A stupid question, asked in desperation

Tue Oct 7 12:26:57 UTC 2014

Dzień dobry, Geniuszu.

Pozdrawiam,
Anna 

On Oct 7, 2014, at 4:14 AM, Jan Zielinski <zielinski at GMX.CH> wrote:

> 
> On 2014-10-07 09:11, Robert Chandler wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I once noted this down, about the Russian sect known as the Skoptsy:
>> "Before undergoing an initiation rite that entailed castration, men used to say a prayer that began, ‘Goodbye sky, goodbye earth, goodbye sun, goodbye moon, goodbye stars, goodbye lakes, rivers and hills, goodbye all elements of heaven and earth.’ "
>> 
>> 
> I remember it from Rozanov. 
> 
> Check in Googlebooks:
> В. В. Розанов 
> Темный лик. Метафизика христианства
> Page 436
> 
> Best,
> Jan Zielinski
> Berne
> 
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