This is my first encounter with abelard.org. While it is delightful in a kind of early internet culture way, I sincerely doubt Random House, Inc. gave permission to reproduce this in full to this pseudonymous author who writes in the persona of a space alien who is the reincarnation of an 11th century philosopher monk and, well, I'll just share their words: [1]
> abelard is thought to live in a ger on the steppes of outer mongolia, surrounded by an indeterminate number of yaks, husbands and wives... and vast hordes of children preparing for the cultural conquest of the world... abelard is known to have long conversations with the good fairy. it is rumoured that abelard arrived on a cultural troubleshooting mission to this planet from a star system approximately 40 light years away: this prior to the earth being offered probationary membership of The Galactic Anarchy (some call it The Culture).
> as abelard is from an advanced culture, this entity has to communicate in rather simple language in order to be understood by the savages... consequently there are various rumours... one is that The Culture have forgotten all about this attaché, who often gets homesick and pissed off with living in such a primitive backwater. another is that this entity is a reincarnation of another Abelard born in 1079.... both of these rumours are true to a related degree.