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The wise soul feareth not death; rather she sometimes striveth for death, she goeth beyond to meet her. Yet eternity maintaineth her substance throughout time, immensity throughout space, universal form throughout motion.

— Giordano Bruno De immenso (1591)

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Divinity reveals herself in all things... everything has Divinity latent within itself.

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The single spirit doth simultaneously temper the whole together; this is the single soul of all things; all are filled with God.

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