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- This moment had been predicted long ago, prophesied by the ancient texts, by the primeval calendars, and even by the stars themselves.†
Chpt 13-14 *primeval = ancient
- Entanglement was at the core of primeval beliefs.†
Chpt 15-16
- By way of fairy tales, this primeval battle of "good vs. evil" is ingrained into us as children through our stories: Merlin vs. Morgan le Fay, Saint George vs. the Dragon, David vs. Goliath, Snow White vs. the Witch, and even Luke Skywalker battling Darth Vader.†
Chpt 29-30
- But even if this pyramid somehow did reveal the hiding place of ancient secrets, Katherine found it hard to believe that its promise of primeval mystical wisdom would interest the CIA.†
Chpt 77-78
- This primeval technology had once held the key to the portals of power, but it had been banished long ago, relegated to the shadows of occultism and magic.†
Chpt 81-82
Definitions:
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(1)
(primeval) ancient (of or from a long time ago); or having existed from ancient times
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)