Indeterminacy 146

While Meister Eckhart was
alive, several
attempts were made to
excommunicate him.

(He had,
in his sermons,
said such
things as “Dear God,
I beg
you to rid me of God.”)

None of the trials
against him was successful,
for on
each occasion he defended
himself brilliantly.

However, after
his death,
the attack was continued.

Mute, Meister
Eckhart was excommunicated.

- John Cage