DIE SCHERE #45: Notes by Günter Rebing #45 proceeds where #37 left off. EJ continues applying his categories of occult phenomena to the life of Antonius as told by Athanasius. Some of Antonius's supernatural doings are classified as foreseeing the future, others as telepathy. It is difficult to say what train of thought connects the paragraph's last sentence about the transpersonal value of asceticism to what came before. Perhaps that sentence has to be understood as "Asceticism bears fruit not only for the ascetic but for others as well". The anecdote that follows serves the purpose of illustrating the telepathic capabilities of Antonius. EJ sees fit to correct Athanasius who believed that Antonius showed prophetic powers in this episode. However, he quotes without comment the somewhat queer attempt of Athanasius to defend his saint against the potential accusation he might have caused the death of one of the two brothers.
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