Spiritual Heart and Direct Knowing in the Prayer of the Heart

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Spiritual Heart and Direct Knowing in the Prayer of the Heart. (2007). Existential Analysis: Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis, 18(1), 81-102. https://doi.org/10.65828/djt90z93
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