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‘Good Lord, no. I can think of nothing worse than having to cope with a female who had no ideas at all on the subject.’
‘Well, those are my ideas — the naturalness of the physical, and the tremendous importance of the subtle, magnetic aspect that lies behind it, which makes marriage something much more than the love affair of two people and their subsequent rows. God made manifest in nature — life flowing into the world direct from God, and human beings as channels for it. A real marriage, which has a spiritual side as well as a physical, ought to put one in circuit with the whole universe, for one becomes a channel for the life of the race going on; that is why there is no blessing on a marriage when you close the gates of life permanently against incoming souls.’
‘I cannot imagine anything more wonderful than opening those gates.’
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A mysterious cloaked figure continually haunted the dreams of Dr Robert Malcolm. A figure that took hold of his imagination until it became a reality, moving before him through the dusk, over the wet London streets, just as it had done so often through the landscapes of sleep. Obsessed with his fantasy, Malcolm searched for it during every available waking moment until, late one evening, a woman entered his surgery — a woman identical to the very fabric of his vision . . .
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Table of Contents
THE WINGED BULL
Rear cover details
Preview
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright details
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
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