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Alternate Theory By Craig & Suzzan Babcock
There is good news in that there is a Divine Plan in place, which any and all of us may tap into if we so desire. This plan works hand-in-hand with the mechanics of the universe and evolution. The story of Jesus was given to us as a preview of coming attractions and reference point for understanding this plane of existence and Spiritual Workings. The concept is simple if we accept that we are nothing more or less than Divinity’s interface into this material plane. As a spiritual being in symbiotic relationship with a human body, our primary function at this time is to choose to follow the plan or not.
In the early eighties on a lonely German back-road, Craig, like so many people who find themselves in a vulnerable position, made a deal with God. As the subcompact car rolled over his head struck the roof and while sustaining his full body weight the metal buckled into his scalp resounding a sickening sound of vertebrae compressing in his neck. Upright again Craig trapped and unable to feel his legs, realized he was really hurt. It was then he petitioned God, “If you get me out of this, I will dedicate my life to you.” More than a decade later he made good his part of the supplication, manifesting the real power in those words.
In November 1993, Suzzan stood in a Psychiatrist’s office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and murmured the words: “Something momentous is going to happen to me. I have something important to do.” It was the first inkling that she may have a destiny. For Suzzan’s part, she did not have a clue what the statement in the office meant, or where it would lead. Now, over ten years later, after many “adventures” and endless hours of studying both Craig and Suzzan have a clearer understanding of their mission.
A crucial moment for Craig and
Suzzan in their studying came when God led them to the Gnostic teachings and
they embraced the existence of multiple layers within the Spirit and Soul plane.
Gradually over the years the couple uncovered a very different
interpretation of biblical events. One
of the most startling pieces of information God guided them to was that the Old
Testament was also multifaceted, with one of the layers possibly being a
historical record of several major cataclysms.
Another amazing discovery was that the Human Race might have been
genetically altered by an alien race. All
of these discoveries have been covered in their second book Love the Common
Denominator: My Journey to the Truth and the third book The True
Philosophers’ Stone. What
Craig and Suzzan want to discuss here is their understanding of the New
Testament and the part some main characters played in humanity’s evolution.
THE BEGINNING
The gospels of Mark and John begin with the Holy Spirit entering Jesus the Christ, at his baptism. Likewise we feel that it is appropriate to start at the beginning, but is that the real beginning of the story? The Gnostic teachers would answer with an emphatic No! They would tell us the beginning of Christ’s entering this realm started with the fall of Sophia/Wisdom (herein after referred to as Sophia), the feminine side of the last pair of the Pleroma emanated. At this point, we feel it may be beneficial to relate what God told us about the Divine realm. “It is impossible for the human brain to comprehend how spiritual forces operate.” We can only identify with spiritual operation by relating to concepts we do comprehend. In point of fact it wasn’t until the recent discovery of quantum physics that we began to understand energy, atoms and chemical forces. When the Gnostic teacher Valentinus wrote The Gospel of Truth, around nineteen hundred years ago, humanity didn’t even understand electricity, let alone atomic and sub-atomic particles. Consequently, the Gnostics tried to use terms that their contemporaries would understand. These analogies in no way meant that they saw the Divine realm the same as the mythical demigods that the Greeks thought resided on Mount Olympus. In addition we need to state that although we refer to God in masculine terms, this in no way means that we think of the Supreme Being as masculine. With this said, let us share what we came to understand about the Gnostic emanations and those that are brought forth.
Valentinus, that according to one report almost became pope before his separation from orthodoxy, tells us the problem started when Sophia went in search of her origin without her partner, which was referred to as (What-has-been-willed.) We wondered if “he” could be seen as the Divine Will? It may be helpful to first relate what the Valentinians taught of the Gnostic emanations.
We are grateful to Elaine Pagels for translating the teachings of the Valentinians into a cohesive understanding. Apparently the followers of Valentinus told a mythical story to explain the beginning of everything. The myth said that the First Father or Supreme Being desired to be known and so projected Himself into His consort, Silence, which brought forth two emanations, Mind (masculine) and Truth (feminine). This pair in turn brought forth, the Logos (masculine) and Life (feminine), who brought forth the pair Humanity (masculine) and Church (feminine). These six emanations, together with Silence and the Supreme Being made up what the Valentinians referred to as the Ogdoad (8). The pair Humanity and Church also brought forth a pair who subsequently emanated another pair. This continued until the Divine realm was complete. Eventually there were eleven pairs, who with the Ogdoad constituted the thirty members of the Pleroma. Each pair consisted of both masculine and feminine and worked in unison together.
As we said, the human mind can only conceive of Divine powers in the most vague of terms. That is why Jesus taught in parables and analogies. Our vocabulary is wholly inadequate. Consequently, to try to put the pairs of emanations into our frame of reference is extremely difficult. Even so, God explained to us that rather than seeing these pairs in terms of couples, we should regard them as pairs of opposites, such as active and passive or positive and negative. Unfortunately the word negative has become connected to anything evil, but negative here needs to be seen as analogous to, relatively speaking, the negative prong of an electrical appliance’s plug working in conjunction with the positive prong. Both the positive and negative prongs are needed for the appliance to operate. Another example of how the Divine potencies work together is the flower (passive) being pollinated by the bee (active); both depend on each other.
The feminine side of the last pair to be emanated was Sophia. Because she acted without her male partner, What-has-been-willed, she went against the natural order. In seeking the Supreme Being, she turned back and in the words of Valentinus, “Was in danger of being absorbed into the Father’s sweetness”. We understand it to mean that when she beheld the magnificence of God, she became mesmerized and moved to rejoin Him. This is akin to a moth flying too close to the flame. Like a moth gets destroyed or absorbed by the fire, Sophia was in danger of being annihilated. However, unlike the exposed flame, the Supreme Being is surrounded by a power, or in the modern vernacular, a force field that is referred to as the Limit. The difference between this force field and others was the Gnostic Limit had consciousness, therefore supported and restored Sophia to her rightful place within the Pleroma.
Unfortunately, the emotions (fear, grief, confusion and ignorance) Sophia experienced could not be absorbed into the Pleroma and were expelled from the Divine plane. This meant that she became separated from parts of herself. To use an analogy, this would be similar to a person having a gangrenous arm or leg amputated. Because Sophia was a member of the Pleroma, everything about her was infused with Divine power. So to avoid the rest of the Pleroma becoming contaminated, for want of a better description, a Veil was temporarily placed between the Divine realm and the part of Sophia that was expelled. To prevent it happening again, the Supreme Being emanated the Christ along with his partner the Holy Spirit to teach the members of the Pleroma of their progenitor.
Humanity has retained the memory of the union between the emanations through the myths and legends of creator gods and goddesses. These deities are known by different names throughout the world, such as; Shakti and Shiva, El and Astarte or Ashteroth, Baal and Baalti, and Zeus and Hera. Gradually the populations divided these pairs into sun/sky-gods and earth-goddesses. Civilizations that used brute force to rule and conquer their neighbors, gravitated to the veneration of “sun/sky-gods,” which they saw demonstrated their power through eclipses and thunderbolts. Tribal communities that relied on their survival by cooperation with “Mother Nature” came to venerate the feminine side of deity through the goddess. Regardless of later civilizations giving predominance to the male gods, the creative forces were always seen as dual. The concept of rulers as king and queen and emperor and empress, also reflected the union of the members of the Pleroma.
To write of the “birth” of Divine powers, puts the process in some kind of sequential order. We live in a linear universe; however, this is only experienced beneath the Veil. There is no past, present or future above the Veil. There is only NOW. Consequently, the Supreme Being emanating the Christ and the Holy Spirit would have happened simultaneously with the other emanations.
Because the Supreme Being emanated the Christ and the Holy Spirit they were superior, so to speak, to the other members of the Pleroma. In fact, this is where the concept of the Trinity comes in; the Father (Supreme Being), the Son (the Christ) and the daughter (the Holy Spirit.) The term “only-begotten” is only applied to the Christ and has caused more confusion over the person of Jesus than any other designation. It has been interpreted as not born from God, but a part of God. God had told us the key to the mysteries is hidden in our language (English). This key can be applied to help us understand the difference between the Christ and Holy Spirit and the other members of the Pleroma. The members of the Ogdoad had resulted through the First Father/Supreme Being “projecting” Himself into His Consort, Silence. If we remember that a projector is used to “project” images onto a screen, we can see the difference. The word “emanates” means to bring forth from the source. In other words, the Christ and Holy Spirit, rather than being a projection or “image” of the Supreme Being, they were of His substance. Despite the Church making the Holy Spirit masculine, as the partner of the Christ, she was feminine. Hence the Holy Spirit could be thought of as the “only begotten” daughter of the Supreme Being.
All of the above is very hard to understand in scientific terms, however, God told us if instead of names like First Father, Silence and Limit we think in terms of frequencies as in light, sound, vibration, and molecular bonds, then it becomes closer to today’s scientific view. We will return to this concept later.
Desiring to rescue or recover her lost aspects, Sophia united with the Christ. Ptolemy, a successor to Valentinus taught that Sophia and the Christ transformed her fear into water, her grief into air, her confusion into earth and her ignorance into fire. These four elements were then used to create everything in the universe.
Earlier we discussed how the Human Race had retained the knowledge of the masculine and feminine powers by the worshipping of male and female “gods and goddesses.” You may have noticed that in the list of deities we didn’t include Osiris and Isis that is because they were actual historical figures. Also Isis represented Sophia and Osiris signified the Christ. There was a legend that Isis with her consort, Osiris corrected the watchers mistake with humanity. In Love the Common Denominator, Osiris was included in the Christ-like teachers and we demonstrated that the rituals and rites of Isis were adapted into Mariolatry, the worship of Mary the mother of Jesus. In addition, we had discovered through our studying that Isis was known not only Osiris’ wife but also his sister. Abraham and Sarah reflected this and this is why in many ancient civilizations the rulers were often brother and sister.
Even though we have been speaking of Sophia in feminine terms “she” shouldn’t be seen as a goddess. God had said that humanity is destined to unite the opposites: darkness and light, male and female and spirit and matter. So to think of the Gnostic emanations in terms of male and female could be an error. Rather, it would be more appropriate to think of them as androgynous. We had found it interesting to learn that the Greek term for spirit is pneuma, which is neuter, neither masculine nor feminine, but both.
The elements of the universe made from Sophia’s (emotions) Divine residue became immersed in the Life Principle and lay dormant waiting to be awakened. So the seemingly interminable cycles of evolution began to transmute the elements (emotions) back into Spirit.
Due to the elements containing Sophia’s essence, they were of a dual nature, spiritual and material. They also contained both intelligence from Nous or Mind and the energy of life from Life. And so to redeem her residue, the Demiurge, was brought forth by Sophia and the Christ. The Demiurge, which the Gnostics called Ialdaboath, was the Creator and God of the Old Testament and has been worshiped throughout the world under various names. Because the Creator/Demiurge was beneath the Veil a new realm was created known as the Soul realm, which encompassed multiple layers including the astral plane. Every being beneath the Veil became ensouled.
The Gnostics believed that the Creator remained ignorant of his true origins, which they think is evinced with his statement in the Old Testament, “I am a jealous God etc,” whereas Jesus taught us that the Heavenly Father was Love. The Demiurge/Creator’s role was as the Architect of the universe to administer evolution. He was unaware of the Divine sparks laying dormant in the elements, and so with the statement “Let there be Light” he unwittingly began the awakening of the sparks. Obviously the “Light” referred to in Genesis is not daylight or sunlight as this statement is made before the creation of the sun and moon or stars. We think the “Light” in Genesis should be seen in terms of Electricity. When we switch on the light in a darkened room we reveal the contents. In other words through the senses we become aware of the contents of the room. Even a blind person uses his or her senses of touch, smell and hearing to determine their surroundings. Consequently, if we connect Light with the enlivening of the Life Principle encased within the elements, then the Big Bang can also be associated with this event.
It may also help to think of the Divine sparks, dormant within the elements in terms of the sparks that fly off from a bonfire. They have no volition of their own and are completely at the “mercy” of the wind. The bonfire would represent the Supreme Being, however, the sparks that fly off into the night become separated from it. Many New Age philosophers teach that each human being is Divine and therefore does not need any Divine help. In a way they are correct. Every member of the Human Race is born with the potential of awakening the Divine spark within him or her. But, and this is a big but until they give up thinking of themselves as separate individuals with complete autonomy, they are like the single spark that flies off into the night, they will eventually cease to shine.
Because the sparks immersed in the elements came from above the Veil, they had the capacity to co-create. All they waited for was the development of the intellect, which occurred with the development of Homo Sapien Sapiens, which enabled the Life Principle to access Mind/Nous to make this a reality.
THE AWAKENING
Our Solar system was chosen as the arena for the recovery of the Divine sparks through evolution of the Life principle, which the sparks are immersed within. The sparks became the spirit within all life, both incarnate and disincarnate. As stated in order for the sparks to gain understanding the Life principle had to develop intellect. Esoteric teaching said that the Life principle moves through the mineral, vegetable, animal, before becoming human. All Life is conscious, but not all living/conscious beings are capable of rational thought. Let’s examine each category. Most people think of the mineral kingdom as inert matter, but minerals such as crystals grow and do not remain stagnant. Does this mean that minerals are alive? The first category that many scientists acknowledge as sentient or living is the plant kingdom. Plants are conscious and some people believe that because they are sentient, plants can feel pain.
Included in the next category are insects. Colonies of ants and bees do not live individual lives but rather instinctually act for the good of the hive/hill/nest. Initially the animal kingdom; such as packs of wolves, hyenas and wild dogs, and herds of antelopes, zebra and wildebeests are instinctually repeating this behavior. Nevertheless, the goal of evolution is to drive the Life Principle to individuality. The first sign of this is the appearance of family/blood groups and continues to develop in the animal kingdom through species like the big cats, such as tigers and leopards. The ultimate individualism came when the Life principle evolved into the Human Race. This is when evolution took a huge leap. The allegory of Adam and Eve becoming aware that they were naked symbolized this. Also, the imbibing of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, apart from relating to the Life principle gaining intellect, as well as the ability to discern right from wrong, also demonstrated the ability of self or individual awareness. What we were surprised to learn recently was that the Divine forces above the Veil were waiting, so to speak, for the development of the Life Principle into human beings.
Like every other living being beneath the Veil, the Life Principle slowly developed souls as vehicles for the Divine sparks. Each soul was the instrument the Life Principle used to evolve, however, it was only with the advent of the individual human being that the soul could come into play. When the Life Principle developed intellect by becoming human, it could then begin the process of spiritualizing the elements, to return the sparks or residue of Sophia to Spirit.
The Appendix on The Relevance Of The Doctrines Of Rounds And Root-Races Today in the 2nd book Love the Common Denominator and the 3rd book The True Philosophers’ Stone stated that the separation of the sexes occurred during the 3rd Root-race. Genesis chapter one reports the creation of the Human Race. The scripture says, “created He them male and female.” This would appear to mean that not only the creation of human beings had occurred before Adam and Eve, but also like the Divine emanations they were androgynous. So what does the story of Adam and Eve mean? We believe one of the multiple meanings is relating the separation of the sexes. The allegory of Eve being created from a rib of Adam is a metaphor for this. Interestingly the name Eve in Hebrew means Life, as reported in the second appendix in Love the Common Denominator. Remembering that Life’s partner was the Logos and that they were members of the Ogdoad, was the writer of Genesis trying to impart yet more secret information by calling “the first woman” Eve? Some people have interpreted the name of Adam to mean the element earth. Tradition has that Eve came from a rib of Adam, but curiously, we learned recently that one school of thought replaces the rib with the heart.
Life is in a manner of speaking the ancestor of Sophia. Recalling that Sophia’s emotions were transformed into the elements of the universe, could one of the meanings of the allegory of Eve being taken from Adam be that the Spirit of Wisdom, Life is within matter? As stated evolution is the means used to redeem the lost essences or emotions of Sophia, and because the Life principle developed a soul, the Divine sparks became connected to the Soul Plane. The Divine spark now became the Spirit encased in the vehicle of the soul. While in the temporary vehicle, the Divine spark or Spirit’s role was through intellect, to understand the Truth that the individual spirit’s destiny is to reunite with the All, the Supreme Being.
Esoteric teaching tells us that three of the seven bodies that make up the human being are souls. These souls are animal, human and spiritual. Is Genesis relating the insertion of the spiritual soul when it records that after the Lord breathed Life into Adam he became a living soul? Again, obviously Life cannot mean literal life, as it already existed. However, if we remember that Life was the partner of the Logos and these two were members of the first eight or Ogdoad, then we can see the possibility that the higher spiritual forces were acting through the Creator/Demiurge to infuse humankind with the spiritual soul. In addition, is it a coincidence that humanity is the only species on the planet to possess fully articulate speech? Considering that Life’s partner is the Logos, which is also known as the Word, is it surprising that humankind developed the ability to converse with one another? It is by the secret oral teachings handed down through the generations that the Truth has survived. Nonetheless, like many gifts, they are double-edged swords. The ability to speak allows for the Truth to be communicated throughout the ages. Conversely, because we are co-creators, humanity’s words have power and depending on the intent can be either benevolent as in prayers and blessings or malevolent as in curses and condemnations.
With evolution, everything was progressing according to plan until the unforeseen event occurred. At this point it may help to explain that although the development of the universe had resulted in multiple worlds, some with intelligent life, only the Life Principle of the Solar system contains the Divine sparks of Sophia, therefore the Spirit of the Supreme Being.
Ever since Roswell, people have speculated over whether or not there is intelligent life elsewhere in the galaxy. With the numerous reports of alien sightings, we concluded that all the witnesses couldn’t be delusional; therefore there was something to the phenomena. Throughout the sixties, seventies and eighties, reports have centered on people being abducted. Recently, many authors related contact with extraterrestrials through meditation and channeling. The first thing we wondered was why an obviously advanced species would be interested in the Human Race? If the sightings and contacts are anything to go by, the alien vehicles are way beyond our current technology. So if they have nothing to learn from human beings, why the interest?
The answer as to why the aliens are interested in humanity comes with understanding the make-up of a human being. Recalling that all the elements in the universe were created from Sophia’s rejected emotions, we can see the reason. As stated, only the Life Principle within our Solar system contains the Divine sparks and until they developed intellect through the Human Race, the Divine power was unavailable. The power became accessible through human emotions. In reading the numerous channeled books purporting that some outside force was going to save humanity, one aspect kept repeating itself. What these “benevolent” beings want from the humanity is their emotions. It is through humanity’s emotions that the real Divine power is discovered.
Gautama Buddha taught that suffering releases the soul from samsara, or the cycle of rebirth/reincarnation. This statement has generally been thought to mean that life on Earth was meant to be painful. Only after death could a soul find happiness. As the majority of people’s lives were a constant struggle, this gave them hope that their suffering would be rewarded after death. Even so, when we remember that the universe consists of Sophia’s emotions a deeper meaning of Gautama’s teachings is revealed. The Life Principle of the Solar system was chosen as the way to redeem the lost essence or Divine sparks. Redemption is achieved through the Life Principle in the form of humanity transmuting their emotions. It isn’t the suffering that releases the Spirit or Divine sparks, but the emotions the suffering generates. Whenever a person transmutes their emotions, they help change the world.
The unforeseen event, as recorded in the appendix on The Relevance Of The Doctrines Of Rounds And Root-Races Today, was the genetic manipulation of the Earth’s native species. At this time the Creator/Demiurge had created an infrastructure that governed the evolution of the soul. In this system, the Divine sparks through evolution, were slowly re-accessing their spiritual origins. This infrastructure included archons, astrological powers, and archangels. The Creator/Demiurge had become the impartial judge of the universe, where free will was sacrosanct. The unforeseen event as was stated in the aforementioned appendix, was the human race taking on alien DNA, which meant the Human Race did not gradually incorporate and transmute the negative emotions of Sophia; instead, humanity was suddenly thrust forward in an unbalanced existence. This resulted in the infusion of the counterfeit spirit, which was known as the lower ego. The appendix also related that it wasn’t until the Creator/Demiurge adopted mercy that other Divine forces could become involved. Another word for mercy is compassion, and that is the epitome of the Christ and so by adopting mercy, the Creator/Demiurge facilitated the entry of the Christ into our plane. Because the Christ had united with Sophia, they entered this realm together. They did this in order to teach the human race of their spiritual origins, which was accomplished with the instigation of the Wisdom Religion. The Wisdom Religion was taught through teachers such as Krishna, Pythagoras, Socrates, Confucius and Gautama Buddha, infused with the Christ and Sophia energy combination. Surprisingly, they were most successful when they inspired an individual. Whenever either the Christ or Sophia actually entered a teacher it took more time. First they would have to overcome the ego and animal instincts before bringing their chosen vessel to enlightenment, the long path Siddhartha took to become Gautama Buddha is evidence of this.
The Divine sparks or Spirit of Wisdom is hidden within the Life principle, which is encased within the soul. The human conscience began with humanity’s development of a spiritual soul, which the allegory of Adam becoming a living soul could be reporting. This was done to assist the human race as the redeemers of the Divine sparks. It was also important to keep in mind two things; one is that the substance that needs redemption is made up of Sophia’s emotions. The second point is that humanity has the capacity to create. This they do through their imagination, which in conjunction with their emotions and intent co-creates this reality.
As previously stated in the aforementioned appendix, when the Human Race was interfered with, the Creator/Demiurge had acted by reducing the life span and creating the Wheel of Necessity or the Law of Karma. It was also stated that the Creator/Demiurge determined to send a messiah to save the human race, a chosen soul. The soul that was to sacrifice his life was born as the man Jesus. The sacrifice was required because as the judge of the Law the Creator/Demiurge could not absolve the Law of Karma. Although the law had been put in place in order to assist humanity, because of the aspect of an eye for an eye or retaliation, it had become a vicious cycle where revenge was seen as justice. That is why a “sacrificial lamb” was required to absolve the retaliatory part of the law. The Creator tried to teach his children that they should leave the business of vengeance up to him, with his statement “Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord, I will repay.” Unfortunately, humanity wanted injustice eradicated and until they developed mercy could not conceive of the concept that kindness and compassion could “heap fiery coals” on their antagonist’s head. As stated, the Christ-Sophia unity had already entered the world in the form of Christ-like teachers. The powers of the Soul Plane were unaware of this as the Christ-Sophia entry was concealed from them.
This is where the main characters enter the story. In our studies we had learned that the early church searched the scriptures to find all references to the messiah and applied them to Jesus. Unfortunately this led to the Church making him larger than life, with the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. Alas with this doctrine, Jesus has been removed from us. By making him God, many people cannot accept his statement that everything he did we could do and more.
A key element of the infancy narratives was to incorporate the fulfillment of the prophecy in Hosea 11:1, which said the father’s son, would be called out of Egypt. Let’s suppose for the sake of argument that the prophecy is relating to the messiah. If we accept this then, is the gospel of Matthew narrative correct? We would have to say NO, because our studies have revealed that the infancy stories were concocted in order to link Jesus to Moses.
Many scholars have hypothesized that Jesus was initiated into the Egyptian mystery schools. What if he had been born in Egypt rather than Nazareth or Bethlehem? It would certainly explain some of the mysterious incidences in the gospels. History records that many Jews settled in Alexandria, Egypt after they returned from exile. In Alexandria were several mystery schools, such as Isis, Dionysus and Hermes. Isn’t it possible that some of those Jews could have been exposed to these mystery or esoteric schools?
There are several writings that point to Jesus and John the Baptist being members of an ascetic Essene sect. We had been surprised to discover that the sect of Essenes wasn’t restricted to only an ascetic enclave whose remnants have been found in Qumran, near the Dead Sea. Apparently the Essenes also had a following within the general Jewish population and counted whole families as members.
There has been much speculation as to where Jesus was before his baptism by John, with some proposing that he was in India, while others favor him originating from Egypt. If we dismiss the infancy narratives (found in Matthew and Luke) along with the story of Jesus in the temple at the age of twelve, then two of the gospels (Mark and John) have Jesus suddenly appearing at the river Jordan around the age of thirty. However, if we take into consideration the other writings, then maybe we can offer another explanation of the contradictions within the gospels. So with this premise in mind, we would like to present a different hypothesis for your consideration.
THE CALLING
Our hypothesis has Jesus growing up in Alexandria with no idea that he was destined to be the prophesized Jewish messiah. As an adolescent he entered the mystery school of Isis and was eventually initiated by the high priestess and trained in the arts of alchemy and magic. His training explains some of the more mysterious events, such as recorded in John 8:59 where when the Pharisees tried to stone him, he escaped by becoming invisible to them.
At the same time as Jesus was being trained in Egypt, his cousin John had entered an ascetic Essene community. While he was there John received a vision informing him that he was to prepare the way for the messiah. At the time he did not know that the messiah was his cousin Jesus. More than likely he told his teachers about the vision, but because the Essene leaders were waiting for Elijah to return and John didn’t fit the expected profile his revelations were not received well and he was told to forget the vision and continue his studies.
Preconceptions of even the most well intentioned people can be deadly to spiritual truth. If the people interpreting the Truth are not only wrong but also people in powerful positions, then it is near impossible for anyone who offers a different interpretation to be accepted. Truth is absolute. It is only our capacity to understand the Truth that is dynamic. For example, the absolute Truth is that the planet Earth has always orbited the Sun. Yet, less than one millennia ago people in power decreed it was heresy to state this Truth. When Galileo dared to challenge this decree, he was accused of heresy, and after being forced to recant, died a broken man under house arrest. We were surprised to hear that the Pope has only recently exonerated Galileo by announcing that those who condemned him were wrong. This is a perfect demonstration of humanity’s dynamic ability to understand the Truth. Today because of knowledge of astronomy, Galileo can be proved right every time someone looks through a telescope.
Reminiscent of many people who have been called, John tried to obey his teacher’s instructions, but also like many prophets he could not ignore the vision. Meanwhile, in Alexandria, Jesus’ parents wanted their son to know his Essene heritage before he had to marry. (The Jewish custom was for a man to marry before his twentieth birthday.) Because a family member was already studying at an ascetic order, Jesus was sent to Palestine to join his cousin. Esoteric writings called The Essene Gospel of Peace and The Essene Jesus reports that Jesus became an Essene master.
Continuing with our hypothesis, John had tried to ignore his calling but it was too strong. Eventually unable to deny his destiny, John left the sect and went into the desert. Interestingly a documentary on the Dead Sea Scrolls said there were scrolls that recorded if a member of the community broke the rules, that member would be exiled and banished to the desert. Could this be why the gospel account of John states that John the Baptist survived in the desert by eating locusts and wild honey?
Ultimately John was inspired to teach of the repentance of sins and the coming messiah. He also started baptizing, as a symbol for a new life. As he was baptizing, he spoke of the different baptisms, telling them that he baptized with water but another, which he would identify would baptize with fire and the Holy Spirit. It was important for us to remember that John did not know that he was the reincarnation of Elijah. Like his cousin, Jesus was also driven to his destiny, arriving to be baptized by John. At the time, Jesus did not know that John was the reincarnation of Elijah and that he himself was the messiah, John spoke of. The Baptist had received a vision of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove alighting and remaining on the messiah, but he had not seen his face. The New Testament says that John recognized Jesus as the messiah before his baptism. All the same, we believe that it wasn’t until after Jesus arose from the water and John saw the dove descending on to him that he knew his cousin was the messiah. We cannot stress strongly enough that Jesus did not know John’s identity at the time of his baptism. Because John denied that he was Elijah, theologians use this to deny reincarnation. Still we need to remember that it was only after John had died and Jesus had experienced the transfiguration on the mountain that he understood both his and John’s role.
There has been much debate over what occurred at Jesus’ baptism. Earlier we stated that the Christ entered Jesus at his baptism, but that could be misleading. Remembering that the Christ-Sophia unity had secretly entered this world to reveal humanity’s true origins through Christ-like teachers, how do we explain this unique event? Understanding came with the information that the Christ had already entered Jesus before his baptism. If we dismiss the Immaculate Conception there are no extant writings that definitively state when Jesus became infused with the Christ. However, when we learned that the age of spiritual decision doesn’t occur until the individual has reached 21 years of age, we realized that it had to have been while he was with the Essenes. Many scholars have speculated over the identity of the teacher of righteousness mentioned in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Could Jesus have begun his ministry with the dualistic Essenes?
If we recall that Sophia and Christ caused the creation of both the Creator/Demiurge and the universe, and that the Christ’s partner is the Holy Spirit, then the episode at the baptism becomes clearer. The soul that was in Jesus was destined to be the prophesized Jewish messiah. The Christ and Sophia had chosen him to be the revealer of the Truth, and like all the other Christs, Jesus was destined to be anointed for the role. What happened at the baptism was, Christ’s partner the Holy Spirit joined the Christ creating a Divine power that could transform the man Jesus. It was also the unification of the Divine feminine, The Holy Spirit, with the Divine masculine, The Christ.
The vision of the pearl necklace recorded in the second book Love the Common Denominator demonstrated that the Christ had taught in various guises throughout the world. What wasn’t made known to us until later was that the Christ had united with Sophia to create the universe. Our studies had shown us that the common thread beneath all religions is the Wisdom Religion. This made perfect sense as in order for the Christ and Sophia to rescue the Divine sparks, they would need to teach humanity how to overcome the lower self or ego and bring forth the true spiritual self.
Despite the different Christs throughout history and the similarity of their message, we always felt that Jesus Christ was somehow different. It was by understanding the Gnostic teaching of Valentinus that we saw why we felt this way.
As previously stated, apart from the Supreme Being all emanations had been in pairs; incorporating both male and female energies. If we recall the whole thing began with Sophia separating from her partner, What has-been-willed. By the Holy Spirit (feminine) joining the Christ (masculine) in the man Jesus, the Divine Spirit within his soul was able to gain preeminence. But if the Christ and Sophia were united, was “she” in Jesus too? We received the answer when we learned there was a myth that said Sophia had incarnated into Mary Magdalene.
The New Testament records that Jesus was driven by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the Devil. However, we see this as an analogy of the true spirit of Jesus overcoming the counterfeit spirit or shadow side of his character. Every human being has to discover his or her Divine self. Each soul does this by identifying and overcoming his or her Achilles heel or weakness. Because of the kind of temptations Jesus faced, it appears that his weakness was pride. We realize that this sounds almost blasphemous, but if we accept that Jesus was a man who demonstrated to humanity that all must change the way they think (repent) to become their true spiritual selves with eyes opened, then all realize there is individual weakness that must be dealt with. Jesus wasn’t perfect. You have only to read the gospels to see that. Several times he showed the lower ego through human emotions, such as anger, frustration and fear. If you balk at Jesus being afraid, just read the account of the Garden of Gethsemane.
The first miracle recorded in the gospel of John is Jesus changing water into wine at the marriage feast at Cana. The gospel account has the mother of Jesus instigating the “miracle,” however; we recently read that the Greek term that is translated into mother is more usually translated as companion or sister. Hardly the way Jesus would address his mother. But there is one woman that many writings identify as the companion of Jesus, which is Mary Magdalene.
Many authors and scholars have speculated that the Magdalene was a priestess of Isis. Our hypothesis has Jesus being initiated into the mystery school of Isis and being trained in alchemy and magic. We ask if Sophia had incarnated in Mary Magdalene, is it possible that Jesus knew her before his baptism? Could she have joined him shortly after? The New Testament is silent on how Jesus came to meet the Magdalene and quite remiss in keeping all the Marys straight from one gospel to the next. She is first mentioned in the synoptic gospel of Luke. In 8:2, the writer of Luke, after saying “certain women” had been cured of possession in which he includes Mary Magdalene; he adds that Jesus exorcised seven devils from her. The author then grants that these women “ministered unto him of their substance.” In our studies we had discovered that the Greek term for minister is diakones, from which the word deacon derives.
Previously we said that Jesus was chosen to be anointed for his mission. Interestingly the writer of Luke is the only gospel that places Jesus’ anointing early in his work. All the other gospel writers place this event at Bethany just before the crucifixion. However, the gospel of John has “a Mary” performing the anointing. There is a curious comment in parenthesis in the chapter before the anointing in John. John11: 1 has after introducing Lazarus of Bethany, his sisters Mary and Martha (“It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick”). This is curious, not only does Matthew, Mark and Luke have Simon’s house in Bethany where the anointing takes place, but also there is no mention of Lazarus or his sisters at the anointing. Yet in three of the gospels Matthew, Mark and John, Jesus uses the same words in addressing the disciples’ concerns over the use of such expensive ointment (Spikenard) for the anointing: “For ye have the poor with you always” (Mark 14:7) “For ye have the poor always with you” (Matthew 26:11) “For the poor always ye have with you” (John 12:8). Our question was why would the messiah need anointing for his burial? Being anointed in biblical times signified Divine endorsement. Surely this had already occurred at the baptism? However, if the anointing was to prepare the body for transformation, it makes sense. This would in any case make the anointer of great importance. Was this why the author of the gospel of John wanted to credit this important act with the younger sister of Lazarus and Martha?
Since in the gospel of Luke Mary Magdalene is mentioned for the first time immediately after the “sinner” who anoints Jesus with precious ointment, history has branded her as the penitent sinner. Was Mary Magdalene’s anointing of Jesus signifying the reconnection between the Christ and Sophia? As for the reference to exorcizing seven devils, today many authors see the reference to the seven devils being exorcized as referring to the seven main chakras.
To return to the “miracle” at Cana, if the person who instigates the event is Mary Magdalene and she was a priestess of Isis, then she would know that it would be a small thing for Jesus an initiate well schooled in alchemy, to alchemically alter the water to wine.
Because the gospel of John has Mary of Bethany, Lazarus and Martha’s sister anointing Jesus, many have deduced that Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene are one and the same person. The Church has encouraged this misidentification. With all due respect, this is an error. Only a priest or priestess could officially anoint someone. The fact of this being an official anointing is confirmed by Jesus in Matthew and Mark with Jesus’ words to the disciples, “Verily I say unto you, where-soever this gospel be preached throughout (in) the whole world, this also that (this woman) she hath done shall be spoken (told) of for a memorial of her” Matthew 26:13 and Mark 14:9. If we turn to Luke 10:40 Martha, presumably Lazarus’ sister since the passage doesn’t say, complains that her sister Mary does not help her to prepare the meal. Logically we ask would anyone expect a priestess to help prepare a meal? We would like to propose that there are two Marys in the story, Mary of Bethany the sister of Martha and Lazarus, and Mary Magdalene the Isis priestess who anoints Jesus. THE JOURNEY
For Jesus to fulfill his destiny two things needed to occur. The first was John the Baptist needed to depart. The Baptist knew this truth as is shown in his recorded words, “He must increase, but I must decrease.” Some would say that this meant John the Baptist arranged his death. Those who believe that everything that occurs is God’s will, would say that Herod Antipas’ decision to behead John was also God’s will, but that theory would deny freewill. So many times people look to the death of loved ones in a senseless act of violence as the fulfillment of some Divine plan. Because good things often occur through tragic events, many people have used this to support the argument that everything that happens is part of the Divine plan. We would suggest that Divinity only inspires or plants thoughts into the minds of people since this action still facilitates free will. Nevertheless, we have discovered that God is the consummate opportunist. Whenever, a dark cloud looms over us, He will inspire whomever, or use whatever He can to bring forth the silver lining. What is more, God had told us categorically “Anything that creates fear, hatred and or division is never of Divine origin.”
The Old Testament records that two individuals did not experience mortal death, Enoch and Elijah. Remembering that Jesus said that John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah, we ask isn’t it possible that John could have translated his body, without experiencing physical death again? This would make the beheading of John the Baptist Herod Antipas responsibility and not any Divine Plan.
After the death of John the Baptist, Jesus takes Peter, James and John to witness the transfiguration. It is during the transfiguration that Jesus reveals his true spiritual essence to his disciples. It is after this event that Peter declares that Jesus is the Christ. Moreover, Jesus was clearer on his mission and who was involved in such. For instance, as stated he knew that John the Baptist had been the reincarnation of Elijah. He also knew how his mission was to be carried out. All the same, it was quite a lot for Jesus to deal with. How did a mortal man deal with the foreknowledge of his horrific death? We can attest to firsthand experience that God only tells you what you can handle. He never overloads you. He knows us very well and only reveals as much information as we can cope with. He simply told Jesus that he would live and to trust Him.
In the gospel of John the writer has Judas Iscariot complaining of the waste of the Spikenard rather than the disciples. The name Judas has come to be the synonym for traitor. Nonetheless, many scholars point out that the gospel account seems to have Jesus instigating the “betrayal.” The gospels report that Jesus knew he was to die, and that after three days he would appear alive to the disciples. After Peter declares Jesus the Christ, almost immediately Jesus castigates him for denying the prophecy of his master’s death, even going so far as to call him Satan, which meant adversary.
A recent documentary on the “betrayal” and arrest of Jesus directs us to the fact that Jesus had the opportunity to escape from the Garden of Gethsemane. In fact as stated earlier he had escaped violence several times previously by “hiding” himself (John 8: 59). Jesus knew that in order to fulfill his mission, he had to be arrested. He even stopped Peter from defending him, telling the disciples if it weren’t meant to happen, he would have twelve legions (144,000) of angels to assist him.
We would like to propose this scenario. What if Jesus approached Judas Iscariot to help him, telling him that in order for him to declare himself the messiah, he needed to be brought before the Jewish authorities? What if he told Judas that no one was to know, including the other disciples? This was because that in order to fulfill prophecy he needed to appear to be betrayed. Psalms 41:9; 55:12-14. Many times the foreknowledge of future events can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. Jesus, as a trained Essene master would have been aware of the prophecy in Psalms. Could this have been why he approached Judas Iscariot? Judas was a zealot and saw the culmination of Jesus’ ministry as an earthly king. He had witnessed Jesus’ ability to allude his captors and probably thought Jesus was going to reveal who he was by supernatural means. What if after Jesus was arrested, Judas followed him expecting Jesus to save himself? It must have been devastating for Judas to realize that Jesus was going to be crucified.
To identify your-self as the messiah without proof was considered blasphemy. However, the gospels say that Jesus had proven that he was the messiah several times. Anyone who had traveled with Jesus and witnessed the miracles could have reasonably expected their master to reveal his power. After Jesus was scourged, and it became clear what was going to happen, could Judas have asked, “Why didn’t he show the Sanhedrin his powers? Why didn’t he prove that he was the messiah?”
Something that had puzzled us was why the Jewish authorities didn’t recognize Jesus as the messiah and wanted him dead? The New Testament records “miracle” after “miracle”, but were they? Other writings state there were many healers in the Holy Lands during the first century of the Common Era. For instance, Apollonius of Tyana, a contemporary of St. Paul was known as a healer. Today, the healing of someone, without medical assistance is seen as a miracle. Yet as we learn that the body is so much more than mere physical flesh and blood, people are achieving remarkable results with holistic medicine. Reiki is a technique often used to assist in healing. The Reiki practitioner stands over the person, holding their hands over the relevant body part, passing energy, which they bring through their hands. Both the practitioner and the patient is involved. Isn’t this like Jesus saying to the person he heals, “Your faith has made you whole.” And so we ask if healing wasn’t proof of messiahship, then why did the Jewish authorities fear Jesus so much? The answer is in Jesus forgiving sins. The people of Israel and Judea did not have compassion for those members of society that were less fortunate. The poor, the sick and the infirmed were seen as deserving of their afflictions because of past sins. That is why Jesus said your sins are forgiven whenever he healed someone.
Despite the disparaging comments the gospel writers make against Judas Iscariot, the fact that he had “the bag” (purse) speaks volumes to us. You don’t give control of your funds to someone you don’t trust. Tradition has that after Jesus is crucified, Judas hangs himself. As the disciples were unaware of the conspiracy, they saw Judas as betraying their master and would have nothing to do with him. Their condemnation after the crucifixion, as much as anything, probably added to the misconception. Is it possible that after the disciples shunned him, Judas left the area and traveled to Damascus?
Regardless, of the story of Judas Iscariot’s suicide by the gospels, the book of Acts may offer another result and also show the workings of divine intervention. In chapter 9 and starting with verse 11, after Saul (St. Paul) loses his sight outside Damascus, a disciple named Ananias receives a vision of Jesus. In the vision Jesus instructs Ananias “Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus:” We would ask, what better way for the compassionate Christ to use this opportunity and teach that even enemies are redeemable? Many times Jesus had said love your enemies. This scenario had Jesus sending his blinded messenger Saul to the house of Judas, a suspected traitor zealot and then sending the frightened disciple Ananias to the same house to heal Saul the Pharisee and possibly bring Judas back into the fold. If the reaction of Ananias to instruction by Jesus is anything to go by, Saul’s reputation for ruthlessly and relentlessly persecuting the followers of Jesus Christ was very widespread. By gathering these chosen vessels of Christ at the house of Judas, Jesus was teaching a very valuable lesson of forgiveness to all. God told us that the reincarnation of Judas has returned in order to correct a terrible wrong. Could the wrong be history’s condemnation of Judas Iscariot?
THE TRIAL
And so we come to the main event, namely the crucifixion. To state that this was hor |
