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As a young Christian Scientist, I spent an inordinate amount of time fussing over the nature of consciousness and the unsubstantiality of matter.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2022

The chill of Mrs. Fairfax’s warnings, and the damp of her doubts were upon me: something of unsubstantiality and uncertainty had beset my hopes.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

In fact, everything assumed an air of unsubstantiality for me.

From My Life — Volume 2 by Wagner, Richard

It was like stirring a stick amongst a drift of last year's leaves, to awaken but a dry rustling, a vague sense of unsubstantiality.

From Saint's Progress by Galsworthy, John

So, the Hermetic Teachings do not preach the unsubstantiality of the Universe in any stronger terms than those more familiar to you, although their presentation of the subject may seem somewhat more startling.

From The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece by Three Initiates