Are you specifically referring to the New Testament there, Nick? I don't see much in the O.T. that reflects the "inner journey," and to be honest the mysticism of the N.T. is, once Jesus gets his message out, pretty much a kool-aid cult. The O.T. is an interesting text for the way it shows the contradictions so common in monotheism. The N.T. really reads as propaganda.
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