Joscelyn Godwin, The Mystery of the Seven Vowels: Yet I will add, in all seriousness, that no animal would have serv...

Joscelyn Godwin, The Mystery of the Seven Vowels: Yet I will add, in all seriousness, that no animal would have served better as a hidden symbol of Iaô than the patient and unmusical ass, which cries as best it can the name of the Unknown God. I was not expecting to find a joke–much less a funny one–in this book.