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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

Fool’s Guilt

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Fitching

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Punt Kick

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Viadne

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Apolytus

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Hiddled

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Nighthawk

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Loss Of Backing

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Addleworth

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Malotype

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Mcfeely

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Leidenfreude

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Deep Gut

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Altschmerz

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Trueholding

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Wollah

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The Kinder Surprise

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Offtides

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Rivener

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Catoptric Tristesse

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Apolytus

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Mottleheaded

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Chrysalism

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Feresy

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