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Guest · Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:06 pm Post subject: Who where the essenes?

Who Were the Essenes?

Since the archaeological discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1946, the word "Essene" has made its way around the world--often raising a lot of questions. Many people were astonished to discover that, two thousand years ago, a brotherhood of holy men and women, living together in a community, carried within themselves all of the seeds of Christianity and of future western civilization. This brotherhood--more or less persecuted and ostracized--would bring forth people who would change the face of the world and the course of history. Indeed, almost all of the principal founders of what would later be called Christianity were Essenes--St. Ann, Joseph and Mary, John the Baptist, Jesus, John the Evangelist, etc.

The Essenes considered themselves to be a separate people--not because of external signs like skin color, hair color, etc., but because of the illumination of their inner life and their knowledge of the hidden mysteries of nature unknown to other men. They considered themselves to be also a group of people at the center of all peoples--because everyone could become part of it, as soon as they had successfully passed the selective tests.
They thought, and rightly so, that they were the heirs of God's sons and daughters of old, the heirs to their great ancient civilization. They possessed their advanced knowledge and worked assiduously in secret for the triumph of the light over the darkness of the human mind.

They felt that they had been entrusted with a mission, which would turn out to be the founding of Christianity and of western civilization. They were supported in this effort by highly evolved beings who directed the brotherhood. They were true saints, Masters of wisdom, hierophants of the ancient arts of mastery.

They were not limited to a single religion, but studied all of them in order to extract the great scientific principles. They considered each religion to be a different stage of a single revelation. They accorded great importance to the teachings of the ancient Chaldeans, of Zoroaster, of Hermes Trismegiste, to the secret instructions of Moses and of one of the founding Masters of their order who had transmitted techniques similar to those of Buddhism, as well as to the revelation of Enoch.
They possessed a living science of all of these revelations.
Thus, they knew how to communicate with angelic beings and had solved the question of the origin of evil on the earth.

One of their major preoccupations was to protect themselves from any contact with evil spirits, in order to preserve the purity of their souls. They knew that they would only be on earth for a short time, and they did not want to prostitute their eternal souls. It was this attitude, this strict discipline, this absolute refusal to lie or compromise, that made them the object of so much persecution through the ages.

The Essenes considered themselves the guardians of the Divine Teaching. They had in their possession a great number of very ancient manuscripts, some of them going back to the dawn of time. A large portion of the School members spent their time decoding them, translating them into several languages, and reproducing them, in order to perpetuate and preserve this advanced knowledge. They considered this work to be a sacred task.

The Essenes considered their Brotherhood-Sisterhood as the presence on earth of the Teaching of the sons and daughters of God. They were the light which shines in the darkness and which invites the darkness to change itself into light. Thus, for them, when a candidate asked to be admitted to their School, it meant that, within him, a whole process of awakening of the soul was set in motion. Such a soul was ready to climb the stairs of the sacred temple of humanity.
The Essenes differentiated between the souls which were sleeping, drowsy, and awakened. Their task was to help, to comfort, and to relieve the sleeping souls, to try to awaken the drowsy souls, and to welcome and guide the awakened souls. Only the souls considered as awakened could be initiated into the mysteries of the Brotherhood-Sisterhood. Then began for them a path of evolution that could not stop anymore through the cycle of their incarnations.

Everybody knew the Brothers and Sisters in white. The Hebrews called them "The School of Prophets"; and, to the Egyptians, they were "The Healers, The Doctors". They had property in nearly all of the big cities; and, in Jerusalem, there was even a door that bore their name: the door of the Essenes. Despite some fear and joking, due to the rejection of that which one does not know, the people as a whole felt respect and esteem for the Essenes because of their honesty, their pacifism, their goodness, their discretion, and their talent as healers, devoted to the poorest as well as to the richest. They knew that the greatest Hebrew prophets came from their lineage and their School.
Moreover, even if the Brotherhood was very strict about the law of secrecy with regard to its internal doctrine, it cultivated many points of contact with the people, notably through places of lodging for the pilgrims from every horizon, through helpful actions in difficult periods, and especially through the healing of illnesses. These places of primary teaching and of healing were located in precise areas where people could go freely.

hanuman · Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 174

Papaya,
A very nice peace of writing.
I am currently reading a book by Laurence Gardner; Blood Line Of The Holy Grail. Mr. Gardner, a Royal Geneologist has demonstrated by detailed documentation that Yeshua Ben Nazarete, whose Greek/Latinized name was Jesus Christ and his royal wife Mary Magdaline were the parents of a daughter and two sons. The daughter, the eldest child was named Tamar. The first son was named Jesus II and the third child, Justus a Davidic name. Justus studied at a Druidic School in England and became a Druid high priest. Jesus II was schooled in Caesarea and was made crown prince in a special ceremony similar to the traditions of king making which existed in ancient Egypt. Documented evidence indcates that Jesus survived the crucifixition and later returned to India as a great spiritual teacher. As a young Essene, he studied in India and the Egyptian temple of Heliopolis. He died in his 70's and is remains are in a special tomb in Sri Nagar. Mary who migrated to France, died at the approximate age of 60.
The word for Essene was Nazarene. The place called Nazarette did not, according to archaelogical records, did not exist during the time when Jesus was in that region.
More significantly, to this day, there are still blood relatives of Jesus Christ and Mary Magdaline. The Holy Roman Empire, now the Vatican took it upon itself to try to hunt down and assassinate members of Jesus and Mary's families. The Holy Roman Empire has not been successful in their efforts. The genes of Mary Magdaline and Jesus Christ have been present in the families of many European royalities. In many respects, the data ducumented by Mr. Gardner are consistent with the studies of Ahmed Osman, Edgar Casey and the investigations of Scroll scholars, including Dr. Barbara Thiering.
The above mentioned information seems on the surface to be inconsistent with my contention that Jesus Christ was the Joshua of the Old Testament whose Egyptian name was Tutankhamun. However, I would content that it was possible for the soul of Tutankhamun to reincarnate and play the role of Yoshua Ben Nazarette at the time of the Roman occupation of the Middle East. There is a strong karmic connection between the Armana Dynasty of Ancient Egypt and the Tribal Davidic Dynasty. The physical connection between the two dynasties, however, has been the Essenes. The Essenes regarded Tutankhamun to be their Great Teacher.
My dear brothers and sisters I may sound monotonous and some of you, I'm quite sure will have your differing opinions from mine. However, I'm sticking to my guns with respect to my insights, until new additional Scroll data can invalidate any of my insights or the documentations of scholars such as Ahmed Osman or Edgar Casey.
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Om Shanti,
To my brothers and sisters.

Love to you all,
Errol bhai

Guest · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:31 am Post subject:

OM shanti Bhai!

Life is very interesting isn't?

The funny thing about history is that it is all based on ones views and experiences.

For example.

If you asked both a German person and then a Jewish person what World War 2 was like. You would have to very interesting points of view.

You will see the differences.

Both are accurate according to there experiences.

Take Care,

hanuman · Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 174

Some of the teachings of the Essenes were taken by the early Christians and became the rock on which the politico-religious dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire was built. The current dominant form of Christianity was constructed by two of Jesus' less than powerful disciples, Peter and Paul. Both were Essenes. However, Peter was documented to be one of the least educated of Jesus' disciples. Paul, though a well trained scholar, did not agree with all of the ideas of Jesus. The powerful Essenes who played leading roles in the inner circle of Jesus, were Simon Magus (aka Lazarus), Thaddeus, Judas, Mary Magdalene and Martha. James or Joseph of Aramithea was a blood brother of Jesus who was also a Essene high priest
The so called thieves who were crucified Jesus were not common criminals. Based on the investigations of Laurence Gardner and Ralph Ellis, Judas Iscariot and Simon Magus, two high ranking Zelot commanders, were the two other individuals crucified with Jesus.
When the Romans occupied the Holy Lands, crucifixion was reserved for those who were the greatest enemies of the Roman Empire.
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Om Shanti,
To my brothers and sisters.

Love to you all,
Errol bhai

hanuman · Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 174