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Esoteric scholars considered the human heart a literal sun

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Cardiologists might severely disagree with this particular anatomical assessment. In the microcosm of the human body, early philosophical traditions assigned the heart the exact same central, violently hot animating role as the blazing star in the sky.

Esoteric scholars considered the human heart a literal sun
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