This volume includes the books: Heavenly Place, The Anagnorisis of Papadiamantis, Study of Death. The first was published in early 1975; the second in April 1976; the third in October 1980.

The Heavenly Place and the Study are now published for the third time, while the Anagnorisis for the second. These works constitute a unit in the sense that the reader follows—programmatically in Heavenly Place, topographically in the two other books—the first revelations of a contemplation that continues to develop with more methodical research and more persistent thought.

I made no substantial changes to the original texts. I only adapted the format and spelling to my personal beliefs and removed some—measured on the fingers—clumsy or vague points.

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