Yes Shiert, even now the fog of mysticism is lifting from my living room table. Inveterate empiricist that I am, I had to see the passage in question for myself, and I’m loath to report my findings: nowhere on page 76 does the fated word appear. In my wife’s edition the cited text begins at the bottom of page 73 and extends to the top of page 74. Thus it is that mystery cults arise from nothing more significant than scribal error. I guess I’d better start gathering up the tracts I dropped off at the laundromats and bus stops…