1 result for (book:ss AND session:587 AND stemmed:symbol)

SS Part Two: Chapter 21: Session 587, July 28, 1971 2/58 (3%) Hebrews god dramas Mohammedanism religion
– Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul
– © 2012 Laurel Davies-Butts
– Part Two
– Chapter 21: The Meaning of Religion
– Session 587, July 28, 1971, 9:17 P.M. Wednesday

[... 7 paragraphs ...]

The dramas themselves do express certain inner realities, and they serve as surface reminders to those who do not trust direct experience with the inner self. They will take the symbols as reality. When they discover that this is not so, they feel betrayed. Christ spoke in terms of the father and son because in your terms, at that time, this was the method used — the story he told to explain the relationship between the inner self and the physically-alive individual. No new religion really startles anyone, for the drama has already been played subjectively.

[... 4 paragraphs ...]

The early Hebrew god became a symbol of man’s unleashed ego. God behaved exactly as an enraged child would, had he those powers, sending thunder and lightning and fire against his enemies, destroying them. Man’s emerging ego therefore brought forth emotional and psychological problems and challenges. The sense of separation from nature grew. Nature became a tool to use against others.

[... 44 paragraphs ...]

Similar sessions

SS Part Two: Chapter 21: Session 586, July 24, 1971 Christ Paul historical Saul zealot
SS Part Two: Chapter 14: Session 560, November 23, 1970 drama Christ twelve disciples God
NotP Chapter 7: Session 781, June 28, 1976 language unstated God archaic tenses
NotP Chapter 5: Session 772, April 19, 1976 sexual male female orientation deities