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Page 167
... merely to perpetrate fraud and blackmail upon gullible believers without performing any tangible services , overlooks the fact that the temple by its command of this higher knowledge made an essential contribution to large - scale ...
... merely to perpetrate fraud and blackmail upon gullible believers without performing any tangible services , overlooks the fact that the temple by its command of this higher knowledge made an essential contribution to large - scale ...
Page 175
... merely seeped back into more primitive tribal societies , but its technical and institutional complex spread , by one means or another , over the whole planet , from China and Cambodia to Peru and Mexico . At this point I shall use the ...
... merely seeped back into more primitive tribal societies , but its technical and institutional complex spread , by one means or another , over the whole planet , from China and Cambodia to Peru and Mexico . At this point I shall use the ...
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... merely laid down a fresh basis for association in craft and trade , but they restored to work the esthetic and moral values , conditioned by religion , that governed the rest of their life . They , too , were autonomous corporate bodies ...
... merely laid down a fresh basis for association in craft and trade , but they restored to work the esthetic and moral values , conditioned by religion , that governed the rest of their life . They , too , were autonomous corporate bodies ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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