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8. Madeleine L’Engle Disturbs the Universe

Christopher G. White

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Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Introduction: Science, the Supernatural, and Higher Realms 1
1. Edwin Abbott’s Otherworldly Visions 15
2. The Man Who Saw the Fourth Dimension 41
3. New Heaven, New Earth 69
4. Cathedrals without Walls 101
5. Max Weber and the Art of an Invisible Geometry 139
6. The Spacetime of Dreams 169
7. Mirrors, Doorways, and Otherworldly Openings 197
8. Madeleine L’Engle Disturbs the Universe 227
9. One Step Beyond 249
Conclusion: The Astonishing Afterlife of the Square 285
Notes 313
Acknowledgments 357
Credits 359
Index 363

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
Introduction: Science, the Supernatural, and Higher Realms 1
1. Edwin Abbott’s Otherworldly Visions 15
2. The Man Who Saw the Fourth Dimension 41
3. New Heaven, New Earth 69
4. Cathedrals without Walls 101
5. Max Weber and the Art of an Invisible Geometry 139
6. The Spacetime of Dreams 169
7. Mirrors, Doorways, and Otherworldly Openings 197
8. Madeleine L’Engle Disturbs the Universe 227
9. One Step Beyond 249
Conclusion: The Astonishing Afterlife of the Square 285
Notes 313
Acknowledgments 357
Credits 359
Index 363

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