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Pico della Mirandola Oration on the Secret of Gnosis and the Dignity of Man

Pico della Mirandola on the secret of Gnosis

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July 19, 2021

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Dominique Johnson

🏷️Global Esotericism

🏷️Christian Mysticism, Gnosticism, hermeticism, Philosophy, Pico della Mirandola, Theosophy

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