by Maureen Lakin and Joyce Krantz
Maureen Lakin: Hello everyone. Thank you, Tom, for always welcoming us with a bright spark. And thank you, Sanford, as well, for always choosing the most appropriate and lovely music every time we gather.
I would like to start by reading these words of Martin Exeter’s:
“It wasn’t long ago when there was a recognition of a battle for the minds of men, and women too, presumably. Human beings are taken up with this battle, both being attacked and attacking. I’m sure somebody wants your vote; he has to grab hold of your mind to get it. Somebody wants to sell you his wares; he has to grab hold of your mind to do that. So we see a battle raging constantly. This battle might be seen symbolically as occurring between the heads of the dragon. They are all vying for first place. There is another battle, which is described in the book of Revelation: ‘There was war in heaven.’ Well, these battles I have been describing are occurring in the first heaven. That, after all, is where the dragon with his heads resides.
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