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and no one but we two could see it. We were conditioned by the nectar to see a projected mirage. Come on, Orfeo, let’s go. Pll meet you at your place. I have a real story to tell you.” “Do you know where my place is?” I asked. “Sure,” he replied. “Indian Corners, about one and one-half miles out Utah Trail in the direction of the Marine Base. It’s that Within five minutes, we both arrived at the house and parked our cars side by side. I did not know then how far Adam was to project me into the life of other worlds. I attempted to apologize for the smallness of the house, Adam said, “Never mind that. Let’s turn on some music and feel in contact with the rest of the world.” With that remark, he walked over and adjusted the radio’s dials until he had found something tow od he liked. It was 10 o’clock in the evening. I was ready now to hear his story, but to give more hospitality to the atmosphere I put a pot of fresh coffee on the stove to brew. “Orfeo,” Adam began, “you will write all this down some day. But remember, you will not write it until you feel the time has come that the world can see the verity of it all. Also, I would rather a 1 - a you wrote it in the second person than quote me directly. However, I won’t hold you to that. Write it the best way you can, write it without holding back anything. You know me only as Adam, and no other name will ever matter. As I live again and again I will feel more that this was part of me than if you mentioned my present identity, for we remember nothing in our separate lifetimes except the beginning of our creation. The rest will be remembered only on that final day of perfection. You know, Orfeo, we all feel as if we were Adam and Eve. What other names in history do any of us feel so close to? You were right, life is but one consciousness. All that counts is the beginning and the end, a man and a woman. In their perfect state that is all the life i. er » 37 THE DANCE IN A GLASS little house off the road, on the left side.” I unlocked the door of the house and turned on the light. When there is in the infinite universe.”