Probably our lives are full of symbols which only an unacknowledged sense perceives. Spiritual events assume a material guise, in accordance with some creative principle, but do not insist on recognition. ("Absolute Evil")

Julian Hawthorne
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The name of the book was "Absolute Evil". If that wasn't a warning about the nature of the book, I don't know what is. This quote is one of many in the book that I couldn't exactly decipher, and which could reasonably be read in multiple ways.

Source: American Fantastic Tales: Terror And The Uncanny From Poe To The Pulps

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