If you or I were coming into a dark room, we probably would reach automatically for an electric switch at the side of the door, confident that one would be there and that somewhere an electric bulb would light the room when we flipped the switch.
Hercules, the mythical superman of ancient Greece, took on the imposing task of cleaning the Augean stables; the stalls, housing huge herds of cattle, had been neglected for thirty years.
As we move from a materially oriented to a more spiritual life, we can spare ourselves much anguish by learning to recognize those signs that indicate the intrusion of evil suggestions—signs such as a feeling of physical discomfort, fear, or anxiety.
An intrepid World War I commander, General Foch sent this message to Marshal Joffre: "My right has been rolled up; my left has been driven back; my centre has been smashed.
