[592]. The present time is indicated by the head of the lion—because his condition is strong and impetuous.
[593]. Time is thought by the wickedest people to be a divinity who deprives willing people of essential being; by good men it is considered to be the Cause of the things of the world, but to the wisest and best it does not seem time, but God.
[594]. Philo: “In Genesim,” I, 100. (Cited by Cumont: “Textes et Monuments,” I, p. 82.)
[595]. Spiegel: “Erân. Altertumskunde,” Vol. II, p. 193. In the writings ascribed to Zoroaster, Περὶ Φύσεως, the Ananke, the necessity of fate, is represented by the air. Cumont: Ibid., I, p. 87.
[596]. Spielrein’s patient (Jahrbuch, III, p. 394) speaks of horses, who eat men, also exhumed bodies.
[597]. Negelein: Ibid., p. 416.
[598]. “Fight,” she said, “and fight bravely, for I will not give away an inch nor turn my back. Face to face, come on if you are a man! Strike home, do your worst and die! The battle this day is without quarter ... till, weary in body and mind, we lie powerless and gasping for breath in each other’s arms.”
[599]. P. Thomas a Villanova Wegener: “Das wunderbare äussere und innere Leben der Dienerin Gottes Anna Catherina Emmerich.” Dülmen i. W. 1891.
[600]. The heart of the mother of God is pierced by a sword.
[601]. Corresponding to the idea in Psalm xi:2, “For lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.”