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A partial view of a painting by Carl Bloch (1834-1890)
Classic theosophy says the New Testament should not be read literally, or on a superficial dead-letter level. The very Gospels suggest the same idea.
The truth expressed by parables, myths and legends is deeper than merely material facts. The narrative of the miraculous birth of Jesus, for instance, symbolizes the process of the first great Initiation, not his material birth. The teaching is true, but not its dead-letter interpretation.