The ascetic priest is the incarnate wish for an existence of another kind, an existence on another plane,-he is, in fact, the highest point of this wish, its official ecstasy and passion:
Apaiz aszetikoa beste-era-batera-izateko, beste-leku-batean-egoteko desiraren haragitzea, desira horren goren gradua da, bere benetako suhar eta grina;