Sublime

Devipuram—“The Goddess’s Abode”—the temple complex that Guruji had spent more than three decades building up from almost nothing in the rural wilds of eastern India.

“Seed Group” of the Santa Barbara Conscious Evolution community,

“Inanna is the person that Juanita’s obsessed with.” “Yes, sir. She is hailed as a savior because ‘she brought the perfect execution of the me.’ ” “Execution? Like executing a computer program?” “Yes. Apparently, they are like algorithms for carrying out certain activities essential to the society. Some of them have to do with the workings of pries

A. H. Almaas, the revered spiritual teacher and founder of the Diamond Approach, in his seminal work Essence (1986),

“So the Sumerians worshipped Enki, and the Babylonians, who came after the Sumerians, worshipped Marduk, his son.” “Yes, sir. And whenever Marduk got stuck, he would ask his father Enki for help.

Sedna, the Inuit Mother of the Sea,

Divine creator, father, mother, son as one . . . If I, my family, relatives, and ancestors have offended you, your family, relatives, and ancestors in thoughts,

Last of all, the gods give them names, their substance transformed into sound. The man is Askr, the ash tree. The woman is Embla, the elm.