\u201cNo one may leave here,\u201d said the Leader. \u201cWe must commune with the great Cosmic Eye. And after\u2013\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd after,\u201d interrupted Smythe, who had catalyzed this rebellion against the Leader of the Sect of the Cosmic Eye, \u201cthere will be\u00a0 more of the same. You will interpret the Eye\u2019s signals in a way convenient to you\u2013as ever!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There was a murmur of agreement from the sect\u2019s assemblage in the great hall they\u2019d built in the forest. \u201cWait!\u201d called Luella Fiske, known for her flares of inspiration. \u201cYes, our leader got lost in vanity and fell into darkness! Let us pray to the Eye and ask if the leader gives us light or darkness!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even as she said it the Eye at the Center of the Cosmos sent its reply: Though bright with noon light, in the next moment the room was plunged into unbroken darkness; an obscurity deeper than eclipse enwrapped them. The Leader yelped in fear,\u00a0 ran gibbering out of the building, and was blinded by the sunshine when he passed out of the pool of black the Eye had imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The others chose to stay in complete darkness, until the Eye should lift the shadow on its own. As the days and nights passed, their other senses became more acute, as if the darkness forced them to subtler feelings, an exquisite sensitivity that slowly allowed them to see again using a light conducted from within, so that the pool of darkness slowly dissolved, and they saw the world once more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then they went their own way, none of them ever needing a Leader to tell them about the great Eye again, since they each\u00a0 looked on the world with the eye of the Eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cNo one may leave here,\u201d said the Leader. \u201cWe must commune with the great Cosmic Eye. And after\u2013\u201d \u201cAnd after,\u201d interrupted Smythe, who had catalyzed this rebellion against the Leader of the Sect of the Cosmic Eye, \u201cthere will be\u00a0 more of the same. You will interpret the Eye\u2019s signals in a way convenient to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n