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Bass Rock

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Evie Wyld
Evie Wyld

Evie Wyld is an Australian author known for her distinctive literary style and profound character development. Her works are often set in the Australian countryside, delving into themes of family, identity, and survival. more

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“If you look into a madman’s eyes and into the eyes of a mystic, there is some similarity – something vast, something undefined, something nebulous, something like a chaos out of which stars are born. The mystic and the madman have some similarity. All madmen may not be mystics, but all mystics are mad. By “mad” I mean they have gone beyond mind. The madman may have fallen below mind, and the mystic may have gone beyond mind, but one thing is similar – both are not in their minds.”

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