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The Bible as Psychological Drama

Neville teaches that the Bible is not a historical record of external events or persons, but a profound psychological drama unfolding within the…

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Thinking Fourth Dimensionally

For as I have stated before, the entire drama of the Bible is a psychological one. The Bible has no reference at all to any person who ever existed, or any event that ever occurred upon earth. All the stories of the Bible unfold in the minds of the individual man.

Neville teaches that the Bible is not a historical record of external events or persons, but a profound psychological drama unfolding within the consciousness of every individual. Its characters, places, and stories are symbolic representations of states of mind and spiritual truths.

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Your Faith Is Your Fortune

This changeless principle of expression is dramatized in all the Bibles of the world. The writers of our sacred books were illumined mystics, past masters in the art of psychology. In telling the ·story of the soul they personified this impersonal principle in the form of a historical document both to preserve it and to hide it fromthe eyes of the uninitiated. Today those to whom this great treasure has been entrusted, namely, the priesthoods of the world, have forgotten that the Bibles are psychological dramas representing the consciousness of man; in their blind forgetfulness they now teach their followers to worship its characters as men and women who actually lived in time and space. When man sees the Bible as a great psychological drama with all of its characters and actors as the personified qualities and attributes of his own consciousness, 'then-and then only-will the Bible reveal to him the light of its symbology.

The Bible is a psychological drama, not a literal historical document. Its characters, stories, and events personify the qualities and attributes of man's own consciousness. Understanding this reveals the true, symbolic light of scripture.

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How To Manifest Your Desires

For as I have stated before, the entire drama of the Bible is a psychological one. The Bible has no reference at all to any person who ever existed, or any event that ever occurred upon earth. All the stories of the Bible unfold in the minds of the individual man.

The entire Bible is a psychological drama, not a historical record of external persons or events. All its stories unfold within the mind of the individual man, representing states of consciousness, inner powers, and the process of manifestation.

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