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... Constellations 317 On the Four Elements 319 On the Nature of Man after the Fall 321 On God in the Soul . 323 On the Infection of the Soul 325 Animal Magnetism 331 APPENDIX SELECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES BY MARY HOWITT . PAGE vi CONTENTS .
... Constellations 317 On the Four Elements 319 On the Nature of Man after the Fall 321 On God in the Soul . 323 On the Infection of the Soul 325 Animal Magnetism 331 APPENDIX SELECTED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES BY MARY HOWITT . PAGE vi CONTENTS .
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... elements of nature spoke to man , and she became tangi- ble to him through joy and pain ; she expressed to him her sensations in speaking images . That mode of expression brings many characteristics into the focus of a single phrase ...
... elements of nature spoke to man , and she became tangi- ble to him through joy and pain ; she expressed to him her sensations in speaking images . That mode of expression brings many characteristics into the focus of a single phrase ...
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... element or a remarkable phenomenon of nature appeared as the acting personage . Even language was a prolific mother of gods and myths : and still more sprung out of the clothing of symbols , and the locked - up facts of hieroglyphic ...
... element or a remarkable phenomenon of nature appeared as the acting personage . Even language was a prolific mother of gods and myths : and still more sprung out of the clothing of symbols , and the locked - up facts of hieroglyphic ...
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... elements produces the greatest and the most profound effects . Water , air , and light , and the universal earth - magnetism , are the general powers by which nature performs her secret operations ; to which , however , we are not ...
... elements produces the greatest and the most profound effects . Water , air , and light , and the universal earth - magnetism , are the general powers by which nature performs her secret operations ; to which , however , we are not ...
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... elements of nature is shown in the opposition , so is it also in the universal amity and sympathy of spiritual upper , and the physical lower world . At the same time , the idea is also given that the whole visible world is only an ...
... elements of nature is shown in the opposition , so is it also in the universal amity and sympathy of spiritual upper , and the physical lower world . At the same time , the idea is also given that the whole visible world is only an ...
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