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The Incarnation-myth, which rests on the possibility of a being who is half-God and half-man, covers a partial truth. The real nature of such a being differs from the ordinary in this, that although still human, he has incarnated on this earth from a higher sphere or a more advanced planet. And he has made this great sacrifice--nearly as great indeed as a human entity's voluntary and altruistic incarnation among a group of gorillas would be--to guide, uplift, and spiritualize his less-grown fellows at a grave crisis of their existence.

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 1 : Origin, Purpose of Religions > # 75