The Nine Lives of Chloe King The Order, a group of human assassins, began hunting the half-god race until they were nearly extinct. The fight between the Mai and the Order forced the Mai into hiding and is said to have been so violent, it is supposedly the cause of some of the world's most famous and bloodiest wars. The Mai are also mortal enemies of the Jackals, a race descended from the Egyptian jackal-god Anubis. The Jackals are described as being filthy and savage, as well as the dregs of society. Ironically, the Mai display the same racist attitudes towards Jackals as The Order display
The Practice of the Presence of God we knew what converse the soul sometimes holds with God. Attwater's was a common approach taken by many translators of this passage: "Conversation with God occurs in the depth and center of the soul," in one translation; and in another, "Great would be our surprise, if we but knew what converse the soul holds at times with God." Numerous versions of "The Practice of the Presence of God" have been published, as reprints or new translations. The Practice of the Presence of God The Practice of the Presence of God is a book of collected teachings of Brother Lawrence (born