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... cosmic spectacle . Yet this whole picture of cosmic evolution in terms of quantitative physical existence , with its immeasurable time and immeasurable space , reads quite differently if one returns to the center , where the scientific ...
... cosmic spectacle . Yet this whole picture of cosmic evolution in terms of quantitative physical existence , with its immeasurable time and immeasurable space , reads quite differently if one returns to the center , where the scientific ...
Page 167
... cosmic influences and their human consequences . That skill was not so prone as magic to be confounded by incorrigible events . The orderly cosmos thus disclosed satisfied one of man's deepest needs - though that need was perhaps ...
... cosmic influences and their human consequences . That skill was not so prone as magic to be confounded by incorrigible events . The orderly cosmos thus disclosed satisfied one of man's deepest needs - though that need was perhaps ...
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... Cosmic evolution , 31 Cosmic forces , conscious- ness of , 20 Cosmic myth , dissolution of , 230 Cosmic order , 12 , 190 Cosmos , new view of , 284 ; objective reality of , 33 Council of Elders , 143 , 223 Counting house , bureau ...
... Cosmic evolution , 31 Cosmic forces , conscious- ness of , 20 Cosmic myth , dissolution of , 230 Cosmic order , 12 , 190 Cosmos , new view of , 284 ; objective reality of , 33 Council of Elders , 143 , 223 Counting house , bureau ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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