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Page 41
... symbol but a real divine being to be believed in . What do I mean now when I speak of the muse as a symbol ? The word " symbol " comes from the Greek symballein which literally means " to throw together . " A symbolon in ancient Greece ...
... symbol but a real divine being to be believed in . What do I mean now when I speak of the muse as a symbol ? The word " symbol " comes from the Greek symballein which literally means " to throw together . " A symbolon in ancient Greece ...
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... symbol or not depends first of all on the way in which our consciousness approaches it . " It is possible for our consciousness to remain closed to the wealth of meaning con- tained in a symbol and to reduce its meaning to some well ...
... symbol or not depends first of all on the way in which our consciousness approaches it . " It is possible for our consciousness to remain closed to the wealth of meaning con- tained in a symbol and to reduce its meaning to some well ...
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... symbol signifying the same concept . " The highest wisdom , " writes Engelke in Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians , " can be gained only by reaching back to the root of the tree whose branches represent the phenomenal world . " Among ...
... symbol signifying the same concept . " The highest wisdom , " writes Engelke in Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians , " can be gained only by reaching back to the root of the tree whose branches represent the phenomenal world . " Among ...
Contents
PREFACE | 1 |
LE CRI DE MERLIN OR INTERPRETATION | 9 |
THE MUSE AS A SYMBOL OF LITERARY | 36 |
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