Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna
[Swami Tapasyananda, Swami Nikhilananda, Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations, 302]
“My soul is nothing now but the dream dreamt by matter struggling with itself!”
Eryximachus, p. 27
L'Âme et la danse (1921)
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