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The schizophrenic is drowning in the same waters in which the mystic swims with delight. Edgar Cayce made the same observation in his readings
Joseph Campbell
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Joseph Campbell
Age: 83 †
Born: 1904
Born: March 26
Died: 1987
Died: October 30
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When your mind is simply trapped by the image out there so that you never make the reference to yourself, you have misread the image.
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As a white candle / In a holy place, / So is the beauty / Of an aged face
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