James K. Morrow book Only Begotten Daughter
Source: Only Begotten Daughter (1990), Chapter 16 (p. 272)
“Many mystics have said, and it is true, that anything you see is not God. Anything you think is not God, neither are visions, lights, moving objects or anything else. Any sensation or feeling is not God. They are all the products of the creation or your imagination.”
Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)
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