Image: “The Abduction of Proserpina,” by Rembrandt, circa 1631, in Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_-_The_Rape_of_Proserpine_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg … public domain … COMMENTS: See how the Lord of the Underworld rides a chariot fashioned like a snarling golden lion? Is it not often the case that o’erarching desire for gold … for what is aptly termed ‘filthy lucre’ … carries us from the realms of Light to Darkness and Soul woe? I feel that to be so often true. Money, of itself, is neither good nor bad, I feel. Just as unbridled greed may torment our Souls, so may the wise use of money for the good of all, for philanthropic purposes, help us rise up the godly qualities that are our Soul’s nature. –Alice B. Clagett

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