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1		"The earliest [Greek] philosophers perceived nature and divinity as intertwined." The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View (Richard Tarnas)

2		“God is in our minds, in our souls, and in our bodies, in heaven and on earth.” Pseudo-Dionysius, The Complete Works (John Farina, Editor-in-Chief)

3		“O God! You are so generous in pouring out Your gifts! You are so flowing in Your love!” Mechthild of Magdeburg Meditations from Mechthild of Magdeburg (Henry L. Carrigan, Jr., editor)

4		"What is most divine in God is that, in an absolute sense, we are nothing apart from him." The Divine Milieu (Pierre Teilhard deChardin)

5		"Everything seems to be full of God's reflex, if we could but see it." Charles Kingsley, novelist The Great Secret (Maurice Maeterlinck)

6		"God is as present as the air." Michael Hollings, 'Day by Day' Macmillan Dictionary of Religious Quotations (Margaret Pepper, editor)

7		"God is present in all creation, everywhere….we are always in the presence of God; our task is merely to recognize that fact and to act with love and reverence toward all life, including those parts of it we would normally think of as inanimate." Tasha Halpert, 'Musings of a Homegrown Mystic' The Quest (various)

8		"Glory to you, Creator of the light, Enlightener of the world….Glory be to you for the visible light: the sun's radiance, the flame of fire; day and night, evening and morning. For the light invisible and intellectual; that which may be known of God, that which is written in the law, oracles of prophets, melody of psalms, instruction of proverbs, experience of histories – a light which never sets." Lancelot Andrews (1555-1626), 'Private Devotions' Devotional Classics (Richard J. Foster and James Bryan Smith, editors)

9		"God is that which is Constantly Present and Constantly Changing, suiting Itself to each moment, so that God may be understood in that moment, embraced in that moment, experienced in that moment, and expressed in that moment." Tomorrow's God, Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge (Neale Donald Walsch)

10		"Human understanding is sufficient to apperceive that the world has a creator." Ramon Llull, 'The Book of Contemplation on God' Ramon Lull and the Secret of Life (Amador Vega)

11		"God, the dynamism of the Universe, is an ongoing Essence, constantly revealing Itself as new marvels and new glories." The Child Within Us Lives!, A Synthesis of Science, Religion and Metaphysics (William Samuel)

12		"Martin Luther…saw God as embracing all things, controlling all things, and pervading all things." Heaven, A History (Colleen McDannell & Bernhard Lang)

13		"Nature, or God, does nothing without a logical reason, and the further we search the more apparent it becomes to us that Nature is a wise mother, always using the best means to accomplish her ends." Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, or Christian Occult Science (Max Heindel)

14		"It is God Who manifests and God Who communicates Himself under all the veils of creation." A New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry (Arthur Edward Waite)

15		"God, who is by nature good…loves all men equally as His handiwork." St. Maximos the Confesor, 'First Century on Love' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

16		"I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences." William James (1842-1910), American philosopher and psychologist God, A Companion for Seekers (David Schiller)

17		"God is found not only in the light and glory of creation but also in absolute darkness." Wrestling with the Prophets, Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life (Matthew Fox)

18		"The world of the senses, the kingdoms of nature, testify to the all-pervasive wisdom of God." Covenant of the Heart, Meditations of a Christian Hermeticist on the Mysteries of Tradition (Valentin Tomberg)

19		"It appears that mind, as manifested by the capacity to make choices, is to some extent inherent in every atom….I do not make any clear distinction between mind and God. God is what mind becomes when it has passed beyond the scale of our comprehension." Freeman Dyson, physicist, recipient of the Templeton Prize The Hidden Face of God: How Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth (Gerald L. Schroeder, Ph.D.)

20		"God, in His own Being, is all things, in an infinite and pre-eminent way." Living Flame of Love (St. John of the Cross)

21		"God, in his simple substance, is all everywhere equally." St. Bernard of Clairvaux The Perennial Philosophy (Aldous Huxley)

22		"God is Love. Love is unity." Mysticism and Ecumenism (Robley Edward Whitson)

23		"We use the word 'God' to signify the one expression of the One Life which animates every form." Esoteric Psychology II (Alice A. Bailey)

24		"She [Goddess] is the ship, on which we sail the waters of the deep self, exploring the uncharted seas within. She is the door, through which we pass into the future. She is the cauldron, in which we who have been wrenched apart simmer until we again become whole." The Spiral Dance, A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (Starhawk (Miriam Simos))

25		"God is the composite of all life-force energy, both the celestial forces and the internal forces of one's heart. God is the total living force of the Universe." Agartha: The Essential Guide to Personal Transformation in the New Era (Meredith L. Young)