Many / One
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"The history of religions – from the most elementary to the most developed – is constituted by a number of important hierophanies, manifestations of sacred realities. Beginning from the most elementary hierophany – for example, the manifestation of the sacred in any object whatever, say a stone or a tree – and ending in the incarnation of God in Jesus Christ, there is no real break in the continuity."
Myths, Dreams and Mysteries, The Encounter Between Contemporary Faiths and Archaic Realities
(Mircea Eliade)
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"Religious intolerance is blasphemy, since in their primal ground and ultimate sense, all religions are one, as is mankind."
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space, Metaphor as Myth and as Religion
(Joseph Campbell)
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"The time-tested scriptures of the world are one in essence."
Autobiography of a Yogi
(Paramahansa Yogananda)
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"Down the ages, great and divine Representatives of God embody divine purpose, and affect the entire world in such a manner that Their names and Their influence are known and felt thousands of years after They no longer walk among men. Again and again, They have come and have left a changed world and some new world religion behind Them; we know also that prophecy and faith have ever held out to mankind the promise of Their coming again among us in an hour of need. These statements are statements of fact, historically proven."
The Reappearance of the Christ
(Alice A. Bailey)
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"The fact is that with the knowledge and actual experience of these inner images [archetypes] a way is opened for reason and feeling to gain access to those other images which the teachings of religion offer to mankind."
Collected Works
(Carl Jung)
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“All the great religions do come from the same Source for the purpose of helping evolving humanity on its path of self-actualization.”
Divine Light and Fire, Experiencing Esoteric Christianity
(Peter Roche deCoppens)
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"Open your soul to the wisdom and truth in all traditions."
Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
(Caroline Myss)
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"Everywhere people ask, 'What can I actually do?' The answer is as simple as it is disconcerting. We can, each of us, work to put our own inner house in order. The guidance we need for this work…can still be found in the traditinal wisdom of humankind." E. F. Schumacher, 'Small is Beautiful'
Wrestling with the Prophets, Essays on Creation Spirituality and Everyday Life
(Matthew Fox)
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"At the core of the basic teachings found in all or most of the world's religions which have left visible and intelligible records, there exists a Universal Tradition."
Occult Preparations for a New Age
(Dane Rudhyar)
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"The old differences separating one [religious] system from another now are becoming less and less important, less and less easy to define. And what, on the contrary, is becoming more and more important is that we should learn to see THROUGH all the differences to the common themes that have been there all the while, that came into being with the first emergence of ancestral man from the animal levels of existence, and are with us still."
Myths To Live By
(Joseph Campbell)
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"'In Homer, the whole world is a woof of organic umbilical cords,' writes the modern Greek poet and scholar George Seferis. He is describing a unifying experience of life whose expression is found everywhere in the belief systems of the world's traditional societies."
The Way of The Earth, Encounters with Nature in Ancient and Contemporary Thought
(T. C. McLuhan)
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"All religious traditions assume that there is a sacred center to all things. The name differs from religious form to religious form, but it is clear that there is an inherent tendency for human beings to encounter this sacred center."
One Spirit, Many Peoples, A Manifesto for Earth Spirituality
(Stephen Harrod Buhner)
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"Different religious traditions can engage in dialogue with one another in a true spirit of ecumenism. Dialogue can be fruitful and enriching if both sides are truly open. If they really believe that there are valuable elements in each other's tradition and that they can learn from one another, they will also rediscover many valuable aspects of their own tradition through such an encounter. Peace will be a beautiful flower blooming on this field of practice."
Living Buddha, Living Christ
(Thich Nhat Hanh)
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"Religion represents the long disclosure of God's being through the collective experience of the whole of humanity, God reflecting himself personally on the organized sum of thinking monads, to guarantee an assured success and fix precise laws for their hesitant activities – God bent over the now intelligent mirror of Earth to impress on it the first marks of his Beauty."
Let Me Explain
(Pierre Teilhard deChardin)
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"Almost all the principles that are associated with religious thought are shared by every religion. The Golden Rule, Love Thy Neighbor, Honor Thy Father and Mother, Speak Truth, It Is More Blessed to Give Than to Receive – these principles and others are common to all religions and are very similarly expressed in each."
Oneness: Great Principles Shared By All Religions
(Jeffrey Moses)
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"Every major religion of the world has similar ideas of love, the same goal of benefitting humanity through spiritual practice, and the same effect of making their followers into better human beings." The Dalai Lama
Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Toward Spiritual Growth
(M. Scott Peck, M.D.)
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"We now belong irrevocably to one world. This means that a meeting must take place between the different religions of the world. They can no longer exist apart as they did in the past, each forming a separate cultural unit. It is only when this meeting of religions has taken place that an adequate spirituality will be found for the needs of the modern world."
Christ in India: Essays Towards a Hindu-Christian Dialogue
(Bede Griffiths)
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"As philosophy professor Renee Weber recognizes, there is a single tradition, one universal core of knowledge underlying its many expressions, which are 'bound by a common intentionality, an integral vision of man and world.'"
Ancient Wisdom, Modern Insight
(Shirley Nicholson)
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"There never was nor ever will be a truly philosophical mind, whether of Pagan, Jew or Christian, but has followed the same path of thought. Gautama-Buddha is mirrored in the precepts of Christ; Paul and Philo Judaeus are faithful echoes of Plato, and Ammonius Saccas and Plotinus won their immortal fame by combining the teachings of all these grand masters of true philosophy. 'Prove all things; hold fast that which is good,' ought to be the motto of all brothers on earth."
Isis Unveiled
(Helena P. Blavatsky)
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"The Founders of the great religions are members of the one Brotherhood."
The Ancient Wisdom
(Annie Besant)
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