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1. pick up the book that's closest to you.
2. open it to page 123.
3. find the 5th sentence.
4. post the sentence and this text in your journal.
5. really pick the book closest to you, don't look for a better one
It was universally believed that he had drawn seven evil spirits from the infernal regions, whom he kept enclosed in seven crystal vases, until he required their services, when he sent them forth to the ends of the earth to execute his pleasure.
(Charles MacKay: Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume I.)
A good book, by the way. Just read a bit about people finding prophesies about Judgment Day written on chicken eggs...