When the divine light shines, the human light sets . . . and this is what happens to the race of prophets. For our reason leaves home at the arrival of the divine Spirit, and at its departure the former returns. For it is not lawful for the mortal and immortal to dwell together. Hence the setting of reason and the darkness around it beget ecstacy and god-given madness.
--Philo of Alexandria
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