Hello Melody,
I personally have little doubt that Mary was an Essene initiate, who took Jesus to the Essene community for his early training and initiations in readiness for his public teachings as an Essene and of course incarnation of a high Initiate Master.
Hello Adrian,
Here is the Translation of the Nag Nammadi Library
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhlalpha.htmlI personally do not see much connection in these texts to the biblical texts of the New Testament.
I use to know a Gnostic group and went to their presentations. Though they claimed to be the first “true” Christians, Chris was not in the forefront of their teachings. I was present a couple of times during their incantations when many spirits were called upon. I have no idea who those spirits were, but one thing is sure, that had nothing to do with Jesus or his teachings.
Just because some groups contemporary to Jesus must have recognized his statue and were open to listen and even absorb to some extend his teachings, does not imply that they were the first true Christians, or that Jesus was their product or their master.
This is what Wikipedia sais about Essens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EssenesI also found this quotation quite curious: “Since the 19th century attempts have been made to connect early Christianity and Pythagoreanism with the Essenes”. There is in essence an organized movement to make Jesus less than what he is.
I looked through quite a few websites on Essenes but have not found any hard core evidence that Mary and Jesus were their inicitate. The writing about Jesus and Essenes are highly speculative. Also, Mary had 4 other sons. None are known as of any importance, and the same goes for all the Essenes or Gnostic initiates of all the times. How was a mediocre group able to produce such a gem as Jesus?
There is no evidence that either Mary or Jesus were Essenes’ initiates - beyond a hearsay - thought there are many theories and suppositions that they were, and what many people choose to believe. It would not be not very wise, in my humble opinion, to form a firm opinion beyond on this matter on the bases of the scanty material available.
I agree that Nag Hammadi in and of itself does not actually "prove" anything except for the fact that the canon of the Bible was very selective, based upon the ambitions of Constantine for control through the instrument of the "new religion" that became the basis of the Roman Catholic church.
The point is, we cannot take a fraction of something in isolation and call it the entire truth, especially when it was so biased. I am sure there are many ancient texts yet to turn up, including possibly the original text of the canon of the bible which would be interesting.
Gnosticism generally has become greatly misunderstood and mis-attributed. Gnosis is the science of Spiritual mysteries and truth, which was later appropriated by parts of the early Christian mystic movement.
True Gnosis is a major aspect of my own life and service.
That Wikipedia page about the Essenes is not that complete in my view. Wikipedia of course is put together by Internet users, any of whom can not onoy create their own pages, but also modify any other page, and there are no tests as to validity of the information or qualifications of the author to write on that subject.
I have seen many different sources of information on the Essenes and early life of Jeshua being a subject that interests me. In fact the original manuscript to my book, which was then 750 pages, contained a chapter entitles "The Legacy of Christianity" which I later thought better of. I wish people to learn for themselves by being presented with the facts, rather than by disproving the basis of their existing beliefs.
The fact is though, Jesus, even though he was and is a high Initiate and a Master, was still incarnated into a physical body in the usual way, as opposed for example being an Avatar or a walk-in. This meant that the same conditions applied to Jesus as the rest of us including knowedge of previous lives and exactly who we are - this is so this knowledge does not influence us and compromise our freewill to learn by experience.
Jesus therefore required guidance in his early years within a group who could prepare him for his later mission by teaching him the basics of Mind control etc, and most importantly without being influenced by the outside world. There were very few groups that could provide that, and of the three that potentially could in the area, it was almost certainly the Essenes. Also it was the practice of that group to send an aspirant out at the age of 12 or so to put into practice what they had learned as part of their training. Of course ultimately Jesus knowledge and teachings came directly from his and our Father.
Regarding Mary - parents do not simply "lose" their son like that. Mary was chosen to give birth to Jesus and then introduce him to the Essenes of which she was also a part.
Kind regards,
Adrian.
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