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In the fourth post-Atlantean period, the forces that had never before worked in a human being on Earth descend into humanity — and although one cannot say that Sophia-Maria, the mother of Christ Jesus, was Isis, she nevertheless represents Isis, since it was in her that those heavenly forces first worked on earth, and then in other human beings, and since that time, with the help of the maternal organism, they have united with the father forces coming from the earth. Thus, since that time, what the Egyptians felt could only be attained after death has come to earth. Thus the kingdom of heaven has come to earth, and here on earth the veil of Isis can be lifted by those who have the Christ force within them. 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