Hopkins encouraged her students on the mystic path:
Begin with yourself to repent, to return. Lift up the willing inner sight toward the
Supreme One, whose Soundless Edict through the ages is “Look unto Me, and be ye
saved.” Taste the first manna which the upward watch sprinkles over the unfed
brain and heart. How Unity School of Christianity Adopted Eastern
Religious Ideas Eric Page
♥ The miracle is a learning device that lessens the
need for time. It establishes an out-of-pattern time interval not under the
usual laws of time. In this sense it is timeless.
♥ ~ Principles of Miracles #47 ♥
♥ ~ Principles of Miracles #47 ♥
Rufus Collins Douglass, a Boston metaphysical teacher, became a trusted source for the Fillmores and Unity, particularly about the Bible. When Douglass spoke in Kansas City in 1912 Charles Fillmore praised him his articles about the Bible and the Cabala. Charles said “he wrote good Bible Lessons. . . I can assure you that what Mr. Douglass says to you will be true and scientific from start to finish.” One series of Bible lessons led to a small Metaphysical Bible Dictionary Unity published in 1914 { Metaphysical Bible dictionary; an interpretation of the symbolical meaning of scripture names. }. Douglass also wrote about syncretism, intuition, and spiritual evolution.
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