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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Page xii
... disciples , coined the word Theosophia , meaning “ divine wisdom . " For them , Theosophy connoted the totality of the revealed wisdom and discovered knowledge allotted to humanity throughout the ages . The use of this source is ...
... disciples , coined the word Theosophia , meaning “ divine wisdom . " For them , Theosophy connoted the totality of the revealed wisdom and discovered knowledge allotted to humanity throughout the ages . The use of this source is ...
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... disciples of Ammonius Saccus were 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 ...
... disciples of Ammonius Saccus were 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 ...
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... disciples of Ammonius Saccus , other Neopla- tonists of Alexandria known as Analogeticists and their successors down to modern times - all these have regarded world scriptures as being largely , but not entirely , allegorical . They ...
... disciples of Ammonius Saccus , other Neopla- tonists of Alexandria known as Analogeticists and their successors down to modern times - all these have regarded world scriptures as being largely , but not entirely , allegorical . They ...
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... disciples , he spoke openly of spiritual truths , but to nondisciples , in parables . Indeed , he used the words : " Give not that which is holy unto the dogs , neither cast ye your pearls before swine , lest they tram- ple them under ...
... disciples , he spoke openly of spiritual truths , but to nondisciples , in parables . Indeed , he used the words : " Give not that which is holy unto the dogs , neither cast ye your pearls before swine , lest they tram- ple them under ...
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... disciples . Therefore , without the final initiation into the Mercavah , the study of the Kabalah will be ever incomplete , and the Mercavah can be taught only “ in darkness , in a deserted place , and after many and terrific trials ...
... disciples . Therefore , without the final initiation into the Mercavah , the study of the Kabalah will be ever incomplete , and the Mercavah can be taught only “ in darkness , in a deserted place , and after many and terrific trials ...
Contents
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17 | |
25 | |
32 | |
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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