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“Among archetypal images, the Sacred Tree is one of the most widely know symbols on Earth. There are few cultures in which the Sacred Tree does not figure: as an image of the cosmos, as a dwelling place of gods or spirits, as a medium of prophecy and knowledge, and as an agent of metamorphoses when the tree is transformed into human or divine form or when it bears a divine or human image as its fruit or flowers.”

Knows Humans Doe Earth Form Spirit Culture Tree Figures Divine Flower Bears Sacred Fruit Mediums Symbols Agents Cosmos Transformed Prophecy Dwelling Metamorphosis Dwelling Place

Author:Christopher McDowell

“In all the known history of Mankind, advances have been made primarily in physical technology; in the capacity of handling the inanimate world about Man. Control of self and society has been left to to chance or to the vague gropings of intuitive ethical systems based on inspiration and emotion. As a result no culture of greater stability than about fifty-five percent has ever existed, and these only as the result of great human misery.”

Source: The foundation trilogy: three classics of science fiction

“The differences between the two sexes is one of the important conditions upon which we have built the many varieties of human culture that give human beings dignity and stature.”

Giving Humans Two Important Culture Sex Differences Human Beings Conditions Built Dignity Variety Stature

Book:Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world

Source: Male and female: a study of the sexes in a changing world