IV. Theosophy and Christianity

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But he said one more thing, of which theosophists in particular must be aware, that he was not only there in the time in which he taught and lived, but that the meaningful words have been handed down to us: “I will be with you always, even unto the end of the world.” And Theosophy knows that he is with us, that today, as then, he can shape our words, inspire our words, that today, as then, he can also guide us, that our words express what he himself is. But there is one thing Theosophy wants to prevent. It wants to prevent it from being said: He has come, he is here, but they have not recognized him. People have wanted to do with him as they please. No, the theosophist wants to go to his own sources. Theosophy should lift people up spiritually to spirituality, so that they recognize that he is there, so that they know where to find him, and so that they hear the living word of the one who said:

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