AS DIFFICULT AS it is to learn to trust a mentor, it is even more arduous to break down our self suspicion. Do we have what it takes to break free of the entanglements of the Dark Wood - to melt with feeling-intellect the icy encrustations of Hell that keep us paralyzed in our self defeating patterns? We stare eyeball to eyeball at the antagonist within, sizing up our character and our chances of restoration.
Our short but well-preserved letter from Thyatira isn't a find of the Nag's notability but it does contribute to understanding what some members of the community in Thyatira felt about John's jolting letter of admonition. This recently discovered response to Elder John was found by Ian Hodder, a lucky and meticulous Anotolian archeologist, to the now cold forge in the ruins of the Thyatiran Bronzeworker's Association in 2006. Along with the copy was Decius Gallio Gallipor's request to be excused from the upcoming Minerva's Guild Festival on March 15 for religious reasons. Decius