Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Curse of Kehama, Vol. 1
Ns is the most monstrous in its fables, and the most fatal in its effects, there is one remarkable peculiarity. Prayers, pe nances, and sacrifices, are supposed to pos sess an inherent and actual value, in no degree depending upon the disposition or motive of the person who performs them. They are drafts upon Heaven, for which the Gods can not refuse payment. The worst men, bent upon the worst designs, have in this manner obtained power which has made them for.
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