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Soul Murmurs: Poetry, Prose and Musings for the Spirit

Soul Murmurs: Poetry, Prose and Musings for the Spirit by Anita Neilson. Photograph of the sun through a dirty window by Prottoy Hassan
Photograph by Prottoy Hassan

There are these moments in life, that touch you without sensation. Moments where the divine and mundane intersect and stir something deeper within.

You know those moments when the hairs on the back of your neck stand erect? A little warning perhaps that all is not right? Those are soul murmurs. 

And those instances of inner stillness, in an almost breathless state of being when you feel tingles all over, are a wonderful confirmation from your intuition? Those are soul murmurs. 

And those days when despair and unrest do battle with your psyche, leaving you feeling unable to cope, but then the telephone rings or a social

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