There Is No Religion Higher Than Truth.

We See That Every External Motion, Act, Gesture, Whether Voluntary Or Mechanical, Organic Or Mental, Is Produced And Preceded By Internal Feeling Or Emotion, Will Or Volition, And Thought Or Mind.

The Secret Doctrine Is The Common Property Of The Countless Millions Of Men Born Under Various Climates, In Times With Which History Refuses To Deal, And To Which Esoteric Teachings Assign Dates Incompatible With The Theories Of Geology And Anthropology.

Is The Scraping Off Of A Barnacle The Destruction Of A Ship?

So Little Have Thee First Christians (who Despoiled The Jews Of Their Bible) Understood The First Four Chapters Of Genesis In Their Esoteric Meaning, That They Never Perceived That Not Only Was No Sin Intended In This Disobedience, But That Actually The 'serpent' Was 'the Lord God' Himself, Who, As The Ophis, The Logos, Or The Bearer Of Divine Creative Wisdom, Taught Mankind To Become Creators In Their Turn.

If Coming Events Are Said To Cast Their Shadows Before, Past Events Cannot Fall To Leave Their Impress Behind Them.