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Dear friend, theory is all grey,<br />

And the golden tree of life is green.<br />

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust Pt.1<br />

Two souls dwell, alas! In my breast.<br />

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust Pt.1<br />

<strong>The</strong> outcome was philosophical dualism with all the tragic-comic woes<br />

attendant on spiritual dichotomy.<br />

Robert Graves, <strong>The</strong> White Goddess<br />

<strong>The</strong> gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the<br />

course of time through seeking we may learn and know things better. But<br />

as for certain truth, no man has known it, nor shall he know it, neither of<br />

the gods nor yet of all things of which I speak. For even if by chance he<br />

was to utter the final truth, he would himself not know it: For all is but a<br />

woven web of guesses.<br />

Xenophanes of Colophon, 500BCE<br />

<strong>The</strong>re were several roads nearby, but it did not take her long to find the<br />

one paved with yellow bricks. Within a short time she was walking<br />

briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the<br />

hard, yellow roadbed…<strong>The</strong> next morning, as soon as the sun was up, they<br />

started on their way, and soon saw a beautiful green glow in the sky just<br />

before them. ‘That must be the Emerald City’ said Dorothy.<br />

L Frank Baum, <strong>The</strong> Wonderful Wizard of Oz<br />

<strong>The</strong> word ‘rose’ is manna to the lyricist.<br />

John Fisher, <strong>The</strong> Companion to Roses<br />

Outward ritual cannot destroy ignorance, because they are not mutually<br />

contradictory. Realized knowledge alone destroys ignorance…<br />

Shankara, Father of the Swami Order<br />

<strong>The</strong> only honour that man can pay his Creator is to seek Him.<br />

Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri<br />

Stibnite: Sb2S3 Antimony Sulfide Gray-metallic with orthorhombic,<br />

slightly flexible crystals, often radiating blades. Associated with gold,<br />

cinnabar, galena, barite and quartz. From the Greek name ‘stibi’, used<br />

to describe antimony, which was used to separate gold by the ancients.<br />

Mineral Gallery<br />

Before enlightenment you chop wood and carry water…<br />

After enlightenment you chop wood and carry water…<br />

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