The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 49
... Earth . Demeter and Cybele were earth - goddesses , not embodiments of the whole Dimension in which we live . There is also the Sky ! From of old the heavens have been regarded as representing the male principle of cosmic life , not ...
... Earth . Demeter and Cybele were earth - goddesses , not embodiments of the whole Dimension in which we live . There is also the Sky ! From of old the heavens have been regarded as representing the male principle of cosmic life , not ...
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... earth : air , water , and fire , which unscientifically but not un- philosophically we call the chemistry of Nature . And my point is that certain shocks to our inmost soul , whether they be loss of habitual companions , or loss of ...
... earth : air , water , and fire , which unscientifically but not un- philosophically we call the chemistry of Nature . And my point is that certain shocks to our inmost soul , whether they be loss of habitual companions , or loss of ...
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... earth fifty times smaller than it has ever been - a wave , in fact , of evolutionary magnetic power re - creating the world ! The worst of it is - as my two typical old earth - men , the Britisher and the Chinaman , see perhaps clearest ...
... earth fifty times smaller than it has ever been - a wave , in fact , of evolutionary magnetic power re - creating the world ! The worst of it is - as my two typical old earth - men , the Britisher and the Chinaman , see perhaps clearest ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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