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HALLAJ & THE EMPTY THRONE
Al-Hallaj scaled Mount Qaf, the highest of mountains, even until his head peeked through the clouds, and then he gained a caught the tail of a passing comet that carried him into the heavens. Then he leapt onto the lowest of the stars, and climbed his way up through the seven heavens, until he arrived…
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THE TYRANNY OF THE ONE
The wall was innocent enough an undertaking at first. Elom only wanted to protect his delicate crops from roaming hungry beasts. He’d noticed something fascinating in his journeys. Just a few years earlier, he and his band had to abandon an encampment quickly because of the ferocity of the winds and rains there. They had…