Part 84 (1/2)

SEAL. The signet of error revealed by Truth

594:1 SERPENT (_ophis_, in Greek; _nacash_, in Hebrew).

Subtlety; a lie; the opposite of Truth, named error; 594:3 the first statement of mythology and idolatry; the belief in more than one G.o.d; animal magnetism; the first lie of limitation; finity; the first claim that there is an oppo- 594:6 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 594:9 audible claim that G.o.d was not omnipotent and that there was another power, named _evil_, which was as real and eternal as G.o.d, good.

594:12 SHEEP. Innocence; inoffensiveness; those who follow their leader.

SHEM (Noah's son). A corporeal mortal; kindly affec- 594:1 tion; love rebuking error; reproof of sensualism.

SON. The Son of G.o.d, the Messiah or Christ. The son of man, the offspring of the flesh. ”Son of a year.”

594:18 SOULS. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 466.

SPIRIT. Divine substance; Mind; divine Principle; all that is good; G.o.d; that only which is perfect, ever- 594:21 lasting, omnipresent, omnipotent, infinite.

SPIRITS. Mortal beliefs; corporeality; evil minds; supposed intelligences, or G.o.ds; the opposites of G.o.d; 594:24 errors; hallucinations. (See page 466.)

SUBSTANCE. See chapter on Recapitulation, page 468.

595:1 SUN. The symbol of Soul governing man, - of Truth, Life, and Love.

595:3 SWORD. The idea of Truth; justice. Revenge; anger.

TARES. Mortality; error; sin; sickness; disease; 595:6 death.

TEMPLE. Body; the idea of Life, substance, and in- telligence; the superstructure of Truth; the shrine of 595:9 Love; a material superstructure, where mortals congre- gate for wors.h.i.+p.

THUMMIM. Perfection; the eternal demand of divine 595:12 Science.

The Urim and Thummim, which were to be on Aaron's breast when he went before Jehovah, were holiness and 595:15 purification of thought and deed, which alone can fit us for the office of spiritual teaching.

TIME. Mortal measurements; limits, in which are 595:18 summed up all human acts, thoughts, beliefs, opinions, knowledge; matter; error; that which begins before, and continues after, what is termed death, until the mortal 595:21 disappears and spiritual perfection appears.

t.i.tHE. Contribution; tenth part; homage; grat.i.tude.

A sacrifice to the G.o.ds.

595:24 UNCLEANLINESS. Impure thoughts; error; sin; dirt.

UNG.o.dLINESS. Opposition to the divine Principle and its spiritual idea.

596:1 UNKNOWN. That which spiritual sense alone compre- hends, and which is unknown to the material senses.

596:3 Paganism and agnosticism may define Deity as ”the great unknowable;” but Christian Science brings G.o.d much nearer to man, and makes Him better known as 596:6 the All-in-all, forever near.

Paul saw in Athens an altar dedicated ”to the unknown G.o.d.” Referring to it, he said to the Athenians: ”Whom 596:9 therefore ye ignorantly wors.h.i.+p, Him declare I unto you.”

(Acts xvii. 23.)

URIM. Light.