Richard G. Petty, MD

The Sacred Universe

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“God is in the midst of the largest galaxy – and the smallest atom.”

–Billy Graham (American Southern Baptist Minister, Evangelist, and in 1996, Winner of the Congressional Gold Medal, 1918-)   


“The Journey: Living by Faith in an Uncertain World” (Billy Graham)

The Wind of the Spirit

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“The divinity lies in your breast, the source of all strength and grandeur; and the more you appeal to it the more you exercise it.”

–Gottfried de Purucker (American Writer, Philosopher, Lecturer, and, from 1929-1942, Leader of the Theosophical Society, 1874-1942)   


“Wind of the Spirit” (G. De Purucker)

The Altar of the Earth

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“The whole earth is the altar whereon God pours out His life and love.”      

–Agnes Sanford (American Charismatic Christian Healer, teacher and Writer, 1897-1982)

“Sealed Orders” (Agnes Sanford)

Alive With Godhead

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“Jesus saw and knew that the entire creation was alive with Godhead; he saw and knew that at the core of human consciousness lay a spark of divine consciousness in which the glory of the Godhead is always reflected and which is one with the Godhead.”

–Andrew Harvey (Indian-born English Philosopher, 1952-)

“Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ” (Andrew Harvey)

Divine Immanence

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“The grace behind Nature is Divine Immanence, and we know that it flows in through all channels; it stands at the door and knocks; it is with us all days.”           

–Arthur Edward Waite (American-born English Scholar, Mystic and Esotericist, 1857-1942)

“Lamps of Western Mysticism” (Arthur Edward Waite)

The Spirit of Oneness

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“Remember that the Spirit of God permeates His glorious system, that His Life is in the leaves of the trees as well as in the hearts of human beings.”     

–Flower A. Newhouse (American Christian Mystic and Spiritual Teacher, 1909-1994)   


“Rediscovering the Angels and Natives of Eternity” (Flower A. Newhouse)

God’s Activity

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“God’s activity runs through the entire universe. It wells up around and penetrates every created being. Wherever they are, it is there also. It runs ahead of them, it stays with them, and it follows after them.”

–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (French Jesuit Priest and Author, 1675-1751)      

“Teachings of the Christian Mystics” (Shambhala)

Everything That Lives Is Holy

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“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life”          

–William Blake (English Poet, Painter and Mystic, 1757-1827)        

“The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)” (William Blake)   

Reflection of the Sacred

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“No dust mote is so poor, no dot is so small, but the wise person sees God in it in his glory. – In a mustard seed, if you can understand it, is the image of all higher and lower things.”      

–Angelus Silesius (German Mystic and Poet, 1624-1677)   


“Angelus Silesius: The Cherubinic Wanderer (Classics of Western Spirituality)” (Maria Shrady, Josef Schmidt, E. J. Furchaby)

Every Soul if Sacred

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“For God, every soul is sacred and blessed and always God’s child; the soul may forget its home and inheritance and identity, but God never forgets and acts in thousands of secret and overt ways to remind the soul of its real nature.”

–Andrew Harvey (Indian-born English Philosopher, 1952-)

“Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ” (Andrew Harvey)

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