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Whitman, Walt - Leaves of Grass - The square
Identifier
010990
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
In Hindu, Chinese and several other symbol systems the square is denoted as symbol of earth – the physical - and the circle used as a symbol of the spiritual. The circle within the square then shows the duality of existence
A description of the experience
Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass
I am less the reminder of property and qualities and more the reminder of life
And go on the square for my own sake and for other's sake