Disjecta Membra (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Disjecta Membra As in the Chrysalis, containing folded within it all the parts whence shall be developed the perfect winged insect, so in the soul, there is a moment of transforma tion and forced inaction, when the growth of the new organs, themselves still useless through insufficient development, yet impedes the use of the old for the insect it is a period of enforced rest, for the soul one of silence and retirement. Many are the calls to solitude, and many its degrees, from the joys of shared retirement, Alone, yet not alone, to that intensity of loneliness, isolation in a crowd. But make sure that it be indeed the Spirit of the Lord that carries thee into the wilderness, not the devil that drives thee there seeking rest and finding none. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.