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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... interior light ( Luke 11 : 9-10 ) , with the single motive of becoming an ever more efficient servant of humanity . ( c ) Clear the mind of the tendency to regard the literal reading as the only true and ecclesiastically permissible one ...
... interior light ( Luke 11 : 9-10 ) , with the single motive of becoming an ever more efficient servant of humanity . ( c ) Clear the mind of the tendency to regard the literal reading as the only true and ecclesiastically permissible one ...
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... interior experiences and enunciations of universal laws . Simply put , the par- ticular law here referred to is that if all living things and beings , in- cluding races , nations and human beings , do not share the fruits of their lives ...
... interior experiences and enunciations of universal laws . Simply put , the par- ticular law here referred to is that if all living things and beings , in- cluding races , nations and human beings , do not share the fruits of their lives ...
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... interior revela- tion , this experience is symbolically described as the eating of the flesh of the Deity . The blood of God , or Christ , is the ever - outpoured Divine Life by which the universe is sustained , without which it can ...
... interior revela- tion , this experience is symbolically described as the eating of the flesh of the Deity . The blood of God , or Christ , is the ever - outpoured Divine Life by which the universe is sustained , without which it can ...
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... Interior Healing Grace The " heal " for every wound is , as an old English medical maxim says , " within the wound . " It consists of the Christ principle , power and life which form the second aspect of the threefold spiritual Soul ...
... Interior Healing Grace The " heal " for every wound is , as an old English medical maxim says , " within the wound . " It consists of the Christ principle , power and life which form the second aspect of the threefold spiritual Soul ...
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... interior , subjective experience , as if all happened within the Soul of every individual . The apostle Paul evidently took this view . For him the nativity of Christ , for example , was a The Interpretation of Allegories 23.
... interior , subjective experience , as if all happened within the Soul of every individual . The apostle Paul evidently took this view . For him the nativity of Christ , for example , was a The Interpretation of Allegories 23.
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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