Our god's name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both…

Hermann Hesse
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Our god's name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse (1971). Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse
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Our god's name is Abraxas and he is God and Satan and he contains both the luminous and the dark world. ✨ Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse (1971). Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun [and] Hermann Hesse

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