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... Perhaps the first hint of this immense storehouse of sounds , images , patterns , in all their prodigality and super- fluity , came to man in his dreams . Through the dream , then , man became conscious of a haunting ' super- natural ...
... Perhaps the first hint of this immense storehouse of sounds , images , patterns , in all their prodigality and super- fluity , came to man in his dreams . Through the dream , then , man became conscious of a haunting ' super- natural ...
Page 89
... perhaps understand why one of the greatest and most influential of moralists , Confucius , relied upon two instruments for re- establishing the social order of his time on a sound footing . One was the restoration of the ancient rituals ...
... perhaps understand why one of the greatest and most influential of moralists , Confucius , relied upon two instruments for re- establishing the social order of his time on a sound footing . One was the restoration of the ancient rituals ...
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... perhaps , mankind is still haunted by dreams of effortless superabundance : dreams that come back in swift realization to those who go berry - picking or mushroom - hunting or flower - gathering , when more fruit or blossoms are there ...
... perhaps , mankind is still haunted by dreams of effortless superabundance : dreams that come back in swift realization to those who go berry - picking or mushroom - hunting or flower - gathering , when more fruit or blossoms are there ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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