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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Manuscript page / essay / memoir
File Size:
2.01 MB
Summary
This document appears to be page 174 of a manuscript or memoir, bearing a House Oversight Bates stamp. The text is a first-person narrative discussing the nature of religious faith, contrasting the intellectual approach of C.S. Lewis with the simple, pain-filled existence of Brother Lawrence. The unidentified author describes their own eclectic spiritual history involving LSD, Tantric practices, and various religious movements, noting that chronic pain led them to appreciate Brother Lawrence's perspective later in life.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Unidentified Author | Narrator ('I') |
The person writing the text, describing their own spiritual history involving LSD, Tantra, and chronic pain.
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| C.S. Lewis | Subject of discussion |
British intellectual and author discussed regarding his approach to faith.
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| Brother Lawrence | Subject of discussion |
Born Nicholas Herman; a monk, cook, and sandal repairer discussed for his simple spirituality and chronic pain.
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| Joseph de Beaufort | Author/Biographer |
Wrote about conversations with Brother Lawrence.
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| Nicholas Herman | Historical Figure |
Birth name of Brother Lawrence.
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| Donovan | Musician |
Referenced regarding a song about smoking bananas.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| British intellectual class system |
Context used to explain C.S. Lewis's perspective.
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| Parisian monastery |
Where Brother Lawrence worked.
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| Black Baptist |
Religious tradition mentioned in author's experience.
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| Yiddish Labovicher (Lubavitcher) |
Religious group mentioned in author's experience.
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| Charismatic Christian Church |
Religious group mentioned in author's experience.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (2 events)
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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Implied location of the monastery.
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Relationships (2)
Author relates to Lawrence due to shared experience of chronic pain.
Lewis described Lawrence's writings as 'unctuous and repulsive'.
Key Quotes (5)
"For C.S. Lewis, religious faith came from intellectual hard work."Source
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"I am an empirical theist. I have arrived at God by induction."Source
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Quote #2
"For most of my years, I have been a subject of Jamesian transcendent experience, LSD expansive visions, Sufi moving meditation... Tantric orgasmic withholding..."Source
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Quote #3
"Recall that I am from a generation that a Donovan song inspired to smoke bananas."Source
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Quote #4
"The opportunity came from my growingly severe, unfixably chronic, pain."Source
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Quote #5
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