Chapter XVII - Glossary
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PISON (river). The love of the good and beautiful, and
PISON (river). The love of the good and beautiful, and
their immortality.
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PRINCIPLE. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 465.
PRINCIPLE. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 465.
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PROPHET. A spiritual seer; disappearance of mate-
PROPHET. A spiritual seer; disappearance of mate-
rial sense before the conscious facts of spiritual Truth.
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PURSE. Laying up treasures in matter; error.
PURSE. Laying up treasures in matter; error.
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RED DRAGON. Error; fear; inflammation; sensuality;
RED DRAGON. Error; fear; inflammation; sensuality;
subtlety; animal magnetism; envy; revenge.
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RESURRECTION. Spiritualization of thought; a new
RESURRECTION. Spiritualization of thought; a new
and higher idea of immortality, or spiritual existence;
material belief yielding to spiritual understanding.
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REUBEN (Jacob's son). Corporeality; sensuality; de-
REUBEN (Jacob's son). Corporeality; sensuality; de-
lusion; mortality; error.
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RIVER. Channel of thought.
RIVER. Channel of thought.
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When smooth and unobstructed, it typifies the course
When smooth and unobstructed, it typifies the course
of Truth; but muddy, foaming, and dashing, it is a type
of error.
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ROCK. Spiritual foundation; Truth. Coldness and
ROCK. Spiritual foundation; Truth. Coldness and
stubbornness.
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SALVATION. Life, Truth, and Love understood and
SALVATION. Life, Truth, and Love understood and
demonstrated as supreme over all; sin, sickness, and
death destroyed.
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SEAL. The signet of error revealed by Truth
SEAL. The signet of error revealed by Truth
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SERPENT (ophis, in Greek; nacash, in Hebrew).
SERPENT (ophis, in Greek; nacash, in Hebrew).
Subtlety; a lie; the opposite of Truth, named error;
the first statement of mythology and idolatry; the belief
in more than one God; animal magnetism; the first lie
of limitation; finity; the first claim that there is an oppo-
site of Spirit, or good, termed matter, or evil; the first
delusion that error exists as fact; the first claim that sin,
sickness, and death are the realities of life. The first
audible claim that God was not omnipotent and that
there was another power, named evil, which was as real
and eternal as God, good.
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SHEEP. Innocence; inoffensiveness; those who follow
SHEEP. Innocence; inoffensiveness; those who follow
their leader.
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SHEM (Noah's son). A corporeal mortal; kindly affec-
SHEM (Noah's son). A corporeal mortal; kindly affec-
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tion; love rebuking error; reproof of sensualism.
tion; love rebuking error; reproof of sensualism.
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SON. The Son of God, the Messiah or Christ. The
SON. The Son of God, the Messiah or Christ. The
son of man, the offspring of the flesh. "Son of a year."
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SOULS. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 466.
SOULS. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 466.
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SPIRIT. Divine substance; Mind; divine Principle;
SPIRIT. Divine substance; Mind; divine Principle;
all that is good; God; that only which is perfect, ever‑
lasting, omnipresent, omnipotent, infinite.
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SPIRITS. Mortal beliefs; corporeality; evil minds;
SPIRITS. Mortal beliefs; corporeality; evil minds;
supposed intelligences, or gods; the opposites of God;
errors; hallucinations. (See page 466.)
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SUBSTANCE. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 468.
SUBSTANCE. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 468.