The Cup of Forgetfulness

"That's when they offer us 'the Cup of Forgetfulness.' With one sip, we can forget all about heaven, return to earth, with all its hunger and woe." He pauses. "That's what I hold in my hand now. The Cup of Forgetfulness." He winks, and sighs again, and takes another sip. "Everyone, everyone except the very divine begs for the Cup. There is in me forgetfulness, yet I remember things that are not theirs. 'Who are you or where are you from?' You are to say to him, 'I am a son, and I am from the Father