They become a part of everythingthey become the Soul of the World.
Some do come back. And then the other women are happy because they believe that their men may one day return, as well.
I used to look at those women and envy them their happiness. Now, I too will be one of the women who wait.
I’m a desert woman, and I’m proud of that. I want my husband to wander as free as the wind that shapes the dunes.
And, if I have to, I will accept the fact that he has become a part of the clouds, and the animals, and the water of the desert.
The boy went to look for the Englishman. He wanted to tell him about Fatima.
He was surprised when he saw that the Englishman had built himself a furnace outside his tent.
It was a strange furnace, fueled by firewood, with a transparent flask heating on top.
As the Englishman stared out at the desert, his eyes seemed brighter than they had when he was reading his books.
“This is the first phase of the job,” he said. “I have to separate out the sulfur.
To do that successfully, I must have no fear of failure. It was my fear of failure that first kept me from attempting the Master Work.
Now, I’m beginning what I could have started ten years ago. But I’m happy at least that I didn’t wait twenty years.”
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