“Esoteric and Spiritual Writings”

The greatest teachers of Divinity agree that nearly all ancient books were written symbolically and in a language intelligible only to the initiate. The biographical sketch of Apollonius of Tyana affords an example. As every Kabalist knows, it embraces the whole of the Hermetic Philosophy, being a counterpart in many respects of the traditions left us of King Solomon. … His long discourses with the Brahmans, their sage advice, and the dialogues with the Corinthian Menippus would, if interpreted, give the esoteric catechism. ~H. P. Blavatsky

“This is true of nearly all ancient books of a spiritual, occult, or mystical nature, including the Bible. The language used to write such books is rarely, if ever, straightforward.”

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