The self as master is born in the realization that nature can be commanded. Real mastery requires a means. The self develops technique-the idea of work put into the hands of another agency held in bondage to the self. (Donald Phillip Verene)

The self as master is born in the realization that nature can be commanded. Real mastery requires a means. The self develops technique-the idea of work put into the hands of another agency held in bondage to the self.

Donald Phillip Verene

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