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Page 67
... evil of will : ' the part towards the good planet is good , that towards the evil not so . ' Mercury ( who occupied a middle position ) is good ' conjoined ' with a good planet and vice versa . The influence of a planet on one of his ...
... evil of will : ' the part towards the good planet is good , that towards the evil not so . ' Mercury ( who occupied a middle position ) is good ' conjoined ' with a good planet and vice versa . The influence of a planet on one of his ...
Page 124
... evil ; v to a crisis of judgment or justice ; vi has relevance to Venus for good or ill , love , sex or lust ; vii makes severe trial of the virtue - change may be effected or withstood ; viii usually brings intervention of Arthur ...
... evil ; v to a crisis of judgment or justice ; vi has relevance to Venus for good or ill , love , sex or lust ; vii makes severe trial of the virtue - change may be effected or withstood ; viii usually brings intervention of Arthur ...
Page 161
... evil : ' love ' can cause ' war ' to cease even when that ' love ' has been found in the empty - headed . Extremes intensify one another and are destructive of one another , as we shall see . THE PASSAGE IN CONTEXT By Canto II Guyon has ...
... evil : ' love ' can cause ' war ' to cease even when that ' love ' has been found in the empty - headed . Extremes intensify one another and are destructive of one another , as we shall see . THE PASSAGE IN CONTEXT By Canto II Guyon has ...
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