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Its beauty will shine upon all, for its beauty is of the soul, whose power of enfoldment is unbounded.

From Woman and the New Race by Sanger, Margaret

These systems engender an element of dependability on the individual which holds back his spiritual enfoldment and perverts his true individuality, which must grow and unfold before real progress upwards begins.

From The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation by Kennon, J. L.

When man's spiritual progress has attained a degree of enfoldment entitling him to come into possession of his Divine Heritage then will the sublime vibrations of the spheres be a reality to him.

From The Planet Mars and Its Inhabitants, a psychic revelation by Kennon, J. L.

After that sheltering enfoldment in his arms, she drew back, her hands on his shoulders, looking into his face with eyes that showed no consciousness of a lover's first kiss.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine

Nowadays it is not so much pure reason as a wider empirical knowledge of nature, with its consequent transformation of ideas, that makes the doctrine of enfoldment difficult.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar