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    <body><![CDATA[Pantheism explained through the eyes of a quasi-Quaker.  Very interesting and enlightening discourse on nature, universe, and the spirit that moves all.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Gives Sherman’s perspective on life and philosophy interweaved with her day to day experiences in New Mexico’s Gila Valley. Defines Pantheisism as finding the holy in everything and discusses that compared to other major religions. Talks about the history of pantheisim and its philisophical foun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81327772">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The author is quite a woman. Kind, bright, a lover of nature and peace.  What she is not, is an author.  The book only gets 2 stars for weak writing. I do believe, however, that an actual conversation with the author would rate higher.]]></body>
    
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