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Recently I published the fourth volume in the History Enlightened book series, Exploring Early Christian and Gnostic Texts.In this book the reader will find an exploration of the surviving texts written and used by the early Christians and Gnostics that were discarded by later generations as heretical and thus excluded from the Christian Bible. In so doing I have made use of the latest academic

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A lost gospel from the late first century CE known only from fragments that have survived in later writings, including those of Origen (185-254), Jerome (347-420), and Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386). The title may suggest usage by a group of Egyptian Jewish-Christians who wished to differentiate themselves from a nearby group of Egyptian Gentile (ie. non-Jewish) Christians and their Gospel of the

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The Odes in their present form clearly have their origins in Jewish hymnal tradition, with Christian overlays, and Gnostic references. Like other texts of this tradition, the Odes are not of course by the much earlier King Solomon (tenth century BCE), merely invoking his memory as a purveyor of wisdom. It has been suggested that the original language of the Odes was Syriac, a Semitic language

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A lost text that belonged to the Ebionites, a group of Greek-speaking Jewish-Christians in Palestine, possibly east of the river Jordan.The only surviving fragments of text are preserved in the form of citations given by Epiphanius of Salamis (315-403) in his Panarion. Unfortunately his statements are hostile, contradictory and confusing.This gospel is mentioned in the writings of Irenaeus (135-

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This record of the sayings of Jesus has excited scholars and ordinary readers alike since the discovery of the Coptic text (c.350CE) at Nag Hammadi in the mid-twentieth century. The Coptic text is the only complete copy to have survived. It is a translation into Coptic from the earlier Greek text (pre 200CE) which has only survived in fragments from three separate copies, two dated to 200CE, and

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Google India have launched their Indic transliteration service.Automated transliteration between English and Hindi.Also available for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, which are not Indic but Dravidian languages, as Indian bloggers are pointing out.

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A 'mini' glossary for enlightened historians:Abhanga - Marathi four- or -six-line verse. Amritanubhava - a text by Gyaneshwara (Jnaneshwara).Bhaktavijaya and Bhaktilamrita - two important compilations by the 18th century pandit, Mahipati, of information on the Maratha saints.Bhavarthadipika - also known as the Gyaneshwari (Jnaneshwari), a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita written by Gyaneshwara (

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Once more: the John of Jerusalem prophecy does NOT exist before its publication in Paris in 1994. No writer in either French or English has mentioned this prophecy in any books or scholarly articles published on the Crusades or the knight orders.The editor's name given on the 1994 publication, M.Galvieski, is fake (thanks go to the Russian yogi Maxim for researching this), and 'John of Jerusalem'

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Vol.3: The Wisdom Tradition: Visions and prophecies of the Goddess in the Sapiential (Wisdom) tradition. 178p. illus. pbk. Available as a print-on-demand book through lulu.com This volume examines the various ways in which a feminine Divine figure, described variously as the Goddess, Sophia and the Divine (or Eternal) Feminine, has manifested Herself throughout history to guide and encourage

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Using Google Custom Search, I've created a new search engine for searching key websites in the history of spirituality, Gnosticism, Esotericism, Alchemy, etc. The search box is at the top of the side panel. Additions and comments welcome.Further down the side panel, there are boxes for Nirmala Search, and other Google customised search engines of interest to enlightened researchers. Also there

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For nearly twenty years I have been researching the lives and writings of the realised souls of earlier centuries, and the prophecies they left for future generations. Many yogis around the world have provided invaluable leads and clues for this research, and this interchange of ideas continues through the historye yahoogroups and the accompanying weblog.The History Enlightened series of books

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The Sick RoseO Rose thou art sick.The invisible worm.That flies in the nightIn the howling storm:Has found out thy bedOf crimson joy;And his dark secret loveDoes thy life destroy.Commentary:This poem has to be considered in its context: as a handwritten text with integrated graphics; as part of a larger work, the Songs of Innocence and Experience (1794); and as a commentary on, and influenced by,

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When The Buddha achieved complete enlightenment, the first words that came to him were:Seeking but not finding the House Builder,I travelled through the round of countless births:O painful is birth ever and again.House Builder, you have now been seen;You shall not build the house again;Your ridge pole is demolished too.My mind has now attained the unformed nirvanaAnd reached the end of every kind

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There are many references to Sahaja in the writings of Guru Nanak (1469-1539), preserved in the Adi Granth.Mera mani mera man eara Ram piyara Ram Believe me, my mind is imbued with love of my beloved RamaThe Lord is the truth. He is the primal person, He is beyond all limits.Him I have accepted as my RamaHe is beyond reach, beyond comprehension of the sensesBeyond our most distant horizons.He is

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Vol.1: Visions and Prophecies of the Divine Feminine:a sourcebook of historical textsCompiled by John NoyceMelbourne: Noyce Publishing, 2006. 253pPart 1: Visions and Worship of the Divine Feminine(extracts from)Devi SuktaSri SuktaLao Tzu: Tao te ChingWisdom of Ben Sira The Orphic Hymn to Nature Homeric Hymns: The Earth, Mother of All Wisdom of SolomonTrimorphic Protennoia The Thunder, Perfect

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On another forum, someone asked about Tai Chi. This was my answer, slightly amended:The notion of moving energy within the subtle body is very ancient, and can be found in both the Indian and Chinese traditions.The ancient Indian texts, as early as 800BCE, talk of raising the 'Brahma force' up through the hita (veins), later known as nadis, and out of the crown of the head, later known as the

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There is a difference in meaning between 'tantra' in the historical usage, and the current perverse meaning.In the period 6th-10th centuries CE, a 'tantra' was a category of spiritual literature, a 'how-to' manual for spiritual enlightenment, in the form of instruction from enlightened Guru to disciple:The Hevajra Tantra:The whole world is of the nature of Sahaja – for Sahaja is the quintessence

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The German Christian nun, Elisabeth of Schonau (1128-1164) had many visionary experiences including the following:While we were celebrating the vigil of the birth of our Lord,around the hour of the divine service, I came into a tranceand I saw, as it were, a sun of marvelous brightness in thesky. In the middle of the sun was the likeness of a virginwhose appearance was particularly beautiful and

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So much has been written on the prophetic books of William Blake that one wonders what else can be said. I offer here some comments on ‘Jerusalem’ as a manifestation of the Divine Feminine. The idealistic usage of ‘Jerusalem’ as an ideal, perfect holy city is well-known and frequently encountered in both Jewish and Christian writers; in addition there is the ‘New Jerusalem’ of the Book of

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By the end of the eighteenth century, spiritual seekers in the German Romantic tradition, including the young George Friedrich Philipp von Hardenburg (1772-1801) who wrote under the pen-name ‘Novalis’, and his contemporary, Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843), were able to draw on Jakob Boehme’s theological writings, and also on Gottfried Arnold’s more personal experiences, to incorporate Sophia

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The notion of Sophia as Wisdom is an ancient one. In Hebrew, Wisdom is Hochmah, and in Greek, Sophia.The best description is in the Wisdom of Solomon, written in Greek at about 100-50 BCE in Alexandria, Egypt:Wisdom shines bright and never fades; she is easily discerned by those who love her, and by those who seek her she is found.She is quick to make herself known to those who desire knowledge

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There are many historical prophecies that people use to promote a point of view in this, the beginning of the third millennium. Unfortunately not all are as genuine as the promoters would like them to be.And if a prophecy sounds modern, then it probably is - modern!One crucial test for any prophecy is: where's the original text? If that's not available, then the prophecy HAS to be considered

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