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Coincidence 
Cara Soror, 
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. 
When I was writing that letter about prophecy, I was hot 
and bothered 
all the time by my faithful sentinel, the 
well-greaved Hoplite that stands at the postern of my 
consciousness, ready to challenge every thought-and woe to 
the intruder who cannot give the countersign! This time the 
dear old ruffian thought the matter serious enough to report 
Higher Up. "It is put plainly enough, emphatically enough, 
incontrovertibly enough" was the gist of his communication 
"that the first and most irretrievable trick of the enemy is to 
dupe you into passing Captain Coincidence as 'Friend', 
whereas he is naturally the most formidable of all your foes 
when it comes to a question of proof." 
Quite right , Sergeant-Major! But it is not only about 
prophecy, but about all sorts of things, in particular, of 
course, the identification of angels and similar problems. 
Well, we have captured quite a few lads of the company of 
Captain Coincidence; let us have them up for examination 
and learn what we can about their weapons and other warlike 
matters! 
I take our first prisoner from Magick. 
The most famous novel of Fielding is called Tom Jones. 
It happened that FRATER PERDURABO was staying 
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