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“A craft can only have meaning when it serves a spiritual way.”

Book:Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul

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Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul

This book delves into the origins and evolution of alchemy, examining its role in the development of scientific thought and its symbolic representation of the human quest for understanding the universe and the self. more

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Titus Burckhardt

Titus Burckhardt was a Swiss author renowned for his in-depth studies of Eastern philosophy and culture. His works covered a wide range of subjects, including art, religion, and philosophy. Burckhardt's writing style was influenced by his academic background and extensive travels, which provided him with rich material from Asia and Africa. more

“Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short; whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you; however innocent it may be in itself.”

Mind May Reason Body Spiritual Spirituality Sin Pleasure Judging Authority Conscience Increase Your Body Innocent Over You Tenderness Relish Lawfulness

Book:The Life of Wesley, and the rise and progress of methodism

Source: The Life of Wesley, and the rise and progress of methodism

“We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided.”

Christian Spiritual Religion Spirituality Wish Prayer Sitting Down And Accomplish Sitting Down

Author:Phillips Brooks

“The world is our school for spiritual discovery.”

World School Spiritual Spirituality Discovery Passionate

Book:The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Pt. 1, Human Experience; Pt. 2, The Arts in Culture

Source: The Notebooks of Paul Brunton: Pt. 1, Human Experience; Pt. 2, The Arts in Culture

“The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces a problematical dialogism, which in some measure proves that the essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable.”

May Self Spirituality Existence Produce Prove Essence Premises Ratios Proceeding Reciprocal Duplicate

Book:Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield employed as a means of reading made easy without any alteration of orthography ... By Charles Theodor von Kersten

Source: Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield employed as a means of reading made easy without any alteration of orthography ... By Charles Theodor von Kersten

“Meanwhile, spiritual submissiveness brings about the wiser use of our time, talents, and gifts as compared with our laboring diligently but conditionally to establish our own righteousness instead of the Lord's (D&C 1:16). After all, Lucifer was willing to work very hard, but conditionally in his own way and for his own purposes.”

Way Hard Use Spiritual Purpose Time Spirituality Work Lord Talent Willing Our Time Righteousness Wiser Lucifer

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“When, as President Joseph F. Smith said, we "catch a spark from the awakened memories of the immortal soul, "let us be quietly grateful. When of great truths we can say "I know," that powerful spiritual witness may also carry with it the sense of our having known before. With rediscovery, we are really saying "I know - again!"”