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Several antique religions make the Virgin Mother a chief feature. Why stretch the credible so far to accept literally what is, after all, only a symbolism? The pure in heart--that is, the ego-free--shall see God--that is, shall give birth to the awareness of a new life within them.

-- Notebooks Category 17: The Religious Urge > Chapter 2 : Organization, Content of Religion > # 52