Journal entry #9

5 things that I understand
1. The prophecy of Catherine Theot was fulfilled by the inauguration of the worship of the Supreme Being an dthe swift reaction of Thermidor.
2. Germany is the land of metaphysical mysticism and phantoms.
3. A magical chain was formed; a species of imbecile served as the spirit's interpreter and wrote under his control.
4. Cartomancy, as restored in France by Etteilla, is literally the questioning of fate by signs agreed on beforehand.
5. As an erudite Kabalistic book, all combinations of which reveal the harmonies pre-existing between signs, letters and numbers, the practical value of the Tarot is truly above all marvellous.

4 questions
Did Madame Boche have access to the Emporer?
When did Valerie appear in Europe?
How was the rupture connected with the relationship between Arson and Wronski?
Why was Vinstras arrested?

3 words that i do not know
1.Pg 318 Inveterate- settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like
2. Pg 326 Immutable- not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
3. Pg 336 Pontiff- any high or chief priest.

2 literary elements
1."scepticism in the face of eternal mathematics" Pg 326- Personification
2."wine fell the stains like blood" Pg 334- Simile

1 sentene summary
There is only one true misfortune o drea which is madness.