Fetch
A mysterious phenomenon which frequently appears in Irish and British folklore. A fetch can be a spirit, double, or an apparition. Sometimes it is referred to as a wraith.
This from the ordinary manner of reading would seem far-fetched, but when we bring the light of esotericism to bear, exam- ine other translations of the Bible, and look at conditions in the world as [PAGE 32] GLEANINGS OF A MYSTIC we find them today, ...
That fire then, which we use is fetched out of other things. It is in stones, and is fetched out by the stroke of the steele; it is in Earth, and makes that, after digging up, to smoake [smoke]: it is in Water, and heats springs, ...
Shall it be then regarded as too far fetched, if, basing our words on a life-long observation and experience, ...
Many years after, in more favourable times, Nehemiah sent priests to fetch this fire, nothing doubting its existence; they found water only in its stead.
Still it had to be done, so we fetched a sheet from the bedroom, laid the ghastly relic reverently upon that, and so lifted it from the bed where it had lain so long.
tannaffus = "to fetch a deep breath"; nafs = "breath of life", "soul", "self". In Aramaic naphsha = "soul"; ettapash = "breathe". In Ethiopian nephsa = "breathe"; nephes = "soul"."
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The idea is not in the least far fetched. The Turing Principle guarantees that such a text can be created.
In Irish lore a double is called a 'fetch'; in Germany it is Doppelgänger, meaning 'double walker'. Many believe that it is possible to see one's own double, as did the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, shortly before his death by drowning.
Editor's note: Whether or not this incident actually occurred in precisely this manner is difficult to say, but the idea is certainly not far-fetched.
therefore this fair book, I did nothing else day nor night, but study upon it, understanding very well all the operations that it showed, but not knowing with what matter I should begin, which made me very heavy and solitary, and caused me to fetch ...
Such explication may seem far-fetched to most modern readers, but Blake had friends and associates"especially the Swedenborgian Masons"who were adept at Kabbalistic-Yogic interpretations and psycho-sexual techniques.
Some people find this idea far-fetched - perhaps understandably so when you look at the state of the world today - but satsang experiences show us a process by which this transformation could occur.
the Coast Guard is reported as being not particularly impressed with such supernatural explanations of disasters at sea. 'It has been their experience that the combined forces of nature and unpredictability of mankind outdo even the most far fetched ...
couldn't make any phone calls or write any letters because all phone calls and letters were carefully screened by the secret police. So he had to travel to the country, meet the people, and make the arrangements in person, then come back and fetch us! ...
eagle on the early tarot images might well have been identified with the coming Age of the Holy Spirit. So in the context of the period, the association of the Holy Roman Empress with the Woman of Revelations 12:1, would not have been as far-fetched ...
 See also: World, Spirit, Death, Light, Magic
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