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For this phraseology. I am indebted to Steven Bernhardt's paper, delivered at the above-named panel, “Is Pure Consciousness Unmediated?”
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Forman, R.K.C. Pure consciousness events and mysticism. SOPH 25, 49–58 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02789849
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