ceed further."
79 "Our learned young Warlock is mistaken!" protested Shining Boar.
"The Old Fox DID teach the principles of atonement. It is written here,
that the relatives of persons in The Darkness may atone for the
mistakes of their Loved Ones, and thereby, I say, remove them from The
Darkness."
80 "May I see that scroll?" asked The Hawk. Shining Boar handed it to
him. "My Lord," argued The Hawk, "listen to this passage. 'Know you
that a Spirit in The Darkness may come forth only of its own accord.
That those still living of its clan may help it by righting as many of
the wrongs that the Spirit did as possible. But only the Spirit,
itself, can come into The Light by admitting its wrongs and asking The
Lords to help it atone."
81 Here, clearly, is the heresy that this man teaches, no matter how
much we pray, no matter how much we give any Temple, it does a Spirit
in The Darkness no good. Only by helping those people DIRECTLY that the
SPIRIT wronged can its pain be lessened, and only when it, itself,
admits its guilt can it come to The Light!"
82 "We disagree," argued Shining Boar. "Any good done in a Spirit's
name can atone for its wrongs, it does not have to be only to the
people it wronged."
83 The City Speaker took the Scroll. "That's not what it says here! It
says here clearly the clan should atone PERSONALLY to the people that
were wronged. Your teaching might not be deliberate falsehood, but I
think it is grave misunderstanding. I am POSITIVE of that! I agree with
this Warlock. This teaching cannot continue. It is heresy. And, what of
this other thing …Ancestors partaking of The Bread and The Wine? How do
you justify that?"
84 "THAT we can surely justify," said Shining Boar.