277.And Jesus answered them: "Great is your faith. Be it according to your faith, and you shall see soon, face to face, the frightful countenance of Satan, and the power of the Son of Man.
278.For I will cast out from you the powerful Satan by the strength of the innocent lamb of God, the weakest creature of the Lord.
279.For the holy spirit of God makes more powerful the weakest than the strongest."
280.And Jesus milked a ewe, which was feeding among the grass. And he put the milk upon the sand made hot by the sun, saying: "Loa, the power of the angel of water has entered this milk.
281.And now the power of the angel of sunshine will enter it also."
282.And the milk became hot by the strength of the sun. "And now the angels of water and of sun will join with the angel of air."
283.And lo, the vapor of the hot milk began to rise slowly into the air.
284."Come and breathe in by your mouth the strength of the angels of water, of sunshine, and of air, that it may come into your body and cast out the Satan from
you."
285. And the sick man whom Satan tormented did breathe within himself, deeply, the rising whitish vapor.
286."Straightway will Satan leave your body, since for three days he starves and finds no food within you.
287.He will come out of you to satisfy his hunger by the hot steaming milk, for this food finds favor in his sight.
288.He will smell its smell, and will not be able to resist the hunger which has tormented him three days already.
289.But the Son of Man will destroy his body, that he may torment none else again."
290.Then the sick man's body was seized with an ague, and he retched as though he would vomit, but he could not.
291.And he gasped for air, for his breath was spent. And he fainted on the lap of
Jesus.
292."Now does Satan leave his body. See him." And Jesus pointed to the sick man's opened mouth.
293.And then they all saw with astonishment and terror that Satan was coming out from his mouth in the shape of an abominable worm, straight towards the steaming milk.
294.Then Jesus took two sharp stones in his hands and crushed the head of Satan, and drew out from the sick man all the body of the monster which was almost as long as the man.
295.When the abominable worm came out of the sick man's throat, he recovered at once his breath, and then all his pains ceased.
296.And the others looked with terror at the abominable body of Satan.
297."See, what an abominable beast you carried and nourished in your body for long years. I have cast it out of you and killed it that it may never again torment you.
298.Give thanks to God that his angels have made you free, and sin no more, lest Satan return to you again.
299.Let your body be henceforth a temple dedicated to your God."
300.And they were all amazed at his words and at his power. And they said: "Master, you are indeed God's messenger, and do know all secrets."
301."And you," answered Jesus, "be true Sons of God, that you also may partake in his power and in the knowledge of all secrets.
302.For wisdom and power can come only from the love of God. Love, therefore, your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother with all your heart, and with all your spirit.
303.And serve them, that their angels may serve you also. Let all your deeds be sacrificed to God.
304.And feed not Satan, for the wages of sin is death. But with God lies the reward of the good, his love, which is knowledge and power of eternal life."
305.And they all knelt down to give thanks to God for his love.
306.And Jesus departed, saying: "I will come again to all who persist in prayer and fasting till the seventh day. Peace be with you."
307.And the sick man from whom Jesus had cast out the Satan, stood up, for the strength of life had come back to him.
308.He breathed out deeply, and his eyes became clear, for every pain had left him. And he cast himself down upon the ground where Jesus had stood, and he kissed the print of his feet and he wept.
309.And it was by the bed of a stream, many sick fasted and prayed with God's angels for seven days and seven nights.
310.And great was their reward, because they followed Jesus' words. And with the passing of the seventh day, all their pains left them.
311.And when the sun rose over the earth's rim they saw Jesus coming towards them from the mountain, with the brightness of the rising sun about his head."Peace be with you."
312.And they said no word at all, but only cast themselves down before him, and touched the hem of his garment in token of their healing.
313."Give thanks not to me, but to your Earthly Mother, who sent you her healing angels. Go, and sin no more, that you may never again see disease. And let the healing angels become your guardians."
314.But they answered him: "Whither should we go, Master, for with you are the words of eternal life? Tell us, what are the sins which we must shun, that we may nevermore see disease?"
315.Jesus answered: "Be it so according to your faith," and he sat down among them, saying:
316."It was said to them of old time, 'Honor thy Heavenly Father and thy Earthly Mother, and do their commandments, that thy days may be long upon the earth.'
317.And next afterward was given this commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill,' for life is given to all by God, and that which God has given, let not man take away.
318.For-I tell you truly, from one Mother proceeds all that lives upon the earth. Therefore, he who kills, kills his brother.
319.And from him will the Earthly Mother turn away, and will pluck from him her quickening breasts. And he will be shunned by her angels, and Satan will have his dwelling in his body.
320.And the flesh of slain beasts in his body will become his own tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself, and whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats of the body of death.
321.For in his blood every drop of their blood turns to poison; in his breath their breath to stink; in his flesh their flesh to boils; in his bones their bones to chalk; in his bowels their bowels to decay; in his eyes their eyes to scales; in his ears their ears to waxy issue.
322.And their death will become his death. For only in the service of your Heavenly Father are your debts of seven years forgiven in seven days.
323.But Satan forgives you nothing and you must pay him for all. 'Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot; burning for burning, wound for wound; life for life, death for death.'
324.For the wages of sin is death. Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, lest you become the slaves of Satan.
325.For that is the path of sufferings, and it leads unto death. But do the will of God, that his angels may serve you on the way of life.
326.Obey, therefore, the words of God: 'Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
327.And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is breath of life, I give every green herb for meat.
328.Also the milk of every thing that moveth and liveth upon earth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given unto them, so I give their milk unto you.
329.But flesh, and the blood which quickens it, shall ye not eat. And, surely, your spurting blood will I require, your blood wherein is your soul; I will require all slain beasts, and the souls of all slain men.
330.For I the Lord thy God am a God strong and jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands -of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
331.Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength: this is the first and greatest commandment.'
332.And the second is like unto it: 'Love thy neighbor as thyself' There is none other commandment greater than these."
333.And after these words they all remained silent, save one, who called out: "What am I to do, Master, if I see a wild beast rend my brother in the forest?
334.Shall I let my brother perish, or kill the wild beast? Shall not I thus transgress the law?"and Jesus answered: "It was said to them of old time: "All beasts that move upon the earth, all the fish of the sea, and all the fowl of the air are given into thy power."
335.I tell you truly, of all creatures living upon the earth, God created only man after his image.
336.Wherefore beasts are for man, and not man for beasts. You do not, therefore, transgress the law if you kill the wild beast to save your brother's life.
337.For I tell you truly, man is more than the beast. But he who kills the beast without a cause, though the beast attack him not, through lust for slaughter, or for its flesh, or for its hide, or yet for its tusks, evil is the deed which he does, for he is turned into a wild beast himself.
338.Wherefore is his end also as the end of the wild beasts."
Then another said: "Moses, the greatest in Israel, suffered our forefathers to eat the flesh of clean beasts, and forbade only the flesh of unclean beasts.
339.Why, therefore, do you forbid us the flesh of all beasts? Which law comes from God? That of Moses, or your law?"
340.And Jesus answered: "God gave, by Moses, ten commandments to your forefathers. 'These commandments are hard,' said your forefathers, and they could not keep them.
341.When Moses saw this, he had compassion on his people, and would not that they perish. And then he gave them ten times ten commandments.
342.For he whose feet are strong as the mountain of Zion, needs no crutches; but he whose limbs do shake, gets further having crutches, than without them.
343.And Moses said to the Lord: 'My heart is filled with sorrow, for my people will be lost. For they are without knowledge, and are not able to understand thy commandments.
344.They are as little children who cannot yet understand their father's words. Suffer, Lord, that I give them other laws, that they may not perish. if they may not be with thee, Lord, let them not be against thee; that they may sustain themselves, and when the time has come, and they are ripe for thy words, reveal to hem thy laws.'
345.For that did Moses break the two tablets of stone whereon were written the ten commandments, and he gave them ten times ten in their stead.
346.And of these ten times ten the Scribes and Pharisees have made a hundred times ten commandments.
347.And they have laid unbearable burdens on your shoulders, that they themselves do not carry. For the more nigh are the commandments to God, the less do we need; and the farther they are from God, then the more do we need.
348.Wherefore are the laws of the Pharisees and Scribes innumerable; the laws of the Son of Man seven; of the angels three; and of God one.
349."Therefore, I teach you only those laws which you can understand, that you may become men, and follow the seven laws of the Son of Man.
350.Then will the unknown angels of the Heavenly Father also reveal their laws to you, that God's holy spirit may descend upon you, and lead you to his law."
351.And all were astonished at his wisdom, and asked him: "Continue, Master, and teach us all the laws which we can receive."
352.And Jesus continued: "God commanded your forefathers: 'Thou shalt not kill.' But their heart was hardened and they killed.
353.Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill men, and he suffered them to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and they killed men and beasts likewise.
354.But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also.
355.For life comes only from life, and from death comes always death. For everything which kills your foods, kills your bodies also.
356.And everything which kills your bodies kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts are.
357.Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also.
358.Be not like the foolish husbandman who sowed in his ground cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the autumn came, and his fields bore nothing.
359.And great was his distress. But be like that husbandman who sowed in his field living seed, and whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold for the seeds which he planted.
360.For I tell you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare not your foods with the fire of death, which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also."
361."Master, where is the fire of life?" asked some of them. "In you, in your blood, and in your bodies."
362."And the fire of death?" asked others. "It is the fire which blazes outside your body, which is hotter than your blood. With that fire of death you cook your foods in your homes and in your fields.
363.I tell you truly, it is the same fire which destroys your foods and your bodies, even as the fire of malice, which ravages your thoughts, ravages your spirits.
364.For your body is that which you eat, and your spirit is that which you think. Eat nothing, therefore, which a stronger fire than the fire of life has killed. 365.Wherefore, prepare and eat all fruits of trees, and all grasses of the fields, and all milk of beasts good for eating.
366.For all these are fed and ripened by the fire of life; all are the gift of the angels of our Earthly Mother. But eat nothing to which only the fire of death gives savor, for such is of Satan."
367."How should we cook our daily bread without fire, Master?" asked some with great astonishment.
368."Let the angels of God prepare your bread. Moisten your wheat, that the angel of water may enter it.
369.Then set it in the air, that the angel of air also may embrace it. And leave it from morning to evening beneath the sun, that the angel of sunshine may descend upon it.
370.And the blessing of the three angels will soon make the germ of life to sprout in your wheat. Then crush your grain, and make thin wafers, as did your forefathers when they departed out of Egypt, the house of bondage.
371.Put them back again beneath the sun from its appearing, and when it is risen to its highest in the heavens, turn them over on the other side that they be embraced there also by the angel of sunshine, and leave them there until the sun be set.
372.For the angels of water, of air, and of sunshine fed and ripened the wheat in the field, and they, likewise, must prepare also your bread.
373.And the same sun which, with the fire of life, made the wheat to grow and ripen, must cook your bread with the same fire.
374.For the fire of the sun gives life to the wheat, to the bread, and to the body. But the fire of death kills the wheat, the bread, and the body.
375.And the living angels of the living God serve only living men. For God is the God of the living, and not the God of the dead.
376."So eat always from the table of God: the fruits of the trees, the grain and grasses of the field, the milk of beasts, and the honey of bees.
377.For everything beyond these is of Satan, and leads by the way of sins and of diseases unto death.
378.But the foods which you eat from the abundant table of God give strength and youth to your body, and you will never see diseases.
379.For the table of God fed Methuselah of old, and I tell you truly, if you live even as he lived, then will the God of the living give you also long life upon the earth as was his.
380."For I tell you truly, the God of the living is richer than all the rich of the earth, and his abundant table is richer than the richest table of feasting of all the rich upon the earth.
381.Eat, therefore, all your life at the table of our Earthly Mother, and you will never see want.
382.And when you eat at her table, eat all things even as they are found on the table of the Earthly Mother.
383.Cook not, neither mix all things one with another, lest your bowels become as steaming bogs.
384.For I tell you truly, this is abominable in the eyes of the Lord.
385."And be not like the greedy servant, who always ate up, at the table of his lord, the portions of others.
386.And he devoured everything himself, and mixed all together in his gluttony. And seeing that, his lord was wroth with him, and drove him from the table.
387.And when all had ended their meal, he mixed together all that remained upon the table, and called the greedy servant to him, and said: 'Take and eat all this with the swine, for your place is with them, and not at my table.'
388."Take heed, therefore, and defile not with all kinds of abominations the temple of your bodies. Be content with two or three sorts of food, which you will find always upon the table of our Earthly Mother.
389.And desire not to devour all things which you see around you. For I tell you truly, if you mix together all sorts of food in your body, then the peace of your body will cease, and endless war will rage in you.
390.And it will be blotted out even as homes and kingdoms divided against themselves work their own destruction.
391.For your God is the God of peace, and does never help division. Arouse not, therefore, against you the wrath of God, lest he drive you from his table, and lest you be compelled to go to the table of Satan, where the fire of sins, diseases, and death will corrupt your body.
392."And when you eat, never eat unto fullness. Flee the temptations of Satan, and listen to the voice of God's angels.
393.For Satan and his power tempt you always to eat more and more. But live by the spirit, and resist the desires of the body.
394.And your fasting is always pleasing in the eyes of the angels of God. So give heed to how much you have eaten when your body is sated, and always eat less by a third.
395."Let the weight of your daily food be not less than a mina, but mark that it go not beyond two. Then will the angels of God serve you always, and you will never fall into the bondage of Satan and of his diseases. 396.Trouble not the work of the angels in your body by eating often. For I tell you truly, he who eats more than twice in the day does in him the work of Satan.
397.And the angels of God leave his body, and soon Satan will take possession of it. Eat only when the sun is highest in the heavens, and again when it is set.
398.And you will never see disease, for such finds favor in the eyes of the Lord.
399.And if you will that the angels of God rejoice in your body, and that Satan shun you afar, then sit but once in the day at the table of God.
400.And then your days will be long upon the earth, for this is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. Eat always when the table of God is served before you, and eat always of that which you find upon the table of God.
401.For I tell you truly, God knows well what your body needs, and when it needs.
402."From the coming of the month of Ijar, eat barley; from the month of Sivan, eat wheat, the most perfect among all seed-bearing herbs.
403.And let your daily bread be made of wheat, that the Lord may take care of your bodies. From Tammuz, eat the sour grape, that your body may diminish and Satan may depart from it. in the month of Elul, gather the grape that the juice may serve you as drink.
404.In the month of Marchesvan, gather the sweet grape, dried and sweetened by the angel of sun, that your bodies may increase, for the angels of the Lord dwell in them.
405.You should eat figs rich in juice in the months of Ab and Shebat, and what remain, let the angel of sun keep them for you; eat them with the meat of almonds in all the months when the trees bear no fruits.
406.And the herbs which come after rain, these eat in the month of Thebet, that your blood may be cleansed of all your sins.
407.And in the same month begin to eat also the milk of your beasts, because for this did the Lord give the herbs of the fields to all the beasts which render milk, that they might with their milk feed man.
408.For I tell you truly, happy are they that eat only at the table of God, and eschew all the abominations of Satan.
409.Eat not unclean foods brought from far countries, but eat always that which your trees bear. For your God knows well what is needful for you, and where and when.
410.And he gives to all peoples of all kingdoms for food that which is best for each. Eat not as the heathen do, who stuff themselves in haste, defiling their bodies with all manner of abominations.
411."For the power of God's angels enters into you with the living food which the Lord gives you from his royal table.
412.And when you eat, have above you the angel of air, and below you the angel of water. Breathe long and deeply at all your meals, that the angel of air may bless your repasts.
413.And chew well your food with your teeth, that it become water, and that the angel of water turn it into blood in your body.
414.And eat slowly, as it were a prayer you make to
the Lord. For I tell you truly, the power of God enters into you, if you eat after this manner at his table.
415.But Satan turns into a steaming bog the body of him upon whom the angels of air and water do not descend at his repasts.
416.And .the Lord suffers him no longer at his table. For the table of the Lord is an altar, and he who eats at the table of God is in a temple.
417.For I tell you truly, the body of the Son of Man is turned into a temple, and his inwards into an altar, if he does the commandments of God.
418.Wherefore, put naught upon the altar of the Lord when your spirit is vexed, neither think upon any one with anger in the temple of God.
419.And enter only into the Lord's sanctuary when you feel in yourselves the call of his angels, for all that you eat in sorrow, or in anger, or without desire, becomes a poison in your body.
420.For the breath of Satan defiles all these. Place with joy your offerings upon the altar of your body, and let all evil thoughts depart from you when you receive into your body the power of God from his table.
421.And never sit at the table of God before he call you by the angel of appetite.
422."Rejoice, therefore, always with God's angels at their royal table, for this is pleasing to the heart of the Lord.
423.And your life will be long upon the earth, for the most precious of God's servants will serve you all your days: the angel of joy.
424."And forget not that every seventh day is holy and consecrated to God. On six days feed your body with the gifts of the Earthly Mother, but on the seventh day sanctify your body for your Heavenly Father.
425.On the seventh day eat not any earthly food, but live only on the words of God, and be all the day with the angels of the Lord in the kingdom of the Heavenly Father.
426.And on the seventh day let the angels of God build the kingdom of the heavens in your body, as you labor for six days in the kingdom of the Earthly Mother.
427.And let not food trouble the work of the angels in your body throughout the seventh day.
428.And God will give you long life upon earth, that you may have life everlasting in the kingdom of the heavens.
429.For I tell you truly, if you see not diseases any more upon earth, you will live for ever in the kingdom of the heavens.
430."And God will send you each morning the angel of sunshine to wake you from your sleep. Therefore, obey your Heavenly Father's summons, and lie not idle in your beds, for the angels of air and water await you already without.
431.And labor all day long with the angels of the Earthly Mother that you may come to know them and their works ever more and more well.
432.But when the sun is set, and your Heavenly Father sends you his most precious angel, sleep, then take your rest, and be all the night with the angel of sleep.
433.And then will your Heavenly Father send you his unknown angels, that they may be with you the livelong night.
434.And the Heavenly Father's unknown angels will teach you many things concerning the kingdom of God, even as the angels that you know of the Earthly Mother, instruct you in the things of her kingdom.
435.For I tell you truly, you will be every night the guests of the kingdom of your Heavenly Father, if you do his commandments.
436.And when you wake up upon the morrow, you will feel in you the power of the unknown angels.
437.And your Heavenly Father will send them to you every night, that they may build your spirit, even as every day the Earthly Mother sends you her angels, that they may build your body.
438.For I tell you truly, if in the daytime your Earthly Mother folds you in her arms, and in the night the Heavenly Father breathes his kiss upon you, then will the Sons of Men become the Sons of God. "Resist day and night the temptations of Satan.
439.Wake not by night, neither sleep by day, lest the angels of God depart from you.
440."And take no delight in any drink, nor in any smoke from Satan, waking you by night and making you to sleep by day. For I tell you truly, all the drinks and smokes of Satan are abominations in the eyes of your God.
441."Commit not whoredom, by night or by day, for the whoremonger is like a tree whose sap runs out from its trunk.
442.And that tree will be dried up before its time, nor will it ever bear fruit. Therefore, go not a-whoring, lest Satan dry up your body, and the Lord make your seed unfruitful.
"Shun all that is too hot and too cold.
443.For it is the will of your Earthly Mother that neither heat nor cold should harm your body. And let not your bodies become either hotter or colder than as God's angels warm or cool them.
444.And if you do the commandments of the Earthly Mother, then as oft as your body becomes too hot, will she send the angel of coolness to cool you, and as oft as your body becomes too cold, will she send you the angel of heat to warm you again.
445."Follow the example of all the angels of the Heavenly Father and of the Earthly Mother, who work day and night, without ceasing, upon the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth.
446.Therefore, receive also into yourselves the strongest of God's angels, the angel of deeds, and work all together upon the kingdom of God.
447.Follow the example of the running water, the wind as it blows, the rising and setting of the sun, the growing plants and trees, the beasts as they run and gambol, the wane and waxing of the moon, the stars as they come and go again; all these do move, and do perform their labors.
448.For all which has life does move, and only that which is dead is still. And God is the God of the living, and Satan that of the dead.
449.Serve, therefore, the living God, that the eternal movement of life may sustain you, and that you may escape the eternal stillness of death.
450.Work, therefore, without ceasing, to build the kingdom of God, lest you be cast into the kingdom of Satan.
451.For eternal joy abounds in the living kingdom of God, but still sorrow darkens the kingdom of death of Satan.
452.Be, therefore, true Sons of your Earthly Mother and of your Heavenly Father, that you fall not as slaves of Satan.
453.And your Earthly Mother and Heavenly Father will send you their angels to teach, to love, and to serve you.
454.And their angels will write the commandments of God in your head, in your heart, and in your hands, that you may know, feel, and do God's commandments.
455."And pray every day to your Heavenly Father and Earthly mother, that your soul become as perfect as your Heavenly Father's holy spirit is perfect, and that your body become as perfect as the body of your Earthly Mother is perfect.
456.For if you understand, feel, and do the commandments, then all for which you pray to your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother will be given you.
457.For the wisdom, the love, and the power of God are above all.
458."After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
459.Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
460.And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
461.For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
462."And after this manner pray to your Earthly Mother: Our Mother which art upon earth, hallowed be thy name.
463.Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done in us, as it is in thee. As thou sendest every day thy angels, send them to us also.
464. Forgive us our sins, as we atone all our sins against thee. And lead us not into sickness, but deliver us from all evil, for thine is the earth, the body, and the health. Amen.
465.And they all prayed together with Jesus to the Heavenly Father and to the Earthly Mother.
466.And afterwards Jesus spoke thus to them: "Even as your bodies have been reborn through the Earthly Mother's angels, may your spirit, likewise, be reborn through the angels of the Heavenly Father.
467.Become, therefore, true Sons of your Father and of your Mother, and true Brothers of the Sons of Men. Till now you were at war with your Father, with your Mother, and with your Brothers.
468.And you have served Satan. From today live at peace with your Heavenly Father, and with your Earthly Mother, and with your Brothers, the Sons of Men.
469.And fight only against Satan, lest he rob you of your peace. I give the peace of your Earthly Mother to your body, and the peace of your Heavenly Father to your spirit. And let the peace of both reign among the Sons of Men.
470."Come to me, all that are weary and that suffer in strife and affliction! For my peace will strengthen you and comfort you.
471.For my peace is exceeding full of joy. Wherefore do I always greet you after this manner: 'Peace be with you!'
472.Do you always, therefore, so greet one another, that upon your body may descend the peace of your Earthly Mother, and upon your spirit the peace of your Heavenly Father.
473.And then you will find peace also among yourselves, for the kingdom of God is within you. And now return to your Brothers with whom hitherto you were at war, and give your peace to them also.
474.For happy are they that strive for peace, for they will find the peace of God. Go, and sin no more. And give to every one your peace, even as I have given my peace unto you.
475.For my peace is of God. Peace be with you."
And he left them.
476.And his peace descended upon them; and in their heart the angel of love, in their head the wisdom of law, and in their hands the power of rebirth, they went forth among the Sons of Men, to bring the light of peace to those that warred in darkness.
The Essene Gospel of Peace of Jesus ChristIntro by Jim: on the true Wholistic Teachings of Jesus outlined here.
The Politics of Religion usually intellectualizes into theological trivia. For centuries, debates centered on such things as "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin".
The movie "Stigmata" was written, because the Roman Catholic church sought to suppress the "Gospel of Thomas", because the church wanted tithers to believe that God lives in their church.
The Roman Catholic church also sought to suppress translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls (see books "Dead Sea Scrolls Deception" & "Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered"), which showed aspects of the Essene teachings at Qumran, many of which Jesus taught, that the church didn't want published, because it contradicted official church teachings.
The Essene Gospel of Peace, also called the Gospel of Peace of Jesus Christ, was written earlier than any book in the New Testament. It was translated into old Slavic in the 1st Century, ans has always been venerated by the Eastern Orthodox church.
The Roman Catholic church has the original Aramaic, but has chosen to relegate it to the Secret Archives of the Vatican, which only priests can access. The Council of Nicea in 325 AD did some wrong things that are now becoming evident. 2 of the most evident are:
1) they removed the Apocrypha from the Bible, which have always been included by the Jews
2) they voted to change the Sabbath (saturday) to Sunday, mainly because Emperor Constantine had worshipped the Sun god. [most early christians woshipped on sabbath]
When you understand that the Nicean vote went as it did, because they physically knocked out Clement of Alexandria, so he wouldn't vote, you begin to wonder.
The minority voters, like the Gnostics, were declared heretical.
Their core teachings, as in the Nag Hammadi scrolls, are still ignored today in major theological debates, but were a major force in the earliest church.
Mainstream theologians love to use questionable fringe doctrines from fringe cults to disqualify early core Gnostic and Essene Judeo Christian teachings they don't like.
The major Jewish sects at the time of Jesus were the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Samaritans, the Essenes, and the Zealots. John the Baptist was undebatedly an Essene, and many of Jesus's teachings in the Essene Gospel of Peace are more fully described in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
A quote from Jesus, "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak", could well be applied here. When the body is weak, it's difficult for the spirit and mind to commune with the Father.
He recommended cleaning up the body to be able to focus on the Father's Holy Spirit without distraction.
Some terms, like "Earthly Mother", trouble some people.
Jesus is not deifying the Earth (despite modern Gaia-movements), but, like the Essenes, recognizes the energies we need from her, and accepts them with the works of the angels.
Read this with an open mind. Practice it. Modern Books that show the curing capability of raw food are "Live Food Juices" by H.E. Kirschner, "Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juices" by N.W. Walker, plus books by Max Gerson, Harvey Diamond, etc.
Other older books, like the Gospel of the Holy Twelve, also show the same wholistic teachings of Jesus, which most modern churches choose to ignore.
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THE STORY OF THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE
Translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely
In Four Volumes
It was in 1928 that Edmond Bordeaux Szekely first published his translation of Book One of The Essene Gospel of Peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the Secret Archives of the Vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition.
This story is told in his book, The Discovery of the Essene Gospel of Peace, published in 1975. The English version of Book One appeared in 1937, and ever since, the little volume has traveled over the world, appearing in many different languages, gaining every year more and more readers, until now, still with no commercial advertisement, over a million copies have been sold in the United States alone.
It was not until almost fifty years after the first French translation that Book Two and Book Three appeared (The Unknown Books of the Essenes and Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood), achieving rapidly the popularity of Book One.
In 1981, Book Four, The Teachings of the Elect, was published posthumously according to Dr. Szekely's wishes, representing yet another fragment of the complete manuscript which exists in Aramaic in the Secret Archives of the Vatican and in old Slavonic in the Royal Library of the Habsburgs (now the property of the Austrian government).
The poetic style of the translator brings to vivid reality the exquisitely beautiful words of Jesus and the Elders of the Essene Brotherhood. Some of the chapters: The Essene Communions. The Sevenfold Peace. The Holy Streams of Life, Light, and Sound. The Gift of the Humble Grass.
All four volumes of The Essene Gospel of Peace are available in English from the International Biogenic Society mailing address: I.B.S. Internacional, Box 849, Nelson, B.C., Canada VlL 6A5. A free descriptive catalogue of these and all the collected works of Edmond Bordeaux Szekely will be gladly sent upon request.
EXCERPTS FROM
The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book Two:
The Unknown Books of the Essenes
And one man spoke: "But, Master, we are but men, we are not angels. How then can we hope to walk in their ways? Tell us what we must do."
And Jesus spoke:
As the son inherits the land of his father, So have we inherited a Holy Land From our Fathers.
This land is not a field to be ploughed, But a place within us Where we may build our Holy Temple. -And even as a temple must be raised, Stone by stone, So will I give to you those stones For the building of the Holy Temple;
That which we have inherited From our Fathers,
And their Fathers' Fathers.
And all the men gathered around Jesus, and their faces shone with desire to hear the words which would come from his lips. And he lifted his face to the rising sun, and the radiance of its rays filled his eyes as he spoke:
"The Holy Temple can be built Only with the ancient Communions, Those which are spoken, Those which are thought, And those which are lived.
For if they are spoken only with the mouth, They are as a dead hive Which the bees have forsaken, That gives no more honey.
The Communions are a bridge Between man and the angels, And like a bridge, Can be built only with patience,
Yea, even as the bridge over the river Is fashioned stone by stone, As they are found by the water's edge.
And the Communions are fourteen in number, As the Angels of the Heavenly Father Number seven, And the Angels of the Earthly Mother Number seven.
And just as the roots of the tree Sink into the earth and are nourished, And the branches of the tree Raise their arms to heaven, So is man like the trunk of the tree, With his roots deep In the breast of his Earthly Mother,
And his soul ascending To the bright stars of his Heavenly Father.
And the roots of the tree Are the Angels of the Earthly Mother, And the branches of the tree Are the Angels of the Heavenly Father. And this is the sacred Tree of Life Which stands in the Sea of Eternity.
EXCERPTS FROM
The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book Three: Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood
For the earth shall be filled with the Peace of the Heavenly Father, as the waters cover the sea.
I will invoke the Angel of Peace, Whose breath is friendly, Whose hand is clothed in power.
In the reign of Peace, there is neither hunger nor thirst, Neither cold wind nor hot wind, Neither old age nor death.
In the reign of Peace, Both animals and men shall be undying, Waters and plants shall be undrying, And the food of life shall be never-failing.
It is said that the mountains Shall bring peace to the people, And the little hills, righteousness.
There shall be peace As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations.
Peace shall come down like rain upon mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
In the reign of Peace shall the Law grow strong,
And the Children of Light shall have dominion
From sea to sea, unto the ends of the earth.
The reign of Peace hath its source In the Heavenly Father;
By his strength he setteth fast the mountains,
He maketh the outgoings of morning and evening To rejoice in the Light,He bringeth to earth the river of the Law, To water and enrich it,
He maketh soft the earth with showers;
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice on every side.
The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered over with corn;
They shout for joy, they also sing.
O Heavenly Father!
Bring unto thy earth the reign of Peace! Then shall we remember the words
Of him who taught of old the Children of Light:
I give the peace of thy Earthly Mother To thy body,
And the peace of thy Heavenly Father To thy spirit.
And let the peace of both Reign among the sons of men.
Come to me all that are weary, And that suffer in strife and affliction!
For my peace will strengthen thee and comfort thee. For my peace is exceeding full of joy.
Wherefore do I always greet thee after this manner: Peace be with thee!
Do thou always, therefore, so greet one another, That upon thy body may descend The Peace of thy Earthly Mother,
And upon thy spirit The Peace of thy Heavenly Father.
And then wilt thou find peace also among thyselves,For the Kingdom of the Law is within thee.
And return to thy Brothers And give thy peace to them also,
For happy are they that strive for peace, For they will find the peace of the Heavenly Father.
And give to every one thy peace, Even as I have given my peace unto thee.
For my peace is of God. Peace be with thee!
EXCERPTS FROM
The Essene Gospel of peace, Book Four:
The Teachings of the Elect
THE HOLY STREAMS
Into the innermost circle have you come, into the mystery of mysteries, that which was old when our father Enoch was young and walked the earth. Around and around have you come on your journey of many years, always following the path of righteousness, living according to the Holy Law and the sacred vows of our Brotherhood, and you have made of your body a holy temple wherein dwell the angels of God. Many years have you shared the daylight hours with the angels of the Earthly Mother; many years have you slept in the arms of the Heavenly Father, taught by his unknown angels.
You have learned that the laws of the Son of Man are seven, of the angels three, and of God, one. Now you shall know of the three laws of the angels, the mystery of the three Holy Streams and the ancient way to traverse them; so shall you bathe in the light of heaven and at last behold the revelation of the mystery of mysteries: the law of God, which is One.
Now in the hour before the rising of the sun, just before the angels of the Earthly Mother breathe life into the still sleeping earth, then do you enter into the Holy Stream of Life. It is your Brother Tree who holds the mystery of this Holy Stream, and it is your Brother Tree that you will embrace in your thought, even as by day you embrace him in greeting when you walk along the lake shore.
And you shall be one with the tree, for in the beginning of the times so did we all share in the Holy Stream of Life that gave birth to all creation.
And as you embrace your Brother Tree, the power of the Holy Stream of Life will fill your whole body, and you will tremble before its might. Then breathe deeply of the angel of air, and say the word "Life" with the outgiving of breath.
Then you will become in truth the Tree of Life which sinks its roots deep into the Holy Stream of Life from an eternal source.
And as the angel of sun warms the earth, and all the creatures of land and water and air rejoice in the new day, so will your body and spirit rejoice in the Holy Stream of life that flows to you through your Brother Tree.
And when the sun is high in the heavens, then shall you seek the Holy Stream of Sound. in the heat of noontide, all creatures are still and seek the shade; the angels of the Earthly Mother are silent for a space.
Then it is that you shall let into your ears the Holy Stream of Sound; for it can only be heard in the silence.
Think on the streams that are born in the desert after a sudden storm, and the roaring sound of the waters as they rush past.
Truly, this is the voice of God, if you did but know it. For as it is written, in the beginning was the Sound, and the Sound was with God, and the Sound was God.
I tell you truly, when we are born, we enter the world with the sound of God in our ears, even the singing of the vast chorus of the sky, and the holy chant of the stars in their fixed rounds; it is the Holy Stream of Sound that traverses the vault of stars and crosses the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father.
It is ever in our ears, so do we hear it not. Listen for it, then, in the silence of noontide; bathe in it, and let the rhythm of the music of God beat in your ears until you are one with the Holy Stream of Sound.
It was this Sound which formed the earth and the world, and brought forth the mountains, and set the stars in their thrones of glory in the highest heavens.
And you shall bathe in the Stream of Sound, and the music of its waters shall flow over you; for in the beginning of the times so did we all share in the Holy Stream of Sound that gave birth to all creation.
And the mighty roaring of the Stream of So und will fill your whole body, and you will tremble before its might. Then breathe deeply of the angel of air, and become the sound itself, that the Holy Stream of Sound may carry you to the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father, there where the rhythm of the world rises and falls.
And when darkness gently closes the eyes of the angels of the Earthly Mother, then shall you also sleep, that your spirit may join the unknown angels of the Heavenly Father.
And in the moments before you sleep, then shall you think of the bright and glorious stars, the white, shining, far-seen and far-piercing stars. For your thoughts before sleep are as the bow of the skillful archer, that sends the arrow where he wills.
Let your thoughts before sleep be with the stars; for the stars are Light, and the Heavenly Father is Light, even that Light which is a thousand times brighter than the brightness of a thousand suns.
Enter the Holy Stream of Light, that the shackles of death may loose their hold for ever, and breaking free from the bonds of earth, ascend the Holy Stream of Light through the blazing radiance of the stars, into the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father.
Unfold your wings of light, and in the eye of your thought, soar with the stars into the farthest reaches of heaven, where untold suns blaze with light. For at the beginning of the times, the Holy Law said, let there be Light, and there was Light.
And you shall be one with it, and the power of the Holy Light Stream will fill your whole body, and you will tremble before its might. Say the word "Light," as you breathe deeply of the angel of air, and you will become the Light itself; and the Holy Stream will carry you to the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father, there losing itself in the eternal Sea of Light which gives birth to all creation. And you shall be one with the Holy Stream of Light, always before you sleep in the arms of the Heavenly Father.
I tell you truly, your body was made not only to breathe, and eat, and think, but it was also made to enter the Holy Stream of Life. And your ears were made not only to hear the words of men, the song of birds, and the music of falling rain, but they were also made to hear the Holy Stream of Sound.
And your eyes were made not only to see the rising and setting of the sun, the ripple of sheaves of grain, and the words of the Holy Scrolls, but they were also made to see
the Holy Stream of Light.
One day your body will return to the Earthly Mother; even also your ears and your eyes.
But the Holy Stream of Life, the Holy Stream of Sound, and the Holy Stream of Light, these were never born, and can never die.
Enter the Holy Streams, even that Life, that Sound, and that Light which gave you birth; that you may reach the kingdom of the Heavenly Father and become one with him even as the river empties into the far-distant sea.
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 therein.
CREDO of the International Biogenic Society
We believe that our most precious possession is Life.
We believe we shall mobilize all the forces of Life against the forces of death.
We believe that mutual understanding leads toward mutual cooperation; that mutual cooperation leads toward Peace; and that Peace is the only way of survival for mankind.
We believe that we shall preserve instead of waste our natural resources, which are the heritage of our children.
We believe that we shall avoid the pollution of our air, water, and soil, the basic preconditions of Life.
We believe we shall preserve the vegetation of our planet: the humble grass which came fifty million years ago, and the majestic trees which came twenty million years ago, to prepare our planet for mankind.
We believe we shall eat only fresh, natural, pure, whole foods, without chemicals and artificial processing.
We believe we shall live a simple, natural, creative life, absorbing all the sources of energy, harmony and knowledge, in and around us.
We believe that the improvement of life and mankind on our planet must start with individual efforts, as the whole depends on the atoms composing it.
We believe in the Fatherhood of God, the Motherhood of Nature, and the Brotherhood of Man.
-composed in Paris in 1928 by Romain Rolland and Edmond Bordeaux Szekely.
after having studied the essenes history and writings for some time now
some of the more valuable and nourishing perspectives i've gained from it all
(though i do not consider it an absolute truth)
(and i am paraphrasing from memory, here)
is how many conventional christians believe the "new birth in Christ" is mostly a spiritual event, while "the return of Christ" is mostly physical event,
when it is perhaps entirely the other way around
(which may also be seen as "good news," if one bothers to sit with it a minute)
studying and practicing essene things (among other things)
has showed me, by a variety of demonstrations, some of what Paul meant in 1 COR about misunderstanding the communion causing illness, for example.
and i think it has a lot to do with the common reversal of expectations i mentioned above
communion is not some magical ritual (though rituals can be magic at times, and communions, like dinnertime, can be as fancy or plain as you like)
but a simple and practical rung that one must actually reach for as a primary part of their lifestyle to experience the actual metamorph...
namely...our perceptions of food, and the actual deeper depth of cause and effect in this area, especially as it pertains to our thoughts and emotions
which is why, i think, John the Baptist was probably more like an Essene than anything else
his closer assocation with baptisms of water, cleansing, which involved healing arts
(which Jesus was also a master of, but took it a step further)
Jesus' baptism was of fire
his added layer of cleansing was a bit fuller than mere mortal healing
his teachings had less to do with healing and purification (which are great)
and more to do with the death and rebirth of the individual...while they yet lived
how to fry your mortal sense of self to a crisp...perhaps
and then recall it like a phoenix from the ashes
...while you yet live
quite a newtrick, i think
especially to the place and era he was initially called to reach
:)-->
History, it seems, continues to give up more and more of its "dead from the sea," so to speak
Validating more and more extra-canonical "spiritually recieved" texts
And the Essene traditions, new and old and old old, are starting to see the light of day from all of it
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277.And Jesus answered them: "Great is your faith. Be it according to your faith, and you shall see soon, face to face, the frightful countenance of Satan, and the power of the Son of Man.
278.For I will cast out from you the powerful Satan by the strength of the innocent lamb of God, the weakest creature of the Lord.
279.For the holy spirit of God makes more powerful the weakest than the strongest."
280.And Jesus milked a ewe, which was feeding among the grass. And he put the milk upon the sand made hot by the sun, saying: "Loa, the power of the angel of water has entered this milk.
281.And now the power of the angel of sunshine will enter it also."
282.And the milk became hot by the strength of the sun. "And now the angels of water and of sun will join with the angel of air."
283.And lo, the vapor of the hot milk began to rise slowly into the air.
284."Come and breathe in by your mouth the strength of the angels of water, of sunshine, and of air, that it may come into your body and cast out the Satan from
you."
285. And the sick man whom Satan tormented did breathe within himself, deeply, the rising whitish vapor.
286."Straightway will Satan leave your body, since for three days he starves and finds no food within you.
287.He will come out of you to satisfy his hunger by the hot steaming milk, for this food finds favor in his sight.
288.He will smell its smell, and will not be able to resist the hunger which has tormented him three days already.
289.But the Son of Man will destroy his body, that he may torment none else again."
290.Then the sick man's body was seized with an ague, and he retched as though he would vomit, but he could not.
291.And he gasped for air, for his breath was spent. And he fainted on the lap of
Jesus.
292."Now does Satan leave his body. See him." And Jesus pointed to the sick man's opened mouth.
293.And then they all saw with astonishment and terror that Satan was coming out from his mouth in the shape of an abominable worm, straight towards the steaming milk.
294.Then Jesus took two sharp stones in his hands and crushed the head of Satan, and drew out from the sick man all the body of the monster which was almost as long as the man.
295.When the abominable worm came out of the sick man's throat, he recovered at once his breath, and then all his pains ceased.
296.And the others looked with terror at the abominable body of Satan.
297."See, what an abominable beast you carried and nourished in your body for long years. I have cast it out of you and killed it that it may never again torment you.
298.Give thanks to God that his angels have made you free, and sin no more, lest Satan return to you again.
299.Let your body be henceforth a temple dedicated to your God."
300.And they were all amazed at his words and at his power. And they said: "Master, you are indeed God's messenger, and do know all secrets."
301."And you," answered Jesus, "be true Sons of God, that you also may partake in his power and in the knowledge of all secrets.
302.For wisdom and power can come only from the love of God. Love, therefore, your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother with all your heart, and with all your spirit.
303.And serve them, that their angels may serve you also. Let all your deeds be sacrificed to God.
304.And feed not Satan, for the wages of sin is death. But with God lies the reward of the good, his love, which is knowledge and power of eternal life."
305.And they all knelt down to give thanks to God for his love.
306.And Jesus departed, saying: "I will come again to all who persist in prayer and fasting till the seventh day. Peace be with you."
307.And the sick man from whom Jesus had cast out the Satan, stood up, for the strength of life had come back to him.
308.He breathed out deeply, and his eyes became clear, for every pain had left him. And he cast himself down upon the ground where Jesus had stood, and he kissed the print of his feet and he wept.
309.And it was by the bed of a stream, many sick fasted and prayed with God's angels for seven days and seven nights.
310.And great was their reward, because they followed Jesus' words. And with the passing of the seventh day, all their pains left them.
311.And when the sun rose over the earth's rim they saw Jesus coming towards them from the mountain, with the brightness of the rising sun about his head."Peace be with you."
312.And they said no word at all, but only cast themselves down before him, and touched the hem of his garment in token of their healing.
313."Give thanks not to me, but to your Earthly Mother, who sent you her healing angels. Go, and sin no more, that you may never again see disease. And let the healing angels become your guardians."
314.But they answered him: "Whither should we go, Master, for with you are the words of eternal life? Tell us, what are the sins which we must shun, that we may nevermore see disease?"
315.Jesus answered: "Be it so according to your faith," and he sat down among them, saying:
316."It was said to them of old time, 'Honor thy Heavenly Father and thy Earthly Mother, and do their commandments, that thy days may be long upon the earth.'
317.And next afterward was given this commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill,' for life is given to all by God, and that which God has given, let not man take away.
318.For-I tell you truly, from one Mother proceeds all that lives upon the earth. Therefore, he who kills, kills his brother.
319.And from him will the Earthly Mother turn away, and will pluck from him her quickening breasts. And he will be shunned by her angels, and Satan will have his dwelling in his body.
320.And the flesh of slain beasts in his body will become his own tomb. For I tell you truly, he who kills, kills himself, and whoso eats the flesh of slain beasts, eats of the body of death.
321.For in his blood every drop of their blood turns to poison; in his breath their breath to stink; in his flesh their flesh to boils; in his bones their bones to chalk; in his bowels their bowels to decay; in his eyes their eyes to scales; in his ears their ears to waxy issue.
322.And their death will become his death. For only in the service of your Heavenly Father are your debts of seven years forgiven in seven days.
323.But Satan forgives you nothing and you must pay him for all. 'Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot; burning for burning, wound for wound; life for life, death for death.'
324.For the wages of sin is death. Kill not, neither eat the flesh of your innocent prey, lest you become the slaves of Satan.
325.For that is the path of sufferings, and it leads unto death. But do the will of God, that his angels may serve you on the way of life.
326.Obey, therefore, the words of God: 'Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
327.And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is breath of life, I give every green herb for meat.
328.Also the milk of every thing that moveth and liveth upon earth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given unto them, so I give their milk unto you.
329.But flesh, and the blood which quickens it, shall ye not eat. And, surely, your spurting blood will I require, your blood wherein is your soul; I will require all slain beasts, and the souls of all slain men.
330.For I the Lord thy God am a God strong and jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands -of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
331.Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength: this is the first and greatest commandment.'
332.And the second is like unto it: 'Love thy neighbor as thyself' There is none other commandment greater than these."
333.And after these words they all remained silent, save one, who called out: "What am I to do, Master, if I see a wild beast rend my brother in the forest?
334.Shall I let my brother perish, or kill the wild beast? Shall not I thus transgress the law?"and Jesus answered: "It was said to them of old time: "All beasts that move upon the earth, all the fish of the sea, and all the fowl of the air are given into thy power."
335.I tell you truly, of all creatures living upon the earth, God created only man after his image.
336.Wherefore beasts are for man, and not man for beasts. You do not, therefore, transgress the law if you kill the wild beast to save your brother's life.
337.For I tell you truly, man is more than the beast. But he who kills the beast without a cause, though the beast attack him not, through lust for slaughter, or for its flesh, or for its hide, or yet for its tusks, evil is the deed which he does, for he is turned into a wild beast himself.
338.Wherefore is his end also as the end of the wild beasts."
Then another said: "Moses, the greatest in Israel, suffered our forefathers to eat the flesh of clean beasts, and forbade only the flesh of unclean beasts.
339.Why, therefore, do you forbid us the flesh of all beasts? Which law comes from God? That of Moses, or your law?"
340.And Jesus answered: "God gave, by Moses, ten commandments to your forefathers. 'These commandments are hard,' said your forefathers, and they could not keep them.
341.When Moses saw this, he had compassion on his people, and would not that they perish. And then he gave them ten times ten commandments.
342.For he whose feet are strong as the mountain of Zion, needs no crutches; but he whose limbs do shake, gets further having crutches, than without them.
343.And Moses said to the Lord: 'My heart is filled with sorrow, for my people will be lost. For they are without knowledge, and are not able to understand thy commandments.
344.They are as little children who cannot yet understand their father's words. Suffer, Lord, that I give them other laws, that they may not perish. if they may not be with thee, Lord, let them not be against thee; that they may sustain themselves, and when the time has come, and they are ripe for thy words, reveal to hem thy laws.'
345.For that did Moses break the two tablets of stone whereon were written the ten commandments, and he gave them ten times ten in their stead.
346.And of these ten times ten the Scribes and Pharisees have made a hundred times ten commandments.
347.And they have laid unbearable burdens on your shoulders, that they themselves do not carry. For the more nigh are the commandments to God, the less do we need; and the farther they are from God, then the more do we need.
348.Wherefore are the laws of the Pharisees and Scribes innumerable; the laws of the Son of Man seven; of the angels three; and of God one.
349."Therefore, I teach you only those laws which you can understand, that you may become men, and follow the seven laws of the Son of Man.
350.Then will the unknown angels of the Heavenly Father also reveal their laws to you, that God's holy spirit may descend upon you, and lead you to his law."
351.And all were astonished at his wisdom, and asked him: "Continue, Master, and teach us all the laws which we can receive."
352.And Jesus continued: "God commanded your forefathers: 'Thou shalt not kill.' But their heart was hardened and they killed.
353.Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill men, and he suffered them to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and they killed men and beasts likewise.
354.But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also.
355.For life comes only from life, and from death comes always death. For everything which kills your foods, kills your bodies also.
356.And everything which kills your bodies kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts are.
357.Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also.
358.Be not like the foolish husbandman who sowed in his ground cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the autumn came, and his fields bore nothing.
359.And great was his distress. But be like that husbandman who sowed in his field living seed, and whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold for the seeds which he planted.
360.For I tell you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare not your foods with the fire of death, which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also."
361."Master, where is the fire of life?" asked some of them. "In you, in your blood, and in your bodies."
362."And the fire of death?" asked others. "It is the fire which blazes outside your body, which is hotter than your blood. With that fire of death you cook your foods in your homes and in your fields.
363.I tell you truly, it is the same fire which destroys your foods and your bodies, even as the fire of malice, which ravages your thoughts, ravages your spirits.
364.For your body is that which you eat, and your spirit is that which you think. Eat nothing, therefore, which a stronger fire than the fire of life has killed. 365.Wherefore, prepare and eat all fruits of trees, and all grasses of the fields, and all milk of beasts good for eating.
366.For all these are fed and ripened by the fire of life; all are the gift of the angels of our Earthly Mother. But eat nothing to which only the fire of death gives savor, for such is of Satan."
367."How should we cook our daily bread without fire, Master?" asked some with great astonishment.
368."Let the angels of God prepare your bread. Moisten your wheat, that the angel of water may enter it.
369.Then set it in the air, that the angel of air also may embrace it. And leave it from morning to evening beneath the sun, that the angel of sunshine may descend upon it.
370.And the blessing of the three angels will soon make the germ of life to sprout in your wheat. Then crush your grain, and make thin wafers, as did your forefathers when they departed out of Egypt, the house of bondage.
371.Put them back again beneath the sun from its appearing, and when it is risen to its highest in the heavens, turn them over on the other side that they be embraced there also by the angel of sunshine, and leave them there until the sun be set.
372.For the angels of water, of air, and of sunshine fed and ripened the wheat in the field, and they, likewise, must prepare also your bread.
373.And the same sun which, with the fire of life, made the wheat to grow and ripen, must cook your bread with the same fire.
374.For the fire of the sun gives life to the wheat, to the bread, and to the body. But the fire of death kills the wheat, the bread, and the body.
375.And the living angels of the living God serve only living men. For God is the God of the living, and not the God of the dead.
376."So eat always from the table of God: the fruits of the trees, the grain and grasses of the field, the milk of beasts, and the honey of bees.
377.For everything beyond these is of Satan, and leads by the way of sins and of diseases unto death.
378.But the foods which you eat from the abundant table of God give strength and youth to your body, and you will never see diseases.
379.For the table of God fed Methuselah of old, and I tell you truly, if you live even as he lived, then will the God of the living give you also long life upon the earth as was his.
380."For I tell you truly, the God of the living is richer than all the rich of the earth, and his abundant table is richer than the richest table of feasting of all the rich upon the earth.
381.Eat, therefore, all your life at the table of our Earthly Mother, and you will never see want.
382.And when you eat at her table, eat all things even as they are found on the table of the Earthly Mother.
383.Cook not, neither mix all things one with another, lest your bowels become as steaming bogs.
384.For I tell you truly, this is abominable in the eyes of the Lord.
385."And be not like the greedy servant, who always ate up, at the table of his lord, the portions of others.
386.And he devoured everything himself, and mixed all together in his gluttony. And seeing that, his lord was wroth with him, and drove him from the table.
387.And when all had ended their meal, he mixed together all that remained upon the table, and called the greedy servant to him, and said: 'Take and eat all this with the swine, for your place is with them, and not at my table.'
388."Take heed, therefore, and defile not with all kinds of abominations the temple of your bodies. Be content with two or three sorts of food, which you will find always upon the table of our Earthly Mother.
389.And desire not to devour all things which you see around you. For I tell you truly, if you mix together all sorts of food in your body, then the peace of your body will cease, and endless war will rage in you.
390.And it will be blotted out even as homes and kingdoms divided against themselves work their own destruction.
391.For your God is the God of peace, and does never help division. Arouse not, therefore, against you the wrath of God, lest he drive you from his table, and lest you be compelled to go to the table of Satan, where the fire of sins, diseases, and death will corrupt your body.
392."And when you eat, never eat unto fullness. Flee the temptations of Satan, and listen to the voice of God's angels.
393.For Satan and his power tempt you always to eat more and more. But live by the spirit, and resist the desires of the body.
394.And your fasting is always pleasing in the eyes of the angels of God. So give heed to how much you have eaten when your body is sated, and always eat less by a third.
395."Let the weight of your daily food be not less than a mina, but mark that it go not beyond two. Then will the angels of God serve you always, and you will never fall into the bondage of Satan and of his diseases. 396.Trouble not the work of the angels in your body by eating often. For I tell you truly, he who eats more than twice in the day does in him the work of Satan.
397.And the angels of God leave his body, and soon Satan will take possession of it. Eat only when the sun is highest in the heavens, and again when it is set.
398.And you will never see disease, for such finds favor in the eyes of the Lord.
399.And if you will that the angels of God rejoice in your body, and that Satan shun you afar, then sit but once in the day at the table of God.
400.And then your days will be long upon the earth, for this is pleasing in the eyes of the Lord. Eat always when the table of God is served before you, and eat always of that which you find upon the table of God.
401.For I tell you truly, God knows well what your body needs, and when it needs.
402."From the coming of the month of Ijar, eat barley; from the month of Sivan, eat wheat, the most perfect among all seed-bearing herbs.
403.And let your daily bread be made of wheat, that the Lord may take care of your bodies. From Tammuz, eat the sour grape, that your body may diminish and Satan may depart from it. in the month of Elul, gather the grape that the juice may serve you as drink.
404.In the month of Marchesvan, gather the sweet grape, dried and sweetened by the angel of sun, that your bodies may increase, for the angels of the Lord dwell in them.
405.You should eat figs rich in juice in the months of Ab and Shebat, and what remain, let the angel of sun keep them for you; eat them with the meat of almonds in all the months when the trees bear no fruits.
406.And the herbs which come after rain, these eat in the month of Thebet, that your blood may be cleansed of all your sins.
407.And in the same month begin to eat also the milk of your beasts, because for this did the Lord give the herbs of the fields to all the beasts which render milk, that they might with their milk feed man.
408.For I tell you truly, happy are they that eat only at the table of God, and eschew all the abominations of Satan.
409.Eat not unclean foods brought from far countries, but eat always that which your trees bear. For your God knows well what is needful for you, and where and when.
410.And he gives to all peoples of all kingdoms for food that which is best for each. Eat not as the heathen do, who stuff themselves in haste, defiling their bodies with all manner of abominations.
411."For the power of God's angels enters into you with the living food which the Lord gives you from his royal table.
412.And when you eat, have above you the angel of air, and below you the angel of water. Breathe long and deeply at all your meals, that the angel of air may bless your repasts.
413.And chew well your food with your teeth, that it become water, and that the angel of water turn it into blood in your body.
414.And eat slowly, as it were a prayer you make to
the Lord. For I tell you truly, the power of God enters into you, if you eat after this manner at his table.
415.But Satan turns into a steaming bog the body of him upon whom the angels of air and water do not descend at his repasts.
416.And .the Lord suffers him no longer at his table. For the table of the Lord is an altar, and he who eats at the table of God is in a temple.
417.For I tell you truly, the body of the Son of Man is turned into a temple, and his inwards into an altar, if he does the commandments of God.
418.Wherefore, put naught upon the altar of the Lord when your spirit is vexed, neither think upon any one with anger in the temple of God.
419.And enter only into the Lord's sanctuary when you feel in yourselves the call of his angels, for all that you eat in sorrow, or in anger, or without desire, becomes a poison in your body.
420.For the breath of Satan defiles all these. Place with joy your offerings upon the altar of your body, and let all evil thoughts depart from you when you receive into your body the power of God from his table.
421.And never sit at the table of God before he call you by the angel of appetite.
422."Rejoice, therefore, always with God's angels at their royal table, for this is pleasing to the heart of the Lord.
423.And your life will be long upon the earth, for the most precious of God's servants will serve you all your days: the angel of joy.
424."And forget not that every seventh day is holy and consecrated to God. On six days feed your body with the gifts of the Earthly Mother, but on the seventh day sanctify your body for your Heavenly Father.
425.On the seventh day eat not any earthly food, but live only on the words of God, and be all the day with the angels of the Lord in the kingdom of the Heavenly Father.
426.And on the seventh day let the angels of God build the kingdom of the heavens in your body, as you labor for six days in the kingdom of the Earthly Mother.
427.And let not food trouble the work of the angels in your body throughout the seventh day.
428.And God will give you long life upon earth, that you may have life everlasting in the kingdom of the heavens.
429.For I tell you truly, if you see not diseases any more upon earth, you will live for ever in the kingdom of the heavens.
430."And God will send you each morning the angel of sunshine to wake you from your sleep. Therefore, obey your Heavenly Father's summons, and lie not idle in your beds, for the angels of air and water await you already without.
431.And labor all day long with the angels of the Earthly Mother that you may come to know them and their works ever more and more well.
432.But when the sun is set, and your Heavenly Father sends you his most precious angel, sleep, then take your rest, and be all the night with the angel of sleep.
433.And then will your Heavenly Father send you his unknown angels, that they may be with you the livelong night.
434.And the Heavenly Father's unknown angels will teach you many things concerning the kingdom of God, even as the angels that you know of the Earthly Mother, instruct you in the things of her kingdom.
435.For I tell you truly, you will be every night the guests of the kingdom of your Heavenly Father, if you do his commandments.
436.And when you wake up upon the morrow, you will feel in you the power of the unknown angels.
437.And your Heavenly Father will send them to you every night, that they may build your spirit, even as every day the Earthly Mother sends you her angels, that they may build your body.
438.For I tell you truly, if in the daytime your Earthly Mother folds you in her arms, and in the night the Heavenly Father breathes his kiss upon you, then will the Sons of Men become the Sons of God. "Resist day and night the temptations of Satan.
439.Wake not by night, neither sleep by day, lest the angels of God depart from you.
440."And take no delight in any drink, nor in any smoke from Satan, waking you by night and making you to sleep by day. For I tell you truly, all the drinks and smokes of Satan are abominations in the eyes of your God.
441."Commit not whoredom, by night or by day, for the whoremonger is like a tree whose sap runs out from its trunk.
442.And that tree will be dried up before its time, nor will it ever bear fruit. Therefore, go not a-whoring, lest Satan dry up your body, and the Lord make your seed unfruitful.
"Shun all that is too hot and too cold.
443.For it is the will of your Earthly Mother that neither heat nor cold should harm your body. And let not your bodies become either hotter or colder than as God's angels warm or cool them.
444.And if you do the commandments of the Earthly Mother, then as oft as your body becomes too hot, will she send the angel of coolness to cool you, and as oft as your body becomes too cold, will she send you the angel of heat to warm you again.
445."Follow the example of all the angels of the Heavenly Father and of the Earthly Mother, who work day and night, without ceasing, upon the kingdoms of the heavens and of the earth.
446.Therefore, receive also into yourselves the strongest of God's angels, the angel of deeds, and work all together upon the kingdom of God.
447.Follow the example of the running water, the wind as it blows, the rising and setting of the sun, the growing plants and trees, the beasts as they run and gambol, the wane and waxing of the moon, the stars as they come and go again; all these do move, and do perform their labors.
448.For all which has life does move, and only that which is dead is still. And God is the God of the living, and Satan that of the dead.
449.Serve, therefore, the living God, that the eternal movement of life may sustain you, and that you may escape the eternal stillness of death.
450.Work, therefore, without ceasing, to build the kingdom of God, lest you be cast into the kingdom of Satan.
451.For eternal joy abounds in the living kingdom of God, but still sorrow darkens the kingdom of death of Satan.
452.Be, therefore, true Sons of your Earthly Mother and of your Heavenly Father, that you fall not as slaves of Satan.
453.And your Earthly Mother and Heavenly Father will send you their angels to teach, to love, and to serve you.
454.And their angels will write the commandments of God in your head, in your heart, and in your hands, that you may know, feel, and do God's commandments.
455."And pray every day to your Heavenly Father and Earthly mother, that your soul become as perfect as your Heavenly Father's holy spirit is perfect, and that your body become as perfect as the body of your Earthly Mother is perfect.
456.For if you understand, feel, and do the commandments, then all for which you pray to your Heavenly Father and your Earthly Mother will be given you.
457.For the wisdom, the love, and the power of God are above all.
458."After this manner, therefore, pray to your Heavenly Father: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
459.Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.
460.And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
461.For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
462."And after this manner pray to your Earthly Mother: Our Mother which art upon earth, hallowed be thy name.
463.Thy kingdom come, and thy will be done in us, as it is in thee. As thou sendest every day thy angels, send them to us also.
464. Forgive us our sins, as we atone all our sins against thee. And lead us not into sickness, but deliver us from all evil, for thine is the earth, the body, and the health. Amen.
465.And they all prayed together with Jesus to the Heavenly Father and to the Earthly Mother.
466.And afterwards Jesus spoke thus to them: "Even as your bodies have been reborn through the Earthly Mother's angels, may your spirit, likewise, be reborn through the angels of the Heavenly Father.
467.Become, therefore, true Sons of your Father and of your Mother, and true Brothers of the Sons of Men. Till now you were at war with your Father, with your Mother, and with your Brothers.
468.And you have served Satan. From today live at peace with your Heavenly Father, and with your Earthly Mother, and with your Brothers, the Sons of Men.
469.And fight only against Satan, lest he rob you of your peace. I give the peace of your Earthly Mother to your body, and the peace of your Heavenly Father to your spirit. And let the peace of both reign among the Sons of Men.
470."Come to me, all that are weary and that suffer in strife and affliction! For my peace will strengthen you and comfort you.
471.For my peace is exceeding full of joy. Wherefore do I always greet you after this manner: 'Peace be with you!'
472.Do you always, therefore, so greet one another, that upon your body may descend the peace of your Earthly Mother, and upon your spirit the peace of your Heavenly Father.
473.And then you will find peace also among yourselves, for the kingdom of God is within you. And now return to your Brothers with whom hitherto you were at war, and give your peace to them also.
474.For happy are they that strive for peace, for they will find the peace of God. Go, and sin no more. And give to every one your peace, even as I have given my peace unto you.
475.For my peace is of God. Peace be with you."
And he left them.
476.And his peace descended upon them; and in their heart the angel of love, in their head the wisdom of law, and in their hands the power of rebirth, they went forth among the Sons of Men, to bring the light of peace to those that warred in darkness.
477.And they parted, wishing one to another:
"PEACE BE WITH YOU."
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This may be a stupid question, but where does this come from? Is it from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi scrolls or something like that?
I've never heard of it, but, then again, I was living under a very dark rock for the past 10+ years.
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Ok here some history
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The Essene Gospel of Peace of Jesus ChristIntro by Jim: on the true Wholistic Teachings of Jesus outlined here.
The Politics of Religion usually intellectualizes into theological trivia. For centuries, debates centered on such things as "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin".
The movie "Stigmata" was written, because the Roman Catholic church sought to suppress the "Gospel of Thomas", because the church wanted tithers to believe that God lives in their church.
The Roman Catholic church also sought to suppress translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls (see books "Dead Sea Scrolls Deception" & "Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered"), which showed aspects of the Essene teachings at Qumran, many of which Jesus taught, that the church didn't want published, because it contradicted official church teachings.
The Essene Gospel of Peace, also called the Gospel of Peace of Jesus Christ, was written earlier than any book in the New Testament. It was translated into old Slavic in the 1st Century, ans has always been venerated by the Eastern Orthodox church.
The Roman Catholic church has the original Aramaic, but has chosen to relegate it to the Secret Archives of the Vatican, which only priests can access. The Council of Nicea in 325 AD did some wrong things that are now becoming evident. 2 of the most evident are:
1) they removed the Apocrypha from the Bible, which have always been included by the Jews
2) they voted to change the Sabbath (saturday) to Sunday, mainly because Emperor Constantine had worshipped the Sun god. [most early christians woshipped on sabbath]
When you understand that the Nicean vote went as it did, because they physically knocked out Clement of Alexandria, so he wouldn't vote, you begin to wonder.
The minority voters, like the Gnostics, were declared heretical.
Their core teachings, as in the Nag Hammadi scrolls, are still ignored today in major theological debates, but were a major force in the earliest church.
Mainstream theologians love to use questionable fringe doctrines from fringe cults to disqualify early core Gnostic and Essene Judeo Christian teachings they don't like.
The major Jewish sects at the time of Jesus were the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Samaritans, the Essenes, and the Zealots. John the Baptist was undebatedly an Essene, and many of Jesus's teachings in the Essene Gospel of Peace are more fully described in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
A quote from Jesus, "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak", could well be applied here. When the body is weak, it's difficult for the spirit and mind to commune with the Father.
He recommended cleaning up the body to be able to focus on the Father's Holy Spirit without distraction.
Some terms, like "Earthly Mother", trouble some people.
Jesus is not deifying the Earth (despite modern Gaia-movements), but, like the Essenes, recognizes the energies we need from her, and accepts them with the works of the angels.
Read this with an open mind. Practice it. Modern Books that show the curing capability of raw food are "Live Food Juices" by H.E. Kirschner, "Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Juices" by N.W. Walker, plus books by Max Gerson, Harvey Diamond, etc.
Other older books, like the Gospel of the Holy Twelve, also show the same wholistic teachings of Jesus, which most modern churches choose to ignore.
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THE STORY OF THE ESSENE GOSPEL OF PEACE
Translated by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely
In Four Volumes
It was in 1928 that Edmond Bordeaux Szekely first published his translation of Book One of The Essene Gospel of Peace, an ancient manuscript he had found in the Secret Archives of the Vatican as the result of limitless patience, faultless scholarship, and unerring intuition.
This story is told in his book, The Discovery of the Essene Gospel of Peace, published in 1975. The English version of Book One appeared in 1937, and ever since, the little volume has traveled over the world, appearing in many different languages, gaining every year more and more readers, until now, still with no commercial advertisement, over a million copies have been sold in the United States alone.
It was not until almost fifty years after the first French translation that Book Two and Book Three appeared (The Unknown Books of the Essenes and Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood), achieving rapidly the popularity of Book One.
In 1981, Book Four, The Teachings of the Elect, was published posthumously according to Dr. Szekely's wishes, representing yet another fragment of the complete manuscript which exists in Aramaic in the Secret Archives of the Vatican and in old Slavonic in the Royal Library of the Habsburgs (now the property of the Austrian government).
The poetic style of the translator brings to vivid reality the exquisitely beautiful words of Jesus and the Elders of the Essene Brotherhood. Some of the chapters: The Essene Communions. The Sevenfold Peace. The Holy Streams of Life, Light, and Sound. The Gift of the Humble Grass.
All four volumes of The Essene Gospel of Peace are available in English from the International Biogenic Society mailing address: I.B.S. Internacional, Box 849, Nelson, B.C., Canada VlL 6A5. A free descriptive catalogue of these and all the collected works of Edmond Bordeaux Szekely will be gladly sent upon request.
EXCERPTS FROM
The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book Two:
The Unknown Books of the Essenes
And one man spoke: "But, Master, we are but men, we are not angels. How then can we hope to walk in their ways? Tell us what we must do."
And Jesus spoke:
As the son inherits the land of his father, So have we inherited a Holy Land From our Fathers.
This land is not a field to be ploughed, But a place within us Where we may build our Holy Temple. -And even as a temple must be raised, Stone by stone, So will I give to you those stones For the building of the Holy Temple;
That which we have inherited From our Fathers,
And their Fathers' Fathers.
And all the men gathered around Jesus, and their faces shone with desire to hear the words which would come from his lips. And he lifted his face to the rising sun, and the radiance of its rays filled his eyes as he spoke:
"The Holy Temple can be built Only with the ancient Communions, Those which are spoken, Those which are thought, And those which are lived.
For if they are spoken only with the mouth, They are as a dead hive Which the bees have forsaken, That gives no more honey.
The Communions are a bridge Between man and the angels, And like a bridge, Can be built only with patience,
Yea, even as the bridge over the river Is fashioned stone by stone, As they are found by the water's edge.
And the Communions are fourteen in number, As the Angels of the Heavenly Father Number seven, And the Angels of the Earthly Mother Number seven.
And just as the roots of the tree Sink into the earth and are nourished, And the branches of the tree Raise their arms to heaven, So is man like the trunk of the tree, With his roots deep In the breast of his Earthly Mother,
And his soul ascending To the bright stars of his Heavenly Father.
And the roots of the tree Are the Angels of the Earthly Mother, And the branches of the tree Are the Angels of the Heavenly Father. And this is the sacred Tree of Life Which stands in the Sea of Eternity.
EXCERPTS FROM
The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book Three: Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood
For the earth shall be filled with the Peace of the Heavenly Father, as the waters cover the sea.
I will invoke the Angel of Peace, Whose breath is friendly, Whose hand is clothed in power.
In the reign of Peace, there is neither hunger nor thirst, Neither cold wind nor hot wind, Neither old age nor death.
In the reign of Peace, Both animals and men shall be undying, Waters and plants shall be undrying, And the food of life shall be never-failing.
It is said that the mountains Shall bring peace to the people, And the little hills, righteousness.
There shall be peace As long as the sun and moon endure, Throughout all generations.
Peace shall come down like rain upon mown grass, As showers that water the earth.
In the reign of Peace shall the Law grow strong,
And the Children of Light shall have dominion
From sea to sea, unto the ends of the earth.
The reign of Peace hath its source In the Heavenly Father;
By his strength he setteth fast the mountains,
He maketh the outgoings of morning and evening To rejoice in the Light,He bringeth to earth the river of the Law, To water and enrich it,
He maketh soft the earth with showers;
They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness,
And the little hills rejoice on every side.
The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered over with corn;
They shout for joy, they also sing.
O Heavenly Father!
Bring unto thy earth the reign of Peace! Then shall we remember the words
Of him who taught of old the Children of Light:
I give the peace of thy Earthly Mother To thy body,
And the peace of thy Heavenly Father To thy spirit.
And let the peace of both Reign among the sons of men.
Come to me all that are weary, And that suffer in strife and affliction!
For my peace will strengthen thee and comfort thee. For my peace is exceeding full of joy.
Wherefore do I always greet thee after this manner: Peace be with thee!
Do thou always, therefore, so greet one another, That upon thy body may descend The Peace of thy Earthly Mother,
And upon thy spirit The Peace of thy Heavenly Father.
And then wilt thou find peace also among thyselves,For the Kingdom of the Law is within thee.
And return to thy Brothers And give thy peace to them also,
For happy are they that strive for peace, For they will find the peace of the Heavenly Father.
And give to every one thy peace, Even as I have given my peace unto thee.
For my peace is of God. Peace be with thee!
EXCERPTS FROM
The Essene Gospel of peace, Book Four:
The Teachings of the Elect
THE HOLY STREAMS
Into the innermost circle have you come, into the mystery of mysteries, that which was old when our father Enoch was young and walked the earth. Around and around have you come on your journey of many years, always following the path of righteousness, living according to the Holy Law and the sacred vows of our Brotherhood, and you have made of your body a holy temple wherein dwell the angels of God. Many years have you shared the daylight hours with the angels of the Earthly Mother; many years have you slept in the arms of the Heavenly Father, taught by his unknown angels.
You have learned that the laws of the Son of Man are seven, of the angels three, and of God, one. Now you shall know of the three laws of the angels, the mystery of the three Holy Streams and the ancient way to traverse them; so shall you bathe in the light of heaven and at last behold the revelation of the mystery of mysteries: the law of God, which is One.
Now in the hour before the rising of the sun, just before the angels of the Earthly Mother breathe life into the still sleeping earth, then do you enter into the Holy Stream of Life. It is your Brother Tree who holds the mystery of this Holy Stream, and it is your Brother Tree that you will embrace in your thought, even as by day you embrace him in greeting when you walk along the lake shore.
And you shall be one with the tree, for in the beginning of the times so did we all share in the Holy Stream of Life that gave birth to all creation.
And as you embrace your Brother Tree, the power of the Holy Stream of Life will fill your whole body, and you will tremble before its might. Then breathe deeply of the angel of air, and say the word "Life" with the outgiving of breath.
Then you will become in truth the Tree of Life which sinks its roots deep into the Holy Stream of Life from an eternal source.
And as the angel of sun warms the earth, and all the creatures of land and water and air rejoice in the new day, so will your body and spirit rejoice in the Holy Stream of life that flows to you through your Brother Tree.
And when the sun is high in the heavens, then shall you seek the Holy Stream of Sound. in the heat of noontide, all creatures are still and seek the shade; the angels of the Earthly Mother are silent for a space.
Then it is that you shall let into your ears the Holy Stream of Sound; for it can only be heard in the silence.
Think on the streams that are born in the desert after a sudden storm, and the roaring sound of the waters as they rush past.
Truly, this is the voice of God, if you did but know it. For as it is written, in the beginning was the Sound, and the Sound was with God, and the Sound was God.
I tell you truly, when we are born, we enter the world with the sound of God in our ears, even the singing of the vast chorus of the sky, and the holy chant of the stars in their fixed rounds; it is the Holy Stream of Sound that traverses the vault of stars and crosses the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father.
It is ever in our ears, so do we hear it not. Listen for it, then, in the silence of noontide; bathe in it, and let the rhythm of the music of God beat in your ears until you are one with the Holy Stream of Sound.
It was this Sound which formed the earth and the world, and brought forth the mountains, and set the stars in their thrones of glory in the highest heavens.
And you shall bathe in the Stream of Sound, and the music of its waters shall flow over you; for in the beginning of the times so did we all share in the Holy Stream of Sound that gave birth to all creation.
And the mighty roaring of the Stream of So und will fill your whole body, and you will tremble before its might. Then breathe deeply of the angel of air, and become the sound itself, that the Holy Stream of Sound may carry you to the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father, there where the rhythm of the world rises and falls.
And when darkness gently closes the eyes of the angels of the Earthly Mother, then shall you also sleep, that your spirit may join the unknown angels of the Heavenly Father.
And in the moments before you sleep, then shall you think of the bright and glorious stars, the white, shining, far-seen and far-piercing stars. For your thoughts before sleep are as the bow of the skillful archer, that sends the arrow where he wills.
Let your thoughts before sleep be with the stars; for the stars are Light, and the Heavenly Father is Light, even that Light which is a thousand times brighter than the brightness of a thousand suns.
Enter the Holy Stream of Light, that the shackles of death may loose their hold for ever, and breaking free from the bonds of earth, ascend the Holy Stream of Light through the blazing radiance of the stars, into the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father.
Unfold your wings of light, and in the eye of your thought, soar with the stars into the farthest reaches of heaven, where untold suns blaze with light. For at the beginning of the times, the Holy Law said, let there be Light, and there was Light.
And you shall be one with it, and the power of the Holy Light Stream will fill your whole body, and you will tremble before its might. Say the word "Light," as you breathe deeply of the angel of air, and you will become the Light itself; and the Holy Stream will carry you to the endless kingdom of the Heavenly Father, there losing itself in the eternal Sea of Light which gives birth to all creation. And you shall be one with the Holy Stream of Light, always before you sleep in the arms of the Heavenly Father.
I tell you truly, your body was made not only to breathe, and eat, and think, but it was also made to enter the Holy Stream of Life. And your ears were made not only to hear the words of men, the song of birds, and the music of falling rain, but they were also made to hear the Holy Stream of Sound.
And your eyes were made not only to see the rising and setting of the sun, the ripple of sheaves of grain, and the words of the Holy Scrolls, but they were also made to see
the Holy Stream of Light.
One day your body will return to the Earthly Mother; even also your ears and your eyes.
But the Holy Stream of Life, the Holy Stream of Sound, and the Holy Stream of Light, these were never born, and can never die.
Enter the Holy Streams, even that Life, that Sound, and that Light which gave you birth; that you may reach the kingdom of the Heavenly Father and become one with him even as the river empties into the far-distant sea.
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 therein.
CREDO of the International Biogenic Society
We believe that our most precious possession is Life.
We believe we shall mobilize all the forces of Life against the forces of death.
We believe that mutual understanding leads toward mutual cooperation; that mutual cooperation leads toward Peace; and that Peace is the only way of survival for mankind.
We believe that we shall preserve instead of waste our natural resources, which are the heritage of our children.
We believe that we shall avoid the pollution of our air, water, and soil, the basic preconditions of Life.
We believe we shall preserve the vegetation of our planet: the humble grass which came fifty million years ago, and the majestic trees which came twenty million years ago, to prepare our planet for mankind.
We believe we shall eat only fresh, natural, pure, whole foods, without chemicals and artificial processing.
We believe we shall live a simple, natural, creative life, absorbing all the sources of energy, harmony and knowledge, in and around us.
We believe that the improvement of life and mankind on our planet must start with individual efforts, as the whole depends on the atoms composing it.
We believe in the Fatherhood of God, the Motherhood of Nature, and the Brotherhood of Man.
-composed in Paris in 1928 by Romain Rolland and Edmond Bordeaux Szekely.
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with love and a holy kiss blowing youir way Roy
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Belle
Thanks so much, Roy! This is a lot of info, so I'm going to wait till I get home to sit down and read it. I appreciate your time.
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sirguessalot
wow, CM and Roy
thanks for taking the time to post all this
after having studied the essenes history and writings for some time now
some of the more valuable and nourishing perspectives i've gained from it all
(though i do not consider it an absolute truth)
(and i am paraphrasing from memory, here)
is how many conventional christians believe the "new birth in Christ" is mostly a spiritual event, while "the return of Christ" is mostly physical event,
when it is perhaps entirely the other way around
(which may also be seen as "good news," if one bothers to sit with it a minute)
studying and practicing essene things (among other things)
has showed me, by a variety of demonstrations, some of what Paul meant in 1 COR about misunderstanding the communion causing illness, for example.
and i think it has a lot to do with the common reversal of expectations i mentioned above
communion is not some magical ritual (though rituals can be magic at times, and communions, like dinnertime, can be as fancy or plain as you like)
but a simple and practical rung that one must actually reach for as a primary part of their lifestyle to experience the actual metamorph...
namely...our perceptions of food, and the actual deeper depth of cause and effect in this area, especially as it pertains to our thoughts and emotions
which is why, i think, John the Baptist was probably more like an Essene than anything else
his closer assocation with baptisms of water, cleansing, which involved healing arts
(which Jesus was also a master of, but took it a step further)
Jesus' baptism was of fire
his added layer of cleansing was a bit fuller than mere mortal healing
his teachings had less to do with healing and purification (which are great)
and more to do with the death and rebirth of the individual...while they yet lived
how to fry your mortal sense of self to a crisp...perhaps
and then recall it like a phoenix from the ashes
...while you yet live
quite a newtrick, i think
especially to the place and era he was initially called to reach
History, it seems, continues to give up more and more of its "dead from the sea," so to speak
Validating more and more extra-canonical "spiritually recieved" texts
And the Essene traditions, new and old and old old, are starting to see the light of day from all of it
anyway,
thanks again, guys
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