“The Torah describes the beginning of the world and the formative history of the Jewish people from Abraham—the first Jew and the creator of the monotheistic Hebrew religion—up to the death of Moses, and contains the Ten Commandments.”

— Geoffrey Hodson

The Hidden Wisdom In The Holy Bible (1963), Volume II

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New Zealand occultist 1886–1983

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