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... night of long past ages . Now we know the world in greater circles , and in the knowledge of the natural sciences we stand on an elevation hitherto unknown in history , in which we , by a comparison of the remaining fragments , and by a ...
... night of long past ages . Now we know the world in greater circles , and in the knowledge of the natural sciences we stand on an elevation hitherto unknown in history , in which we , by a comparison of the remaining fragments , and by a ...
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... Night produced from herself , and through herself fructified Ether - the all - embracing world - air . According to Hesiod , however , Night is a daughter of Chaos , and by Erebus gave birth to Æther and the Day . The Heaven , Uranus ...
... Night produced from herself , and through herself fructified Ether - the all - embracing world - air . According to Hesiod , however , Night is a daughter of Chaos , and by Erebus gave birth to Æther and the Day . The Heaven , Uranus ...
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... power , having its home in the depths of subterranean night , but at the same time also in the glitter- ing sun , which in the northern lights through self - com- bustion ascends from earth to heaven , there had been 26 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
... power , having its home in the depths of subterranean night , but at the same time also in the glitter- ing sun , which in the northern lights through self - com- bustion ascends from earth to heaven , there had been 26 HISTORY OF MAGIC .
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... night , of chaos , and of time , are expressed in correspondent symbols , as the produc- tion of all things is represented through the beneficent forma- tion and mutation of light - Eros and mother Earth - Rhea . Only beneficent light ...
... night , of chaos , and of time , are expressed in correspondent symbols , as the produc- tion of all things is represented through the beneficent forma- tion and mutation of light - Eros and mother Earth - Rhea . Only beneficent light ...
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... night , -empty space , reminding us of the comparison of the earth and the heavens to the two halves of an egg , which is to be found amongst nearly all people , and especially amongst the Indians . In India the creative god , Brahma ...
... night , -empty space , reminding us of the comparison of the earth and the heavens to the two halves of an egg , which is to be found amongst nearly all people , and especially amongst the Indians . In India the creative god , Brahma ...
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