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Search for the Self 59
“Jung spoke of such matters, though rather obliquely,” said Brillig.
He turned to Norman, who was ready. Brillig took the open
book and read:
There is a fine old story about a student who came to a rabbi and
said, “In the golden days there were men who saw the face of God.
Why don’t they any more?” The Rabbi replied, “Because nowadays
no one can stoop so low.”
One must stoop a little in order to fetch water from the stream. 60
I did not know what to make of this, but there was no time to
ponder, for at that point Brillig produced the stone of which he had
spoken in the sun room.
Actual size
We gathered round for a close look. At first sight it was not impressive,
indeed quite ordinary, but within a few seconds it seemed
to glow. My mind turned to jelly. I stepped back, befuddled, and
busied myself with Sunny.
Brillig gave Arnold and Rachel a brief account of his sleight-ofhand
in the marketplace, already indelibly etched in my mind as the
Carpathian Caper. No doubt Norman had heard it before.
“Only later,” said Brillig, “after considerable research, did I realize
that I had one of the few Kraznac tablets, if not the only one,
outside the Smithsonian where, as we know, the others have been
safely stored in an air-conditioned vault since 1908.”
Arnold and Rachel fingered it, apparently unaffected.
“Who else knows about this?” asked Arnold.
“Only those in this room. I have been reluctant to speak or write
about it before having more to say. As I remarked last night, there
is a time for everything.”
“How do you know it’s genuine?” asked Rachel.
60 Memories, Dreams, Reflections, p. 355.