“What intelligent being, what being capable of responding emotionally to a beautiful sight, can look at the jagged, silvery lunar crescent trembling in the azure sky, even through the weakest of telescopes, and not be struck by it in an intensely pleasurable way, not feel cut off from everyday life here on Earth and transported toward that first step on celestial journeys?” WayFeelsFirstsLooksEarthBeautifulStepsCuttingJourneySkyCapableSightIntelligentEverydayFirst StepsEveryday LifeCelestialRespondingTremblingTelescopesAzureCrescentBeautiful Sights Author:Camille Flammarion
“Beautiful sights arouse feelings of love, and contrary sights bring feelings of disgrace and hate. And the emotions of the soul and spirit bring something additional to the body itself, which exists under the control of the soul and the direction of the spirit.” SoulFeelingsBodyBeautifulSpiritHateEmotionSightContraryDisgraceBeautiful Sights Book:Giordano Bruno: Cause, Principle and Unity: And Essays on Magic Source: Giordano Bruno: Cause, Principle and Unity: And Essays on Magic