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Return to the Sacred
- Narrated by: Michael Toms
- Length: 56 mins
- Radio/TV Program
- Release date: 04-03-08
- Language: English
- Publisher: New Dimensions Foundation
Regular price: $1.39
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In a rare synthesis of Christian, Hindu, and modern scientific thought, the late Father Bede discusses the infusing of gross matter and daily life with spirit, the finding of God "in the divine darkness beyond word and thought", technology and simple living, Black Madonnas, mysticism, and monastic life.
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