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                                   Persons in a Position to Know, Inc.

ON PRAYER

Mal-2 was once asked by one of his Disciples if he often prayed to
Eris.  He replied with these words:

No, we Erisians seldom pray, it is much too dangerous.  Charles Fort
has listed many factual incidences of ignorant people confronted with,
say, a drought, and then praying fervently -- and then getting the
entire village wiped out by a torrential flood.


      [Illustration:  a pencil-drawn figured jumping up and down]

"Of course, I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean    [Illustration:  a clip
I'm wrong.  I'm _mad_ but not _ill._"           from a Japanese
    (_Werewolf Bridge,_ Robert Anton Wilson)    periodical]