Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the myt…

Carl Jung
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Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were once at home by right of birth. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung, Meredith Sabini (2002). The Earth Has a Soul: The Nature Writings of C.G. Jung, p.45, North Atlantic Books
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Knowledge does not enrich us; it removes us more and more from the mythic world in which we were once at home by right of birth. ✨ Carl Gustav Jung, Meredith Sabini (2002). The Earth Has a Soul: The Nature Writings of C.G. Jung, p.45, North Atlantic Books

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