Cain and Abel, love and death
Love and hate is what we are
Dagger and grail have
Fallen off the altar
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

–Sepultura, “Procreation of the Wicked”–

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Could Dante do more? In fact, one contemplates Dante’s hell with pleasurable sensations, knowing it is Dante’s, a safely remote place of the imagination. Jonathan Edwards not only made it real enough to be found in the atlas, but made those consigned to it personally responsible for being there. –Ola Winslow