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... ritual . Besides high physical courage , and the promise of an early termination of the ordeal , they need a deep religious conviction , all the more serviceable if unconscious of their role as Heavenly Messengers . A devotion of this ...
... ritual . Besides high physical courage , and the promise of an early termination of the ordeal , they need a deep religious conviction , all the more serviceable if unconscious of their role as Heavenly Messengers . A devotion of this ...
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... ritual and language , he was dangerously open to the random , often destructive and suicidal promptings of his own unconscious . That danger still remains . These subjective forces , erupting in dream images and motor impulses , too ...
... ritual and language , he was dangerously open to the random , often destructive and suicidal promptings of his own unconscious . That danger still remains . These subjective forces , erupting in dream images and motor impulses , too ...
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... ritual demand that active participation which serves to incorporate the diverse ingredients needed for balance in ... rituals which so long proved useful in maintaining some degree of internal balance , some prospect of cre- ativity ...
... ritual demand that active participation which serves to incorporate the diverse ingredients needed for balance in ... rituals which so long proved useful in maintaining some degree of internal balance , some prospect of cre- ativity ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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