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  • Glimpses of Esoteric Christianity Part 2

    There was a pre-Christian order called "the Essenes" that was compelling in the embellishment of Christianity, and common sense would suggest that we should take a gander at them momentarily.

     

    As per custom, the Essenes are said to have started hundreds of years before the coming of the exemplification of Adoration and Immaculateness, addressed by Jesus and John- - the Harbinger. This exceptional fragment of the Incomparable White Fraternity is said to have started in Egypt, and is connected with the Theraputae, a faction that worked in mending, to be found among the countries encompassing the Mediterranean.

     

    A few elusive history specialists follow their underlying foundations to the school of prophets laid out by Samuel- - the Prophet, who blessed Saul as Ruler of Israel. The a course in miracles of this strange group were in some cases alluded to as "the Puzzling Ones," "the Mysterious Ones," and "the Quiet Ones," because of their otherworldly practices, disciplines, conduct, and the articulation and propensities for their ordinary mainstream life. A people group of Essenes once lived along the shores of Lake Moeris, in Egypt. A portion of the individuals were celibates, those that wedded most likely drilled explicit profound activities that allowed grand spirits to manifest. Like the Christ start, the Essenes despised creature penances. It is plausible that the previous embraced this disposition from the last option.

     

    The Essenes had no slaves nor workers, and lived publicly, sharing common products; and participating amicably with each adventure that they attempted. They were healers, and utilized spices, minerals, the "laying of hands," and conjuring of the mending heavenly messengers. Individuals from the local area were viewed as sacred and devout by untouchables of their gathering.

     

    Nothing is referenced concerning the Essenes in the New Confirmation with the exception of a clue or two in regards to the baffling men in white who frequently appeared to the devotees of the Nazarene Expert to offer expressions of exhort. The white woolen robes that they wore, which recommends pre-Islamic Sufism, evidently means their superficial point of interest as more significant level individuals. From the dietary part of their lifestyle, the Essenes were known to be veggie lovers; they are likewise accepted to be "God-eaters," a term showing the capacity to support the actual body with the nurturing characteristics to be found in the pranic ethers. This and the agreeable attunement with other Infinite powers might represent their bizarrely long life expectancy going from a hundred to 120 years.

     

    Roman history specialists like Pliny, alluded to the Essenes in their works in a to some degree problematic way, because of the private and disconnected experiences that the Essenes drove. The shortfall of any substantial references to the Essenes in the Good book is a reality worth considering. While the other powerful factions upon Judaic's social milieu were referenced, for example, the Sadducees and the Nazarites, the compilers and journalists of the stories of good news for reasons unknown idea it important to avoid the Essenes with regards to their texts; or might it at any point be that references in regards to their reality and exercises were purposely canceled from the good news accounts for political reasons by Chapel Fathers? It is essential that while Jesus reprimanded a portion of different groups for their evildoings, he didn't assault or censure the Essenes. Was there a valid justification for this? Surely he probably had some significant awareness of them, being a child or start of the Secrets.