A radical reexamination of Western history that suggests the descendants of Moses were the architects of the rise of the Roman Church and the ancestors of European aristocracy *; Answers the inexplicable disappearance of all mention of Moses's descendants from the Bible *; Reveals the key role played by Josephus Flavius in shaping early Christianity *; Explains the connection of this secret priesthood to modern secret societies like the Freemasons After the book of Exodus, Moses's two sons and numerous descendants all vanish from the Bible.
The symbolism and use of the number twelve in organizing ancient societies *; Connects the zodiac, the twelve months of the year, and the political divisions of ancient nations *; Explores the sacred geography of ancient landscapes in Europe and Israel Throughout the world--in countries as far apart as China, Ireland, Iceland, and Madagascar--there survive records and traditions of whole nations being divided into twelve tribes and twelve regions, each corresponding to one of the twelve signs of the zodiac and to one of the twelve months of the year.
Von dem kleinen Bergdorf in den Alpen Tirols, wo ich geboren und aufgewachsen bin, konnte ich den großen reißenden Fluss sehen, welcher sich hunderte Meter weiter unten durch das enge Tal seine Wege bahnte und es oft sehr eilig hatte.
Revealing, in an original and provocative study, the mystical contents of the works of famous atheists Virginia Woolf and Iris Murdoch, Donna Lazenby shows how these thinkers' refusal to construe worldviews on available reductive models brought them to offer radically alternative pictures of life which maintain its mysteriousness, and promote a mystical way of knowing.
Schein statt Sein - wie ich nahezu täglich der Begegnung mit dem Göttlichen in mir ausweiche, nur weil ich Probleme und unangenehme Gefühle vermeiden möchte und diese eigentlich verwandeln lernen könnte.
Providing a unique anthropological perspective on Jewish mysticism and magic, this book is a study of Jewish rites and rituals and how the analysis of early literature provides the roots for understanding religious practices.
This insightful book critically reviews and presents an accessible introduction to the life and work of one of the most celebrated modern psychoanalysts, Michael Eigen.
Prevailing stories about law and religion place great faith in the capacity of legal multiculturalism, rights-based toleration, and conceptions of the secular to manage issues raised by religious difference.
*; Examines how each dimension influences Earth, its levels of creative expression, and the sciences that describe each one*; Provides meditations to open you to the experience of each dimension and all nine dimensions as an integrated whole*; Includes new evidence for the nine dimensions from the supercomputer Blue Brain Project and recently discovered ancient technologyAs revealed by the Pleiadians via renowned author Barbara Hand Clow, Earth holds nine dimensions of consciousness that humans can currently access.
Shi`i Ismaili Muslims are unique in following for centuries a living, hereditary Imam (spiritual leader), whom they believe to be directly descended from the Prophet Muhammad.
The gospel accounts change when we come to the final days of Jesus' life and for the first time we are given precise timings when things happen, 'It was night', 'the next morning', 'it was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him', 'it was noon', 'it was three o'clock in the afternoon'.
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance.
A book that verifies the existence of secret underground chambers beneath the Sphinx and demonstrates its origins as the Egyptian god of the dead, Anubis*; Includes an anthology of eyewitness accounts from early travelers who explored the secret chambers before they were sealed in 1926*; Reveals that the Sphinx was originally carved as a monumental crouching Anubis, the Egyptian jackal god of the necropolisShrouded in mystery for centuries, the Sphinx of Giza has frustrated many who have attempted to discover its original purpose.
"e;Despite the obvious contradictions, complexity, and apparent randomness that assault any human being day after day, everything is somehow nevertheless connected, orchestrated.
Der ägyptische Ritus in der Freimaurerei: Von geheimen Lehren bis zu esoterischen PraktikenVon Aristide de GrimoardTauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des ägyptischen Ritus, einer der geheimnisvollsten und tiefgründigsten Strömungen innerhalb der Freimaurerei.
Engaging with critical scholarship but designed to be accessible for those beginning formal theological study or Christians who want to go deeper in their understanding of the book, The Kingdom of Our God demonstrates that the words of the prophets can still speak to us today.
In seiner Dissertation von 2015 untersucht Markus Roth die Gottesdienst-Theologie bei Martin Luther, Oswald Bayer und Paul Tillich als Beitrag zu einer fundamentalliturgischen Praxis.
The Mystical Exodus in Jungian Perspective explores the soul loss that results from personal, collective, and transgenerational trauma and the healing that unfolds through reconnection with the sacred.
Divination, the use of special talents and techniques to gain divine knowledge, was practiced in many different forms in ancient Israel and throughout the ancient world.
