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Gathering morning dew for spiritual ascension

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Scraping moisture off of grass blades at dawn was serious esoteric business. Early experimenters believed that dew contained the pure, unfiltered essence of the cosmos. Collecting it required waking up terribly early to harvest literal water droplets.

Gathering morning dew for spiritual ascension
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