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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: or philosophy or religion existed, there were still certain
Things--and consequently also certain Words--which had
a tremendous influence on the human mind, which in fact
affected it deeply. Such a word, for instance, is 'Thunder';
to hear thunder, to imitate it, even to mention it, are sure
ways of rousing superstitious attention and imagination.
Such another word is 'Serpent,' another 'Tree,' and so
forth. There is no one who is insensible to the reverberation
of these and other such words and images[1]; and
among them, standing prominently out, are the two
'Mother' and 'Virgin.' The word Mother touches the deepest
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
