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		<title>The idea of the holy</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The idea of the holy: an inquiry into the non-rational factor in the idea of the divine and its relation to the rational by Rudolf Otto. What does it actually ... <a title="The idea of the holy" class="read-more" href="https://www.holybooks.com/the-idea-of-the-holy/" aria-label="More on The idea of the holy">Read more and download PDF</a></p>
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		<title>Parallel Lives of Greeks and Romans by Plutarch</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Plutarch’s Parallel Lives stands as one of the great works of classical literature and moral philosophy. Written in the late 1st and early 2nd century CE, the collection pairs the ... <a title="Parallel Lives of Greeks and Romans by Plutarch" class="read-more" href="https://www.holybooks.com/parallel-lives-of-greeks-and-romans-by-plutarch/" aria-label="More on Parallel Lives of Greeks and Romans by Plutarch">Read more and download PDF</a></p>
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		<title>The Golden Bough</title>
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		<title>The Complete works of Nostradamus PDF</title>
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		<title>The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah by Alfred Edersheim</title>
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		<title>Pharmako Poeia &#8211; The Salvia Divinorum chapter &#8211; by Dale Pendell</title>
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