The Mirror of Life and Death
Notes
This book suggests ‘that the basis of life is in timeless and universal Being, which becomes projected for evolutionary purposes into the space-time world of existence’.
| Artist / Author | Laurence J. Bendit |
|---|---|
| Reference | P1588 |
| Date | 2006 |
| Type | Publication |
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