The Rosicrucians, Their Rites and Mysteries with Chapters on the Ancient Fire- and Serpent-worshippers, and Explanations of the Mystic Symbols Represented in the Monuments and Talismans of the Primeval Philosophers |
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... original force as he was able ; and , in some parts of his book , he believes he has urged them with such apparent warmth , that they will very likely seem to have PREFACE . xi been his own most urgent convictions . X PREFACE .
... original force as he was able ; and , in some parts of his book , he believes he has urged them with such apparent warmth , that they will very likely seem to have PREFACE . xi been his own most urgent convictions . X PREFACE .
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... seems almost to tire of the common sun . Of which he grows weary , as well as of his waste or extent of knowledge ... seem to be so much nearer as to be attainable . Limited as it is , life itself - very brief , very empty , very much ...
... seems almost to tire of the common sun . Of which he grows weary , as well as of his waste or extent of knowledge ... seem to be so much nearer as to be attainable . Limited as it is , life itself - very brief , very empty , very much ...
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... seem vain . Man can be con- ceived as tiring of the sun - tiring of consciousness even . What an expression is that , " forgotten by Death ! " The only being through whom the scythe of the great destroyer passes scatheless ! That life ...
... seem vain . Man can be con- ceived as tiring of the sun - tiring of consciousness even . What an expression is that , " forgotten by Death ! " The only being through whom the scythe of the great destroyer passes scatheless ! That life ...
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... seems to turn to old age in an hour . He remem- bers the far - off ancestors of his contemporaries . Fashions fleet ... seem the only things that survive as old friends . Indeed , it may be doubtful whether , to this supposed man of the ...
... seems to turn to old age in an hour . He remem- bers the far - off ancestors of his contemporaries . Fashions fleet ... seem the only things that survive as old friends . Indeed , it may be doubtful whether , to this supposed man of the ...
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... glamour delightful . Now this seems absurd ; but it is not so absurd as we suppose when considered sympatheti- cally . Sacred history affords considerable authority to this kind of opinion CHAPTER THE FOURTH THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHERS.
... glamour delightful . Now this seems absurd ; but it is not so absurd as we suppose when considered sympatheti- cally . Sacred history affords considerable authority to this kind of opinion CHAPTER THE FOURTH THE HERMETIC PHILOSOPHERS.
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