“And thus He will bring back His world to its former aspect, so that the Cosmos will once more be deemed worthy of worship and wondering reverence, and God, the maker and restorer of the mighty fabric, will be adored by the men of that day with unceasing hymns of praise and blessing.”

—  Apuleius

The Prophecy of Hermes Trismegistus

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Berber prose writer in Latin 125–170

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