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The religious creeds and rituals of man, and his mythological beliefs are based on the<br />

esoteric teachings related to the psychology of the "whole man".<br />

The purposes of esoteric religion should be:<br />

(a) To give instruction to the individual as to his real nature and spiritual origin. This soul<br />

wisdom includes a knowledge of spiritual anatomy related to the superphysical planes; an<br />

account of the outworking of the laws of reincarnation and Karma; and a description of<br />

the nature and function of the Angelic Hierarchies.<br />

(b) To provide specific guidance in the form of moral and ethical teachings as a<br />

preparation for the Higher Mysteries of Initiation connected with the Path of spiritual<br />

unfoldment towards perfection.<br />

(c) To teach meditation as a means of unifying our consciousness with the Divine Source.<br />

(d) To provide sacramental aids through rituals.<br />

(e) To demonstrate the unity behind religions based on comparative studies using the<br />

language of symbolism.<br />

(f) To explain the transmutation of sexual energies.<br />

The Unity of Religions (A)<br />

Asoka, the great Buddhist Emperor of India, wrote in his twelfth Rock Edict that:<br />

"Asoka values neither gifts nor honours so highly as the promotion of the essentials of all<br />

religions. Criticism should be temperate in every case. Other religions ought to be duly<br />

honoured on every occasion. If a man behaves thus he will further his own sect and<br />

benefit other sects. Whoever extols his own religion, either out of devotion or to glorify<br />

it, injures it very severely. Therefore concord alone is wise, so that people may both hear<br />

and understand each other's religion. Asoka's desire is that all sects should be full of<br />

learning and should benefit one another."<br />

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