An Esoteric Reading Of Biblical Symbolism

1916 This includes a rare list of symbolic and obsolete meanings of words. Contents: foreword; Involution and Evolution of the Spirit of Man Diagram; Explanation of Plate; the Key Note of the Bible; the Metaphysical Ideas of the Ancient Hebrew; Th.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... ial consideration, and they start at a brisk pace, lowing with longing as they go, toward the temple of the sun (or God) "at Beth Shemish, in to the field" (the immortal life field) of Joshua the High Priest, and stand by a "stone" (the rock of our salvation), and upon this "Stone" is placed the Ark, the perfect man. As soon as he finds his feet upon the rock Joshua offers up the kine, or his entire animal nature, before the ideal of the perfect man standing upon the rock of our salvation, or the Christ. Now all this happens in the immortal life field of Joshua. Does this not identify him with Jesus who gave his body to Christ in another incarnation? But let us look farther before we judge. Several hundred years later we find in Zach. Ill: "And he showed me 'Joshua the High Priest, standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand" (testing him), "and the Angel said unto Satan, 'The Lord rebuke thee Satan, yea the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem" (peace), "rebuke thee, is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" "Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments" (lower mind body), "and was standing before the Angel." Remember in his last incarnation he had offered up his desire nature, now it is the mind body that must be purified. "And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him saying, 'Take those filthy garments from off him, ' and unto him he said, 'Behold I have caused thine iniquity' (lower mind) 'to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.'" (Wisdom.) "And I said, 'Let them set a clean miter' (or diadem) 'upon his head.' So they set clean miter upon his head" (another symbol of crowning him with true wisdom), "and clothed him with garments" (gave him a purified mind body) "and the...

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Examine a rich history of spiritual interpretations from antiquity to the present Since the sixteenth century CE, the field of biblical studies has focused on the literal meaning of texts. This collection seeks to rectify this oversight by integrating the study of esoteric readings into academic discourse. Case studies focusing on the first three chapters of Genesis cover different periods and methods from early Christian discourse through zoharic, kabbalistic and alchemical literature to modern and post-postmodern approaches. Features: Discussions, comparisons, and analyses of esoteric appropriations of Genesis 1–3 Essays on creation myths, gender, fate and free will, the concepts of knowledge, wisdom, and gnosis Repsonses to papers that provide a range of view points

The present book is written from the standpoint that we possess latent powers which a better knowledge of the truth regarding ourselves will enable us to develop, and that the purpose of the Bible is to lead us into this knowledge in a perfectly natural manner, while guarding us against the dangers arising from misuse of it. Contents: The Creation. The Fall. Israel. The Mission of Moses. The Mission of Jesus. The Building of the Temple. The Sacred Name. The Devil. The Law of Liberty. The Teaching of Jesus. The Forgiveness of Sin. Forgiveness. The Divine Giving. The Spirit of Antichrist.