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Holiness (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠no white without black and no holiness without the devil — a Western light always throws a dark shadow.

Holiness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a value so high it strikes us dumb; we never perceive it as its subject, it takes us captive as its object.

Holiness (n.) alone, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like pure wisdom alone, interests Jung about as much as the skeleton of a rare saurian; what fascinates is the saint who has also "eaten" the world.

Holiness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠better in its small form: a schoolteacher with many children to feed, in whom wisdom, holiness and humanity live together without fuss — no special post-office required.

Holiness (n.) claimed ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠for something merely natural makes one suspect that something very unholy is being covered up.