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... passing out of the dream of day into the wakefulness of sleep , breaks into ecstatic admi- ration , into poetic effusions and songs of praise , in conse quence of this deeper insight into the secret workings of nature and of her symbols ...
... passing out of the dream of day into the wakefulness of sleep , breaks into ecstatic admi- ration , into poetic effusions and songs of praise , in conse quence of this deeper insight into the secret workings of nature and of her symbols ...
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... passed over the philosophical secrets ; yes , were compelled to be silent on what , for instance , was unanimously testified by the Samothracian mysteries . In the temple of Demeter and Persephone at Athens , in the front of which was ...
... passed over the philosophical secrets ; yes , were compelled to be silent on what , for instance , was unanimously testified by the Samothracian mysteries . In the temple of Demeter and Persephone at Athens , in the front of which was ...
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... passed in review , we per- ceive in Hercules the all - transpiercing electrical power , in Hermes the intellectual , and as the former has more body , the latter has the winged spirit . In the history of Hermes , also , the whole of the ...
... passed in review , we per- ceive in Hercules the all - transpiercing electrical power , in Hermes the intellectual , and as the former has more body , the latter has the winged spirit . In the history of Hermes , also , the whole of the ...
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... passing through a variety of forms , she announced to him that she should give birth to a son and daughter who would assume the sovereignty . Upon this he swallowed her , as she was pregnant with Athene , and thus produced her himself ...
... passing through a variety of forms , she announced to him that she should give birth to a son and daughter who would assume the sovereignty . Upon this he swallowed her , as she was pregnant with Athene , and thus produced her himself ...
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... Passing over the many different names given him by dif- ferent nations , as Lysius , Lyæos , the conductor of souls from and to heaven ; Kolonotas , the lord of graves ; Deme- trius , of the dead ; Licritus , the arisen ; Amphietes ...
... Passing over the many different names given him by dif- ferent nations , as Lysius , Lyæos , the conductor of souls from and to heaven ; Kolonotas , the lord of graves ; Deme- trius , of the dead ; Licritus , the arisen ; Amphietes ...
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