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► DEaVF1 Introductory Essays by Robert F. Butts essays wrenching addenda delve Lumsden
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That basic impetus toward survival came to take precedence over everything else. Indeed, for several weeks following the initiation of the challenges I relate in the essays, supposedly creative activities like writing books and painting pictures often faded into insignificance by comparison. And for me, Jane’s condition came to stand for everything we don’t know in our particular joint, chosen, probable earthly reality.

► DEaVF1 Essay 9 Monday, May 31, 1982 essay Mandali aspirin thyroid April
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[...] For if the information arouses such mixed emotions in Jane and me, surely it will do so in others too, serving as an impetus or goad to learn more even while it highlights one’s strengths and weaknesses. [...]

► DEaVF1 Essay 7 Friday, May 7, 1982 reincarnational redemption essay serf magical
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[...] Those ingrained beliefs are of course biologically pertinent, providing the impetus of all growth and development.