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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... living things and beings , in- cluding races , nations and human beings , do not share the fruits of their lives , they will metaphorically wither away and die . Individ- ually applied , the person who seeks to have , to hold and to ...
... living things and beings , in- cluding races , nations and human beings , do not share the fruits of their lives , they will metaphorically wither away and die . Individ- ually applied , the person who seeks to have , to hold and to ...
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... living God " ( Heb . 12:22 ) is a symbol of the Augoeides ( Greek ) , the karana sharira ( Sanskrit ) , the Robe of Glory of the Gnostics in which the self - radiant divine fragment , the Monad - Ego , abides and is self - manifest at ...
... living God " ( Heb . 12:22 ) is a symbol of the Augoeides ( Greek ) , the karana sharira ( Sanskrit ) , the Robe of Glory of the Gnostics in which the self - radiant divine fragment , the Monad - Ego , abides and is self - manifest at ...
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... living experience of the divinity and universality of life and its mode of manifestation . The result is ever a secret , and always in- communicable to those who have not entered into the experience . The Mountaintop and Sun ...
... living experience of the divinity and universality of life and its mode of manifestation . The result is ever a secret , and always in- communicable to those who have not entered into the experience . The Mountaintop and Sun ...
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... living repre- sentatives . As H.P. Blavatsky stated : The Secret Doctrine ( or Theosophy ) is the accumulated wisdom of the ages and its cosmogony alone is the most stupendous and elaborate of all systems - the facts which have actually ...
... living repre- sentatives . As H.P. Blavatsky stated : The Secret Doctrine ( or Theosophy ) is the accumulated wisdom of the ages and its cosmogony alone is the most stupendous and elaborate of all systems - the facts which have actually ...
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... living God " ( 2 Cor . 6:16 ) . The living God , the pure Spirit in human beings , is not a separate individuality but a ray of the one infinite ocean of light , the universal Godhead . This knowledge places great power within reach of ...
... living God " ( 2 Cor . 6:16 ) . The living God , the pure Spirit in human beings , is not a separate individuality but a ray of the one infinite ocean of light , the universal Godhead . This knowledge places great power within reach of ...
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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