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The human soul : its movements, its lights, and the iconography of ...

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COMMUNION OF THE HUMAN SOUL<strong>the</strong> universal or holy spirit <strong>and</strong> projects itin <strong>its</strong> turn; it thus creates <strong>the</strong> halo <strong>of</strong>sacredness.We are here at <strong>the</strong> sacred pole <strong>of</strong> lifewhere all becomes effaced before a singleword :harmony<strong>and</strong> love. It is <strong>the</strong> voice<strong>of</strong> Amo, <strong>the</strong> spell <strong>of</strong> universal love, it is <strong>the</strong>cry <strong>of</strong> Saint Augustine : ,, Ama et fac quodvis I Love <strong>and</strong> do what thou wilt J "Even on earth, <strong>the</strong> divine may <strong>the</strong>n begiven us ;it is what Jean Reynaud wrote tohis mo<strong>the</strong>r after having found it inhimself. ,, No more aimlessness in life, nomore spleen, an immense joy floods my<strong>soul</strong> T. . . Yesterday <strong>the</strong> idea <strong>of</strong> God appearedto me in brightness, without a cloud. <strong>The</strong>idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> present, personal God. <strong>The</strong>world is filled for me with an adorablefriend !"(!)•So true is it that <strong>the</strong> life <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> purifiedmystic spirit is a respiration <strong>of</strong> divine light,a development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> divine self.1. Thou carriest in thyself a sublime friend, -whom thou knowestnot, for God dwells in <strong>the</strong> heart <strong>of</strong> every man, but few are<strong>the</strong>y w^ho can find him (Baghavadgita).— 153—

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