and the name of > the girl you're trying to forget. That is, if you're up to it. If > you're not going to start crying or anything. I know it's painful." > -- Cowboy Wally's Sands of Blood