{"product_id":"the-house-of-souls-9781639043149","title":"The House of Souls","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Evangeline Arthur\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Notion Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eORCERY and sanctity, ' said Ambrose, 'these are the only realities. Each is an ecstasy, a withdrawal from the common life.'\u003cbr\u003eCotgrave listened, interested. He had been brought by a friend to this mouldering house in a northern suburb, through an old garden to the room where Ambrose the recluse dozed and dreamed over his books.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Yes, ' he went on, 'magic is justified of her children. There are many, I think, who eat dry crusts and drink water, with a joy infinitely sharper than anything within the experience of the \"\"practical\"\" epicure.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'You are speaking of the saints?'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Yes, and of the sinners, too. I think you are falling into the very general error of confining the spiritual world to the supremely good; but the supremely wicked, necessarily, have their portion in it. The merely carnal, sensual man can no more be a great sinner than he can be a great saint. Most of us are just indifferent, mixed-up creatures; we muddle through the world without realizing the meaning and the inner sense of things, and, consequently, our wickedness and our goodness are alike second-rate, unimportant.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'And you think the great sinner, then, will be an ascetic, as well as the great saint?'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Great people of all kinds forsake the imperfect[114] copies and go to the perfect originals. I have no doubt but that many of the very highest among the saints have never done a \"\"good action\"\" (using the words in their ordinary sense).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46452627538071,"sku":"9781639043149","price":1646.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781639043149.webp?v=1769141642","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-house-of-souls-9781639043149","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}