Date: 2010-02-15
When we look into the stories told about the life and teachings of Yeshua (Aramaic-Hebrew for “Jesus”) we find a very luminous Jewish teacher and mystic, an amazing prophet and wonderworker, and most important of all a holy man who embodies the fullness of the presence and power of God, the Divine—hence, the Messiah, the anointed of God. Likewise, orthodox and mainstream forms of Christianity teach that Yeshua is the Son of God who comes for the forgiveness of sin and the negation of negative karma. There is some truth in this, but from a Gnostic perspective, the Messiah is not only the Savior who releases souls from sin, but it is also who imparts knowledge that allows us to be co-creators of the world. If we are co-creators, can we be co-healers? Tau Malachi, author of Gnostic Healing, explains.
Date: 2006-05-08
The Da Vinci Code phenomenon continues to be amazing, now coupled with all of the sensationalism surrounding the publication of the Gospel of Judas. The idea that St. Mary Magdalene might have been a most significant disciple of Jesus, or that they ...
Date: 2006-04-17
I recall receiving an email from a dear friend of mine who is an independent bishop and seeing the attachment containing the Gospel of Judas – of course, I immediately opened the attachment with the gleeful anticipation of a little boy at Christmas ...
Date: 2005-10-24
Many people write and ask me what I think about events in the world today and the times in which we are living, and specifically, they inquire into the into the Gnostic view of world events and the teachings of Gnosticism on the second coming of ...
Date: 2005-09-01
The term Gnosticism covers a broad spectrum of spiritual beliefs and practices, as well as the mystery schools that taught them. The teachings and practice of Gnosticism range from pre-Christian pagan forms of Gnostic thought to those that may ...
Date: 2005-01-01
The Kabbalah has its origin among the prophets of ancient Israel, though some would propose that it goes back to Abraham and Sarah. Or yet further, back to the first man and woman, Adam and Eve. Essentially, the Kabbalah is the inner and mystical ...
Date: 2004-08-02
The astonishing success of Dan Brown’s bestselling book, The Da Vinci Code, and the radical overreaction to it by orthodox and fundamental forms of Christianity is revealing; obviously its subject strikes a powerful cord in our psyche. Although ...
Date: 2004-07-01
The Gospel of St. Thomas is perhaps among the most beautiful and powerful of the Gnostic Scriptures that appear in the Nag Hammadi library. Its great power lies in the fact that it is not encumbered by the literary device of a story-line, but is ...
In Dan Brown’s best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code, he theorized that there were small secret societies that maintained teachings and practices of a very different form of Christianity, one that was deeply spiritual and mystical, and that honored ...
