In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
OVERSOUL
Etymology
Noun
oversoul (plural oversouls)
(philosophy, especially in transcendentalism) A supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
Source: Wiktionary
O"ver*soul`, n.
Definition: The all-containing soul. [R.] That unity, that oversout, within which every man's particular being is contained and made one with all other. Emerson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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