Horror immobolizes us because it is made of contradictory feelings: fear and seduction, repulsion and attraction. Horror is a fascination...Horror is immobility, the great yawn of empty space, the womb and the hole in the earth, the universal Mother and the great garbage heap...With horror we cannot have recourse to flight or combat, there remains only Adoration or Exorcism.
Even if Mary gives birth to a child who is not her husband's, if she has a shining pride, they become a holy mother and child.
The Setting Sun
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Even if Mary gives birth to a child who is not her husband's, if she has a shining pride, they become a holy mother and child.
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