56. Theosophy and the Bible

I would like to explain what the method is like using an example. As a Goethe scholar, I tried to prove that a much-disputed essay – “On Nature” – was actually written by Goethe. There was sufficient evidence that Goethe had dictated the various sentences to the Swiss Tobler, who had an unusually good memory, during their daily walks, and that he had written them down immediately afterwards from memory. While I was of the opinion that I had clearly established Goethe's intellectual authorship, a respected philologist thanked me profusely for finally proving beyond doubt that it was not Goethe but Tobler who was the author! So for today's philologists, it depends on who dipped the pen in the ink! So they do not seek to explore the spiritual authors of the Bible, but the writers. But we do not need the Toblers, but the Goethes.