"The mystic cannot wholly do without symbol and……" — Evelyn Underhill
"The mystic cannot wholly do without symbol and image, inadequate to his vision though they must always be: for his experience must be expressed if it is to be communicated, and its actuality is inexpressible except in some hint or parallel which will stimulate the dormant intuition of the reader."
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Evelyn Underhill
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