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From: stanley@belker.DEC (David Stanley OEM Tech Support)
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Subject: Re: the name
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Date: Sun, 22-Sep-85 08:38:36 EDT
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I thought the following would be of interest. This was input into our Dead
note file by JJRitz.

	"We now return our souls to the creator, and as we
	stand on the edge of eternal darkness, let our chant fill
	the void, that others may know:  in the land of the night,
	the ship of the sun is drawn by the grateful dead."

	I believe this is from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, translation
	by Evans-Wentz.  It may be from the Egyptian Book of the Dead;
	I have read through same without finding it, though. (E.A. Wallis
	Budge translation.)

	The quote comes from Ken Kesey in an article in the "Last Supplement 
	to the Whole Earth Catalog", published in the early 70's.

		-JJRitz-


"...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-belker!stanley"

Dave Stanley