Of two minds on this one. It is a neat idea, a take on the Phantom of the opera as MJS said. That said, I would have a difficult time using this, except as a piece of background detail. Go to Comment
I agree CM. This to me seems to be a good attempt to recreate medieval 'scholarly' texts and to me he seems to be discussing the origins of fire in general, in much the same vein as frogs appear spontaneously from mud.
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