Hidden Wisdom in the Holy Bible (Theosophical Heritage Classics)

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Summary: Insightful
Review: Any serious Bible student is already aware of the grave inconsistencies that the Bible contains. For instance: The supposed "Virgin Birth" is grossly contradicted by the geanology of Jesus, as recorded in the first chapter of Matthew, which clearly specifies David's lineage culminating in Joseph, NOT Mary. When a literal translation is insisted upon, (religious dogma) the real truth (behind the allegory, symbology, numerology, indeed even absurdity)... is surely missed. According to Hodson (and I fully concur) the writers of the sacred text wrote in such manner as to conceil and reveal simultaneously, the eternal salvavic truths. After interpreting the Bible (and other world scriptures which contain many of the same myths!!) based on the KEYS of the sacred language, much of the discord between the apparent contradictions vanishes. This book offers such keys and compels the reader to a higher overstanding.

What is most interesting to me personally is Hodson's use of the term "Great White Brotherhood of Adepts", of which I am yet at a loss. It is evident through the writers references and perspective that he is a white man... examplified with his reverence for Greek Mythology (stolen) and his use of the above term. He tries not to give credit to the African origins of the Ancient Wisdom... Yet is unable to deny the historicity that the Egyptians (and even earlier races of black peoples) possessed the Ancient Wisdom and that Kemet was home to the Mystery Schools of Initiation thousands of years before there was such a Caucausoid Race!

This book is insightful and reminds us that the real enemy is selfishness, and the illusion of separateness from the Divine. Read it!

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Summary: revealing hidden truths in the stories we take for granted
Review: If you think, like the author, that the bestselling and most widely read book of all time cannot be understood without exploring the hidden meanings behind the words, parables, stories, prayers and sections -- then this is your book. It is simply astounding that modern bible study manages to miss so much of the fundamental original meanings about life and death, good and evil, God and Humanity, Person and Planet, etc....but this book goes a long (in fact a very long) way in getting down the road of deeper understanding of the esoteric meanings behind such dramatic mooments as those that took place in Bethlehem or on Golgotha.