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... Mysticism 67 Christianity , on the other hand , is humane , practical , and , in a large sense , radical . So many years and ages of the gods those Eastern sages sat contemplating Brahm , uttering in silence the mystic " Om , " being ...
... Mysticism 67 Christianity , on the other hand , is humane , practical , and , in a large sense , radical . So many years and ages of the gods those Eastern sages sat contemplating Brahm , uttering in silence the mystic " Om , " being ...
Page 70
... mysticism un- der the three classic stages : purgation , illumination , and finally union . He himself , however , never showed any criti- cal interest in analyzing mysticism philosophically . For him it was sufficient that it worked ...
... mysticism un- der the three classic stages : purgation , illumination , and finally union . He himself , however , never showed any criti- cal interest in analyzing mysticism philosophically . For him it was sufficient that it worked ...
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... Mysticism 73 been worn at all , but was bran new , and adequate to the occasion . I let science slide , and rejoiced ... Mysticism is the raw material of all religion . Without it , the institutional mills of the churches may continue to ...
... Mysticism 73 been worn at all , but was bran new , and adequate to the occasion . I let science slide , and rejoiced ... Mysticism is the raw material of all religion . Without it , the institutional mills of the churches may continue to ...
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