[ The word "meteor" is a lot funnier coming from someone you're picturing in a parrot, palm tree, and guitar bedecked tourist shirt. Matt smiles to himself, and hopes Abel can pick up on it. ]

I don't know if it's my theology, exactly ... I wasn't raised in it. But, Hinduism? A lot of their ancient texts describe meteors as bad omens.

A lot of the elements in this prayer could be considered bad omens, actually. Dangerous. Earthquakes, meteors, death and witchcraft ... even the senses can be considered dangerous elements in a Hindu framework, because like, the physical world is an illusion that keeps us from joining fully with the universal One. But they're described in this beautiful way.