Trafika Europe 6 - Arabesque

the scarecrow

you described man’s water yesterday as impure and today characterize it as sacred?” “I would not have admitted that, my lady, if time had not taught me such a severe lesson.” “Know, then, that man’s water is like a chameleon’s saliva, which is lethal poison for vipers but the strongest antidote for sorcery in man’s body.” “I have heard that the chameleon overpowers the sorceries of foreigners.” “The water that exits from the body is a secret like the chameleon’s saliva. It literally kills grass because it is a herbicide, but purifies bodies of their poisons.” “No creature who exists in the desert could possibly believe my lady’s statement

as fervently as the miserable wretch kneeling at your feet.” “In man’s water resides man’s cure!” “You’re right, my lady.” “What is man’s water, which fools refer to as urine? Isn’t man’s water life itself?” “Man’s water is life!” 5 He came to the temple escorted by two of his slaves, who seated him on the mat in the Chamber of Sacrificial Offerings. Then he ordered them to leave. Alone, he sat erect at the center of the chamber, scouting the stillness and fending off demons in the abyss of darkness. Even so, he did not hear the footsteps of the lady in the thawb. He did not hear her footstep

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