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    Cosmology, Mysticism,

    and the Birth of a New Myth

    T H E O D O R E R I C H A R D S

    Hiraeth PressDanvers, Massachusetts

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    Published by Hiraeth PressP.O. Box 416Danvers, Massachusettswww.hiraethpress.com

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    ISBN: 978-0-9799246-8-2

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    II. Cosmology 414. W C ? 43

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    III. Mysticism 1357. I W 137

    8. T U O 1479. M W 161

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    T MomWhat happens to the outer world happens to the inner world.I the outer world is diminished in its grandeur then the emotional, imaginative, intellectual, and spiritual li e o the human is diminished or extinguished. Without the soaring birds, the great orests, the sounds and coloration o the insects,the ree- owing streams, the owering f elds, the sight o the clouds by day and the stars at night, we become impoverished in all that makes us human.

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