Lütfen Gönül hanımın konuşmalarını videoya alan kişilerden istirham ediyorum. LÜTFEN mikrofonunuzu ve ışığınızı iyi ayarlayın. Konuşmalar yankılı. Çok önemli şeyler anlatan böyle değerli bir hocanın sesini anlaşılmaz yapmayın lütfen. Lütfen lütfen.
How to make Christ real to his devotees? In the ceremony of the Mass, the priest takes a piece of bread and glass of wine, and proclaims that the bread is Christ's flesh, the wine is Christ's blood, and by eating and drinking them the faitful attain communion with Christ. What could be more real than actually tasting Christ in your mouth? Traditionally, the priest made these bold proclamations in Latin, the ancient language of religion, law and the secrets of life. In front of the amazed eyes of the assembled peasants the priest held high a piece of bread and exclaimed "Hoc est corpus!" -(This is the body!)- and the bread supposedly became the flesh of Christ. In the minds of illiterate peasants, who did not speak Latin, "Hoc est corpus!" got garbled into "Hocus pocus!" and thus was born the poweful spell that can transform a frog into a prince, and a pumpkin into a carriage. Yuval Noah Harari (21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Penguin Random House UK, Vintage, 2018, page; 329)