MDDM Ch. 54 Toll-House

[Otto]

"I kept the right ones out and let the wrong ones in."
(Aerosmith - Amazing)

529.13-17
"One night I dream that I have come to a Bridge across a broad River, with
small settlements at either approach, and in its center, at the highest
point of its Arch, a Curious Structure, some nights invisible in the river
mists, Lanthorns burning late,-- a Toll-House. Not ev'ryone is allow'd
through, nor is paying the Toll any guarantee of Passage. The gate-keepers
are members of a Sect who believe that by choosing correctly which shall
dwell one side of this River, and which the other, the future happiness of
the land may be assur'd."

The sect are the Jesuits. This has to be read with p. 543 (Ch. 55),
referring to Zarpazo:
"he is accordingly sworn to destroy all who seek God without passing through
the toll-gate of Jesus. (...) If access to God need not be by way of Jesus,
what is to become of Jesuits?"

Note the binary structure of the first quote describing organized
monotheistic religions, the last sentence telling what these are pretending.
The second quote reveals the true egoistic motives which have replaced the
original religious impulse.

Otto