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The Interior Wilderness

Defining Who You Are from the Inside Out
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This is what I believe:

“That I am I.”

“That my soul is a dark forest.”

“That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest.”

“That gods, strange gods, come forth from the forest into thec learing of my known self, and then go back.”

“That I must have the courage to let them come and go.”

“That I will never let mankind put anything over me, but that I will try always to recognize and submit to the gods in me and the gods in other men and women.”

There is my creed.

D. H. Lawrence – Studies in Classic American Literature

Aesthosis

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Trueholding

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Leidenfreude

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Heartspur

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Candling

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Proluctance

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Vicarous

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Typifice

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Nementia

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Emodox

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Loss Of Backing

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Bareleveling

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1202

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Fool’s Guilt

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Agnosthesia

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Solysium

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Nighthawk

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Insoucism

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Rückkehrunruhe

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Lilo

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Epistrix

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Siso

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Hobsmacked

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Achenia

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Heartspur

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Keir

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Ellipsism

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