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Chapter 44

           IknewthatHenrikwasseeingapillaroffireoutthereoverthewater,Iknewthattherewasnopillaroffirethere,thatitcouldbedemonstratedthattheonlypillaroffirewasinHenrik’smind."Butinaflashofterriblelightallourexplanations,allourclassificationsandderivations,ouretiologies,suddenlyappearedtomelikeathinnet.Thatgreatpassivemonster,reality,wasnolongerdead,easytohandle.Itwasfullofamysteriousvigor,newforms,newpossibilities.Thenetwasnothing,realityburstthroughit.PerhapssomethingtelepathicpassedbetweenHenrikandmyself.Idonotknow."Thatsimplephrase,Idonotknow,wasmyownpillaroffire.Anultimate,ametaphysical,I-do-not-know.Forme,too,itrevealedeverything.Formetooitbroughtanewhumilityakintofierceness.Formetooaprofoundmystery.Formetooasenseofthevanityofsomanythingsourageconsidersimportant.IdonotsayIshouldnothavearrivedatsuchaninsightoneday.ButinthatnightIbridgedadozenyears.Whateverelse,Iknowthat."InashorttimewesawHenrikwalkbackintothetrees.Icouldnotseehisface.ButIthinkthefiercenessitworeindaylightwasthefiercenessthatcamefromhiscontactwiththepillaroffire.Perhapsforhimthepillaroffirewasnolongerenough,andinthatsensehewasstillwaitingtomeetGod.Livingisaneternalwantingmore,inthecoarsestgrocerandinthesublimestmystic.ButofonethingIamcertain.IfhestilllackedGod,hehadtheHolySpirit."ThenextdayIleft.IsaidgoodbyetoRagnar

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