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Fire in the Earth

Fire in the Earth

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May 05, 2023
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All of us at one time or another, in even the most ordinary life, experience a radical taking away, the loss of something seemingly foundational: a loved one, a friend, a vista of opportunity, a prized ability of our youth, or even the loss of a home: to divorce, to fire, to earthquake or even, in present day Ukraine, to war. To begin with, the ground w…

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