hyperphysical
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These are but some of the disparate images conjured in Jacques Heim’s latest dance piece, “Fearful Symmetries,” for his hyperphysical Los Angeles troupe, Diavolo.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2010
Tracks like the dynamic opener, English Boy, showcase Townshend's talent for mixing metaphysical lyrics with hyperphysical music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two such modes are made known to us by our natural faculties only: the physical, which includes the first of these examples; the hyperphysical, which embraces the other.
From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart
That day, extraordinary to relate, Colline's swallow-tail only contained a quarto volume of Bayle, a treatise on the hyperphysical faculties in three volumes, a volume of Condillac, two of Swedenborg and Pope's "Essay on Man."
From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henry Murger
Wallace's view.—A supernatural origin for man's body not necessary.—Two orders of being in man.—Two modes of origin.—Harmony of the physical, hyperphysical, and supernatural.—Reconciliation of science and religion as regards evolution.—Conclusion.
From On the Genesis of Species by St. George Mivart
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