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1 The Letter I got back from the bank just as Rachel was pulling out. She rolled down her window. “Sunny hasn’t had her walk,” she called. “Oh, and there’s a special delivery letter on your desk. Don’t know who it’s from, I didn’t open it. Gotta fly!” And she blew me a kiss, off to her class. I waved and went in, instantly pleasured by familiar surroundings: old sunglasses lined up on the radiator, elephant prints in the hall; the scuffed mat and stack of slippers; antique chandelier, cut glass door-knobs throwing rainbows; a view from the front door straight through to the back garden. I’ve lived here ten years and I’d only been gone half an hour, but was I glad to be back. Sunny pranced to meet me. She’s quite a large dog, about eight years old. She looks like a wolf; she may be a cross between a Collie and a German Shepherd. We don’t know anything about her for sure. Rachel picked her out at the pound last year. Sunny barks a lot when people come to the door, but she only bites strange workmen in the garden, when they bend over. I hung my coat up and went upstairs, mentally greeting the soldier elephants in the window box. My office was flooded with the afternoon light. A glance told me everything was in order. I checked the fax, turned off the answering machine and picked up the special delivery letter. The handwriting on the envelope was unfamiliar. There was no sender’s name or return address. The few pen strokes had been applied with a flourish, slanting upward from left to right. An optimist, I thought, or perhaps just somewhat inflated. On the back flap were the initials A.B. I weighed the envelope (it was light) and felt a curious sense of excitement. I became somewhat heady, as if I were stoned. Well now, I thought, what’s this? It’s almost twenty years since I 20
The Letter 21 had a joint. The feeling grew until I was gripped by such a powerful presentiment that I had to sit down. “My life is about to change,” I thought. The idea was immediately disturbing, for I am, as may by now be clear, a creature of habit. My life is carefully arranged to keep interruptions at a minimum. My energy is thoughtfully parceled out. Anything new is filtered through Rachel—well, if she’s around—who prepares me, if necessary, for the worst. All in all, I felt distinctly apprehensive. And yet, at the same time, from deep within there welled up the admission that my life had become all too stagnant. I was comfortable, yes, and quite satisfied with what I had, but perhaps I was going to seed. An adventure might be just the ticket. Thus, when at last I opened the envelope, I could not at first be sure whether its contents affected me like a breath of fresh air or a disagreeable draft. It contained a single sheet of paper. The same fluent hand that graced the envelope had written as follows: Sir: I have read your paper on Chicken Little. Bravo! Until now I had believed myself the only person who believed in the existence of more tablets. Now there are two of us! Tomorrow perhaps ten! I know their location and have a plan. Let me not mince words. We have more than a little in common and there is much work to be done. We must meet! Please contact me as soon as possible. Adam Brillig, D.Sc., Dipl. Analyt. Psych., Dipl. C.S. 28 There followed an address and several phone numbers, together with an elaborate timetable indicating where he might be reached during any given day for the next three weeks. At the very bottom there were neat block letters: MS. LITTLE LIVES. It is difficult to give an accurate description of the effect this had on me. In the first place, I had thought Adam Brillig was dead. I knew he had received his Diploma in 1956. It was a matter of record that 28 Diploma in Chickle Schtick.
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Page 4 and 5: CHICKEN LITTLE The Inside Story A J
Page 6: Contents Chicken Little: Messiah, M
Page 9 and 10: Chicken Little: Messiah, Meshuggene
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Page 23 and 24: The Letter 23 could use some spice.
Page 25 and 26: The Letter 25 chel about Brillig’
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Page 29 and 30: The Letter 29 since the morning in
Page 31 and 32: The Letter 31 her, was written at a
Page 33 and 34: The Meeting 33 Well, strictly speak
Page 35 and 36: The Meeting 35 “Rachel,” I said
Page 37 and 38: The Meeting 37 “May I?” he aske
Page 39 and 40: The Meeting 39 tain-climbing goods
Page 41 and 42: The Meeting 41 Arnold furtively sli
Page 43 and 44: The Meeting 43 things, ‘of shoes
Page 45 and 46: 3 An Unveiling I awoke at 5:30. Tha
Page 47 and 48: An Unveiling 47 had been through th
Page 49 and 50: An Unveiling 49 six hours there and
Page 51 and 52: An Unveiling 51 sensuous mate befor
Page 53 and 54: An Unveiling 53 still devout, and a
Page 55 and 56: An Unveiling 55 I felt a twinge of
Page 57 and 58: 4 Search for the Self After we’d
Page 59 and 60: Search for the Self 59 “Jung spok
Page 61 and 62: Search for the Self 61 concerned to
Page 63 and 64: Search for the Self 63 “I also sa
Page 65 and 66: Search for the Self 65 I looked at
Page 67 and 68: Search for the Self 67 Rachel looke
Page 69 and 70: Search for the Self 69 “You could
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Intermezzo 71 town and sent to the
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Search for the Self 73 Alchemical l
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Philosophers’ Stone 75 next door.
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Philosophers’ Stone 77 zine these
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Philosophers’ Stone 79
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Philosophers’ Stone 81 only in hi
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Philosophers’ Stone 83 circled hi
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Philosophers’ Stone 85 fours and
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Philosophers’ Stone 87 how does i
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A Stitch in Time 89 as I can say wh
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A Stitch in Time 91 “Good, bad, w
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A Stitch in Time 93 The prodigal so
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A Stitch in Time 95 “Well,” I s
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A Stitch in Time 97 as I dare say t
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New Dimensions 99 had a session wit
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New Dimensions 101 I was afraid I
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New Dimensions 103 Night after nigh
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New Dimensions 105 culine God-image
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New Dimensions 107 Adam smiled at m
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New Dimensions 109 Adam had said ea
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The Experiment 111 No team of mount
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The Experiment 113 “The major por
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The Experiment 115 While Rachel and
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The Experiment 117 It took some tri
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The Experiment 119 From the Great A
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The Experiment 121 “Hear, hear,
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The Experiment 123 While I scooped
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Bibliography Birkhäuser-Oeri, Siby
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Bibliography 127 _______. The Pregn
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