The Apocryphal Texts The excluded and suppressed books of the Bible. In the process of determining the Biblical canon, a large number of texts were excluded from the New Testament, many of which were vigorously suppressed or destroyed. Some survive only as fragments.
The Gospel of the Holy Twelve Also known as "The Gospel of the Nazarenes," the text includes the complete life and teachings of Jesus the Nazarene. The lections of this ancient Gospel set forth a much higher moral and spiritual understanding than is currently taught by the orthodox Christian church.
The Essene Gospels of Peace Liberated from the secret archives of the Vatican, these sacred scrolls are testaments to the eternal and living truth.
The Nag Hammadi Library a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts. Discovered in upper Egypt in 1945, this immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures, texts once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy."
The Gospel of Thomas These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down. Complete with parallels and commonalties from the New Testament Gospels.
The Greek New Testament The entire 1881 Westcott-Hort New Testament in ancient Greek. Variant readings are also given within the text of this translation. (The Greek "symbol" font is required for viewing this text.)
The Gospel of Q A collection of Jesus' sayings which forms the two-source hypothesis and the most widely accepted solution to the synoptic problem which posits that Matthew and Luke drew on two written sources, as shown by textual correspondences between their works. The Gospel of Mark forms one source, and Q the other.
The Sophia (Wisdom) of Jesus Christ A revelation discourse describing the celestial regions beyond the visible world. Given by the risen Christ in response to questions by his disciples.
The Book of Enoch Once considered scripture, the Book of Enoch contains many key concepts used by Jesus. Over a hundred phrases in the New Testament find precedents in this ancient text. Many Aramaic fragments of Enoch have been recovered from the Qumran caves, showing the importance of Enoch to the Essene community.
From Enoch to the Dead Sea Scrolls From the remote ages of antiquity this remarkable teaching has existed which is universal in its application and ageless in its wisdom.
The Dead Sea Scrolls Their discovery, interpretations and publication. A collection of 850 documents which were discovered between 1947 and 1956 at eleven caves near Qumran, a fortress northwest of the Dead Sea. They were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, sometime between the 2nd century BC and the 1st century ACE.
The Authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls The latest discoveries and scholarly debate on the authors of the Dead Sea scrolls and the Temple library of Jerusalem.
Christ in Islâm Traditional sayings and stories attributed to Jesus taken from Islamic literature. Islam has always considered Jesus to be one of the greatest of prophets. Highly recommended to anyone interested in comparative religion or alternative views of Jesus.
The Kybalion The study of the Hermetic philosophy of ancient Egypt and Greece. These teachings cannot be accredited to any one person or human source, for these teachings represent the workings of Creation Itself.
The Wisdom of Solomon One of the forgotten books of the Apocrypha; It is a 1st century Greek work originating in Alexandrian Egypt. The work relates early Nazarite and Essene understandings of the feminine principle of God at work in the ancient Hebrew tradition.
Clothed With The Sun The Book of the Illuminations of Anna Bonus Kingsford. A contemporary of Rev. Ouseley, this remarkable text explains the interpretations of mystical scripture and the spiritual mysteries of the kingdoms of God.
The Book of the Mysteries of God Anciently called "The Greater Mysteries" as containing knowledges which for their interiorness were reserved for initiates of high degree.
The Perfect Way or The Finding of Christ The Perfect Way represents a discovery to ascertain the nature and method of existence. It also represents a recovery because the system propounded has proved to be that which constituted the basic and secret doctrines of all the great religions of antiquity, including Christianity, – the doctrine commonly called the Gnosis, and variously entitled Hermetic and Kabbalistic.
Textual Analysis of Biblical Literature The scholarly approach of studying, evaluating and critically assessing the Bible as literature in order to better understand its origins and the original intentions of its authors.
There are also many things which Jesus did, that if they should be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain all the books that would be written." ~St. John (A.V.)
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