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Re: Hi from Ukraine

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Sunday, November 25, 2001, 0:31
On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:02:53 -0500 Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
writes:
> Steg Blesky wrote: > >-Stephen (Steg) > > "kwisatz haderach is a strange way of saying qefitzat > hadderekh."
> What does "qefizat hadderekh" mean? > Andreas
- It's a Hebrew phrase meaning literally _a jumping of the path_. It's the 'technical' term for a type of miracle in which a journey that should take a long time only takes a very short time. "Kwisatz Haderach" (sp?) on the other hand is some kind of messianicesque term from the book _Dune_. I read the book two years ago so i don't remember exactly what it was supposed to be. -Stephen (Steg) ...who is having trouble coming up with good sigs.

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