"After my departure there will arise the ignorant and
the crafty, and many things will they ascribe unto Me that I never spake, and
many things which I did speak will they withhold, but the day will come when
the clouds shall be rolled away, and the Sun of Righteousness shall shine
forth with healing in his wings"
Jesus ~Gospel of the Holy Twelve
This message was for the ears of man alone, they who walk
between the worlds of earth and heaven. And unto the ears of man was whispered
this message..
~The Essene Gospel of Peace~
- The
Gospel of the Holy Twelve The most ancient and complete
early Christian fragment. Written in Aramaic, the text includes the
complete life and teachings of Jesus. The lections of this ancient Gospel
set forth a much higher moral and spiritual understanding than what is
currently taught by the Christian church.
- The
Legend of the Lost Gospel The Gospel of the Holy
Twelve, also known as the Gospel of the Nazirenes, is the very Gospel that
was repeatedly mentioned and described by many commentators in the early
Church as the original teachings of the Nazarene called Christ.
- The
Essene Gospels of Peace Liberated from the
secret archives of the Vatican, these sacred scrolls are testaments to the
eternal and living truth.
- The Nag
Hammadi Library a
collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts.
Discovered in upper Egypt in 1945, this immensely important discovery
includes a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures, texts once thought
to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to
define "orthodoxy"
- The
Gospel of Thomas These are the secret sayings which the
living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. Complete
with usurps from the New Testament Gospels.
-
The
Sophia (Wisdom) of Jesus Christ A
revelation discourse describing the celestial regions beyond the visible
world. Given by the risen Christ in response to questions by his
disciples.
-
The
Book of Enoch Once considered scripture, the Book of
Enoch contains many key concepts used by Jesus. Over a hundred phrases in
the New Testament find precedents in this ancient text. Many Aramaic
fragments of Enoch have been recovered from the Qumran caves, showing the
importance of Enoch to the Essene community.
-
The
Book of the Secrets of Enoch "Hear, Enoch, and
take in these my words, for not to My angels have I told my secret, and I
have not told them their rise, nor my endless realm, nor have they
understood my creating, which I now tell you this day."
- From
Enoch to the Dead Sea Scrolls
From the remote ages of antiquity this remarkable teaching has existed
which is universal in its application and ageless in its wisdom.
- Christ in
Islâm Traditional sayings and stories attributed to Jesus
taken from Islamic literature. Islam has always considered Jesus to be one
of the greatest of prophets. Highly recommended to anyone interested in
comparative religion or alternative views of Jesus.
- The Kybalion
The study of the Hermetic philosophy of ancient Egypt and Greece. These
teachings cannot be accredited to any one person or human source, for
these teachings represent the workings of Creation Itself.
- Clothed
With The Sun The Book of the
Illuminations of Anna Bonus Kingsford. A contemporary of Rev. Ouseley,
this remarkable text explains the interpretations of mystical scripture
and the spiritual mysteries of the kingdoms of God.
- The
Book of the Mysteries of God Anciently
called "The Greater Mysteries" as containing knowledges which
for their interiorness were reserved for initiates of high degree.
- The Inner
Sanctum Scriptorium and archives for advanced Essenic studies.
"Whoever finds the interpretation of
these words will not experience death."
~Jesus, The Gospel of Thomas
- The
Communions Originated by Enoch,
and again brought forth by Moses on the two stone tablets he first
brought down from Mount Sinai.
- The Ten
Commandments (or "The Lesser
Mysteries") "To
thy people of little faith, who did sin against the Creator, even whilst
thou stood on holy ground before thy God, -I will give another Law.
It shall be a stem law, yea, it shall bind them, for they know not yet the
Kingdom of Light."
- Thou
Shalt Not Kill The
exact Hebrew of this biblical phrase is "lo tirtzack" which
accurately translates as "any kind of killing whatsoever."
- Abstinence
from Flesh "They cannot be righteous, nor can they
touch holy things, whose hands are stained with blood, or whose mouths are
defiled with flesh."
- The
Beatitudes of Christ A
beatitude is a declaration of happiness or promised blessing resulting
from an individuals virtue or good deeds. They describe the qualities of
perfection and the promise of future blessings rather than current
material or physical rewards.
- The
Lections of Compassion The
teachings of compassion and the condemning of all forms of cruelty.
- The Sanctity
of Nature The first principle of ahimsa is the doctrine
of refraining from harming any living thing. It is the
understanding that the natural world has been created for all life
as a means for the spirit to experience the diversity of the physical.
- The
Eight Deadly Sins The struggle against the eight principal
faults. A systematic treatise which details how to grow in virtue and
combat vice. "It is not an external enemy whom we have to dread, for
the real foe is within ourselves."
- Fasting and
Sobriety The
penitential practice of fasting is observed for the purposes of
purification, for heightening states of awareness, and for atonement of
sins and wrongdoing.
- Materialism
and Simple Living The
teachings of the Christ dedicated to freeing mankind from the slavish
pursuits of material "Mammon"
- Regeneration
of the Soul "Blessed are they who suffer many experiences,
for they shall be made perfect: They shall be as the angels in Heaven and
shall die no more, and neither shall they be reborn, for death and birth
will no longer have dominion over them."
- The
Sermon On The Mount "When
Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished. For he taught
them as one appealing to the reason and the heart, and not as the scribes
who taught rather by authority."
- Vicarious
Atonement The Crucifix is the emblem and symbol of the Son of
God, not because Jesus shed his blood upon the cross for the sins of man,
but because the Christ is crucified perpetually so long as sin remains.
- The Holy Streams More
than this cannot be told, for the Holy Streams will take you to that place
where words are no more, and even the Holy Scrolls cannot record the
mysteries.
- The
Order of the Kingdom Instructions
and questions concerning the kingdom of God.
To make the human heart a temple, the soul an alter,
and the mind a priest. These were the missions of Jesus the Nazarene. ~Kahlil
Gibran
-
The
One Law Man lives in a
dynamic, constantly changing universe. There is no static point in nature.
The Law manifests in perpetual change, and behind this change is a plan of
balance and order on a vast scale.
-
The
Sevenfold Peace Human life can be divided into seven aspects,
the physical, mental, emotional, social, cultural, its relationship with
nature and its relationship with the cosmos.
-
The
Three Paths of Truth There
are three paths leading to Truth. The first is the path of the
consciousness, the second is that of nature, and the third is that of
accumulated experience.
-
Pairs
and Opposites The Principles of
Polarity. "Everything is dual; everything has poles;
everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same;
opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; all paradoxes
may be reconciled."
-
The
Planes of Correspondence As above, so below; as
below, so above. There is a harmony, agreement, and correspondence
between the several planes of Manifestation, Life and Being. All that is
included in the Universe emanates from the same source, and the same laws,
principles, and characteristics apply to each unit, or combination of
units, as each manifests its own phenomena upon its own plane.
-
Cause
and Effect The Principles of
Karma. "Every Cause has its Effect; every Effect has its
Cause; everything happens according to Law; Chance is but a name for Law
not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes
the Law."
-
The
Soul, its Origin, Nature, and
Potentialities. The soul, being in its
nature eternal, passes from one form to another until, in its highest
stage, it polarizes sufficiently to receive the spirit. It is in all
organized things. Nothing of an organic nature exists without a soul. It
is the individual, and it perishes if abandoned of the spirit.
They spent much time studying the scriptures and the
writings of the prophets, and taking of them only what is most advantageous
for their body and soul.
~ Flavius Josephus
- The
Words of Sacred Admonition Of
all the writings of St. Francis of Assisi, The Admonitions contain
the most stirring and enduring words of inspiration for all who seek to
follow in the footsteps of Christ.
- The
Monastic Institutes The Training of a Monk and the Eight Deadly
Sins by St. John Cassian. Written between 425
and 430 A.D., this is the acknowledged primary authority on monasticism. A
systematic treatise which details how to live as a monk, grow in virtue
and combat vice.
- Ascent
of Mount Carmel An incomparable guide to spiritual life.
It addresses those who aspire to grow in union with God and it examines
every category of spiritual experience. With rare insight into human
psychology it not only tells how to become more closely united with God,
but spells out in vivid detail the pitfalls to avoid.
- Dark
Night of the Soul
The ultimate expression for the adept seeker. Explains the spiritual
journey from estranged despair to blissful union with the divine.
- The Didache
A very ancient first century Christian document. It describes the ethical
paths to life and death in general terms, then focuses on spiritual life
in an age when evangelists and prophets still roamed the earth.
- Epistle
to a Disciple St. Ephraim of Syria, Mesopotamian Christian
poet, monastic, and theologian, (IV Century) Advice on the monastic
life.
- Encyclopedia
Essenicá
Definitions and concepts
concerning fundamental Essenic ideas, esoteric functions and Nazarene
philosophies.
- The Essenic Library
Suggestions and resources for expanding your own Essenic library or
scriptorium.
They said unto him,
"How shall we then, enter the kingdom?" Jesus said unto them,
"When you make the two one, and when you make the inside like the
outside, and when you make the male and the female one and the same; then will
you enter the kingdom." ~The Gospel of Thomas
-
The
Gospel of Mary Magdalene The Savior's
beloved who possessed knowledge and teaching superior to that of the
apostolic tradition.
-
Scholars
taking a new look at Mary Magdalene Discoveries
of new texts have now proven that her reputation as a repentant prostitute
is entirely inaccurate. She was indeed an influential figure, a prominent
disciple, and a leader of the early Christian movement.
-
Clothed
With The Sun The Book of the
Illuminations of Anna Bonus Kingsford. A contemporary of Rev. Ouseley,
this remarkable text explains the interpretations of mystical scripture
and the spiritual mysteries of the kingdoms of God.
-
The
Ascent to the Mount of Vision Sent
by God's Eternal Wisdom to reveal more about the internal First
Resurrection, the State of Separated Souls, and the Manifestation of the
Kingdom of Christ upon the Earth in the Nazarite Sons and
Daughters of God.
-
The
Laws of Paradise God
reveals the requirements for those of the high calling or Nazarites,
who shall have access to Paradise while still within their mortal bodies.
-
The
Enochian Walks with God A
prophetic
work showing that the Nazarites understood that the renewal of the
mind and heart was absolutely necessary to achieve oneness with God, such
as Enoch had, and those things that prevent it.
-
The
Threefold State of Man
'For here I come to open the great Secret that was
revealed unto me. Wherein it was given to understand the Way.
Whosoever keepeth the Holy Law, the
same shall save their souls, however differently they may see the truths which
I have given. In my Father's house are many mansions: I go to prepare a
place for you all. Jesus ~Gospel of the Holy Twelve
- Yin
and Yang The ideal state of all
things in the physical universe is the state of harmony represented by the
balance of Yin and Yang.
- Karma
is the physical manifestation of the law of balance and harmony. You are
bound karmically to anything that you accept until you understand
it.
- The
Dhammapada The Buddha's "Path of
Wisdom" The
instructions explaining the true nature of existence and the knowledge
which extricates the roots of all suffering.
- The
Four Noble Truths The four noble truths are the most basic
expression of the Buddha's teaching. These four truths are best
understood, not as beliefs, but as categories of experience.
- The
Eightfold Path "The
doctrines, which I advised you to penetrate, you should well preserve so
that this Holy Life may take its course and continue for ages, for the
welfare of the many, as a consolation to the world, and for the happiness
of heavenly beings and men"
- The
Yoga Sutras Of Patanjali Yoga means Union and its
purpose is to instruct the practitioner on how to achieve Union or
Spiritual Absorption into the Supreme Absolute of God. Yoga teaches us
that our true self is the soul and that our self identity is an illusion
to be overcome.
- The
Bhagavad Gita The pantheistic doctrine of
the Bhagavad Gita is that God is everything. Its verses celebrate the
discovery of the Absolute Spirit beyond creation as being the hidden
Essence of all manifestation.
- The Tao Te
Ching The Tao Te
Ching describes the Tao or "The
Way", as the unity of nature that makes each thing in the
universe what it is and determines its behavior.
- The
Egyptian Book of the Dead "And Jesus, after that
he had finished his study of The Law, went down again into Egypt
that he might learn of the wisdom of the Egyptians, even as Moses
did."
- History
and the Essenes Three historians
from the first century AD describe the Essenes—Pliny, Josephus and
Philo.
- The
Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes An
advanced examination
of these distinctive sects.
- The
Ossuary of James The 20 Aramaic letters etched
on a side of the newly revealed ossuary reads "James, son of Joseph,
brother of Jesus." The immense significance of this discovery could
rival even that of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
- The
Essenes And Their Teaching Thou
hast made known unto me Thy deep, mysterious things. All things exist by
Thee and there is none beside Thee. By Thy Law Thou hast directed my path
and I walk where Thy presence is.
- The
Essene Tree Of Life When an
individual contacts any earthly force he is also in touch with a specific
heavenly power.
- The
Communions Originated by Enoch,
and again brought forth by Moses on the two stone tablets he first
brought down from Mount Sinai.
- The
Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah An incredibly
thorough and detailed account of the childhood and life of Jesus.
- The
Physical Descriptions of Jesus Pontius
Pilate, Publius
Lentullus of Rome, The "Archko
Volume,"
and Josephus all describe the physical appearance of Jesus the
Nazarene.
Map
of ancient Palestine at the time of Christ
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...and then came
"The Church" |
Go ye, then, into all the world and take
possession of all lands in the name of the Pope. He who will not accept him
as the Vicar of Jesus and his Vice-regent on earth, let him be accursed and
exterminated. ~Oath of the Jesuit Order