isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter iv (gnostic ophites)

"And now we ask again the question: Who were the first Christians? Those who were readily converted by the eloquent simplicity of Paul, who promised them, with the name of Jesus, freedom from the narrow bonds of ecclesiasticism. They understood but one thing; they were the "children of promise", (Galatians 4:28). The "allegory" of the [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter iv (gnostic ophites)

"In Bishop Horesely's edition of Sir Isaac Newton's works, several manuscripts on theological subjects were cautiously withheld from publication. The article known as Christ's Descent into Hell, which is found in the later Apostles' Creed, is not to be found in the manuscripts of either the fourth or sixth centuries. It was an evident interpolation [...]

Blessed Night, Loves 😊

I Pray All Is Well With Everyone…And Your Hearts And Minds Are Full Of Love, Joy, And Compassion…For Yourselves And Everyone Else…All Over The World. And This Is The Season When There Is An Increase Of Loving Energy In The Atmosphere; Still, Tho, We Should Be Loving To Ourselves And Others…Every Day Of The Year. [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter iv (gnostic ophites)

"If, therefore, Jesus was physically considered as a son of man, and spiritually as the Christos, who overshadowed him, how then could the "GOD OF ALL", the "Unknown Father", be called by the Gnostics Homo, a MAN, and his Mind, Ennoia, the SECOND man, or Son of man? Neither in the Oriental Kabala, nor in [...]

isis unveiled, vol 2: chapter iv (gnostic ophites)

"The first groups of Christians, whom Renan shows numbering but from seven to twelve men in each church, belonged unquestionably to the poorest and most ignorant classes. They had and could have no idea of the highly philosophical doctrines of the Platonists and Gnostics, and evidently knew as little about their own newly made-up religion. [...]