Hidden Wisdom in the Holy Bible, Vol. 1Quest Books, 2015 M04 8 - 230 pages This first of a two-volume abridgement of a Theosophical classic explains how a literal reading of the Bible misses rich concealed meaning, how Biblical symbols encode esoteric truths, and how Christ's life can be seen as an initiatory journey. |
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... called Analogeticists because of their practice of interpreting sacred scriptures and myth- ologies by a principle of analogy and correspondence , also found in both the kabbalistic system and the esoteric philosophy of the East . Thus ...
... called Analogeticists because of their practice of interpreting sacred scriptures and myth- ologies by a principle of analogy and correspondence , also found in both the kabbalistic system and the esoteric philosophy of the East . Thus ...
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... called " the law of flow " -under which those who wisely and unselfishly give of themselves gain a more abundant life . Obedience to this law brings not loss but gain , not death but everlasting life . Disobedience of this law brings ...
... called " the law of flow " -under which those who wisely and unselfishly give of themselves gain a more abundant life . Obedience to this law brings not loss but gain , not death but everlasting life . Disobedience of this law brings ...
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... called Brahma Vidya , the wisdom of Brahma , the Supreme Deity . Greek philosophers of the Neoplatonic schools , notably Ammonius Saccus and his disciples , referred to this knowledge as Theosophia , divine wisdom . It was also known as ...
... called Brahma Vidya , the wisdom of Brahma , the Supreme Deity . Greek philosophers of the Neoplatonic schools , notably Ammonius Saccus and his disciples , referred to this knowledge as Theosophia , divine wisdom . It was also known as ...
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... called individuality , inner Self or spiritual Soul and , more technically , Ego in the causal body . ( Ego is used throughout this work to denote the unfolding spiritual Self of human beings in which the attribute of in- dividuality ...
... called individuality , inner Self or spiritual Soul and , more technically , Ego in the causal body . ( Ego is used throughout this work to denote the unfolding spiritual Self of human beings in which the attribute of in- dividuality ...
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... called the microcosm - is regarded as one with the Divine , the macrocosm . That Supreme Spirit , who is the " immortal and eternal god who forever reigneth serene above the water floods , " and the Spirit of the human being are one ...
... called the microcosm - is regarded as one with the Divine , the macrocosm . That Supreme Spirit , who is the " immortal and eternal god who forever reigneth serene above the water floods , " and the Spirit of the human being are one ...
Contents
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25 | |
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The Reality Behind the Shadow | 51 |
Four Keys of Interpretation | 59 |
Part Four | 65 |
A Rosetta Stone for | 71 |
3 | 147 |
The Life of Christ | 148 |
6722 | 176 |
The Way of Holiness | 185 |
Index | 199 |
25 | 201 |
111 | 207 |
The Symbolism of Numbers | 111 |
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