- OPEN SECRET, THE
- the secret that lies open to all, but is seen into and understood by only few, applied especially to the mystery of the life, the spiritual life, which is the possession of all.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
OPEN SECRET, THE
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