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The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God

by Lynn Picknett

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American Gods (American Gods, #1)

by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)

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Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

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“Not success. Not growth. Not happiness. The cradle of your love of life … is death.”
― Stephen Jenkinson

tags: death, life, stephen-jenkinson

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“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.”
― Douglas Adams

tags: music, power-of-music, universe

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“The master sees beyond what is obvious. He sees the unseen, feels the unfelt, and hears the unheard. He looks below the surface for what is hidden and so finds the great heartbeat of the Universe. He smiles, knowing it is his heartbeat, your heartbeat, our heartbeat.”
― Wu Wei, I Ching Wisdom Volume Two: More Guidance from the Book of Answers: 2

tags: i-ching, life, quotes, wu-wei

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“When men see Han-shan
They all say he's crazy
And not much to look at -
Dressed in rags and hides.
They don't get what I say
And I don't talk their language.
All I can say to those I meet:
"Try and make it to Cold Mountain.”
― Gary Snyder, Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems

tags: cold-mountain, han-shan

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“At heart most men are as terrified of women's infinite sexualcapacity as they are fascinated by it. The general effect on men isto make them feel sexually insecure and causes them to attempt tocompensate with some other strength. Sexual insecurity may bethe primary reason men have sought physical, political, financial,intellectual, and religious advantage over woman.”
― Mantak Chia, Taoist Secrets of Love: Cultivating Male Sexual Energy

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