MD3PAD 520-522

Toby G Levy tobylevy at juno.com
Mon Jul 10 05:41:51 CDT 2006


        The nuns tell the unnamed woman that she needs to be punished
for talking about sexual desire.  They tell her she will have to wear a
chastity belt.

vw#114: Cilice - Jesuit chastity belt, a wire girdle with sharp metallic
points to irritate the skin; from Latin (cilicia: course garment made
from haircloth).

        They tell her that she was lucky the Indians did not abuse her.

        She feels she should protest the chastity belt, but does not.

        She has all of her hair shaved off. They tell her she may be
given a wig at some point. She notices that all the wig stands are
human skulls.

        A lecturer named The Wolf of Jesus gives a lecture that
describes the function of walls in setting up lines of power. Since
Europe has been determined to be unsafe for Jesuits, they have searched
for other places to expand their power and are perplexed at their lack
of success in America.

Toby



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