Sublime
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Madame de Salzmann • The Reality of Being
Je crois que ce n’était pas Lou Salomé que vous désiriez, mais bien quelqu’un comme elle. » Devant le silence de Nietzsche, Breuer insista : « Je n’oublierai jamais notre promenade au Simmeringer Haide ; elle a bouleversé ma vie par bien des aspects. De toutes les choses que j’ai apprises ce jour-là, celle qui m’a le plus marqué, je crois, c’est
... See moreIrvin Yalom • Et Nietzsche a pleuré (Littérature) (French Edition)
Gala, who was Eugène’s superior in both education and worldliness, was a warm and generous teacher. She shared her expansive knowledge of contemporary literature and her passion for the Russian Symbolists. She was particularly enamored with the critic and novelist Andrey Bely and his friend the poet Aleksandr Blok, two men who loved the same woman
... See moreMichèle Gerber Klein • Surreal: The Extraordinary Life of Gala Dali

Practices in Śrīvidyā differ according to sampradāya, and along with Lalitā Devī, the tradition includes the worship of other deities, particularly the elephant-headed Gaṇapatī, Bālā Tripurasundarī (the form of Devī as a young girl), Mātaṅgī, and Vārāhī.
Kavitha Chinnaiyan • Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranāma
We are in a group because we need help to find a quality in ourselves, a state in which we can experience something real.
Madame de Salzmann • The Reality of Being
Il en fut ainsi au début chez Mme de Warens quand elle accueillit à son foyer le jeune Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Elle ne voulait, elle aussi, qu’orienter, diriger, amener un peu à la culture qui était sienne un adolescent gauche et impétueux chez qui bouillonnaient encore les forces primitives.
Stefan Zweig • Balzac: Le roman de sa vie (French Edition)

parts inside themselves and at depth ... they have had a long mentorship, a long spiritual “discipleship,” and a long time perfecting their disciplines. Persons such as these are immediately recognizable by their presence alone.