56. Theosophy and the Bible

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All ancient languages tell us through myths that language was given to man by the gods. This is not as fantastic a theory as the one put forward by modern scholars of antiquity. There must have been a primal wisdom that was given to the individual peoples, modified according to their aptitude. ...

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