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... power complex was finally restored , it was modified by various important concessions , including the extension of immortality ( once a Pharaonic or upper - class privilege ) to the population at large . While the actual incidents that ...
... power complex was finally restored , it was modified by various important concessions , including the extension of immortality ( once a Pharaonic or upper - class privilege ) to the population at large . While the actual incidents that ...
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... power complex suppressed . Unlike all other religious holidays , the Sabbath spread from Babylon across the world , mainly through three religions ; Judaism , Christianity , Islam . But it had a limited local origin , and the hygienic ...
... power complex suppressed . Unlike all other religious holidays , the Sabbath spread from Babylon across the world , mainly through three religions ; Judaism , Christianity , Islam . But it had a limited local origin , and the hygienic ...
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... power complex that had produced the earliest megamachines : absolutism and war . Similarly , Leonardo was familiar with the early German method of producing poison gas ( from feathers , realgar , and sulphur ) to asphyxiate a garrison ...
... power complex that had produced the earliest megamachines : absolutism and war . Similarly , Leonardo was familiar with the early German method of producing poison gas ( from feathers , realgar , and sulphur ) to asphyxiate a garrison ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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