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Top Customer Reviews: The Secret ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 17 ratings
5 / 5
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5 / 5
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Top Customer Reviews: Wild Wild Guru: An ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 3 ratings
5 / 5
The author Subhuti writes merveilleusement in English and adore the edges felt of the humour and observation of edges that spent around Osho to this that calls Pune 1 (years 70) and lucido Ranch (years 80). A book that answered intelligemment to the series of Netflix wild Wild West. Very well I rid To the sud the breakings of Première of the work of Osho and wants to read in English ! I say 'the première left'....Car with which the and the had his years 90, Pune 2 and to date, lucido message of continuous meditation.
5 / 5
Ossia A a quite recolections of the life of Disciple with Osho. The majority that entertains, truthfull, historical!!!
4 / 5
Had bought Subhuti is soyy Dance with the Madman' (2013), but for a time felt ready to delve his, 'Wild Guru , Wild' (2019) has done his appearance, like the response of the author to a Netflix documentary in Rajneeshpuram, 'Wild Country , Wild'. Like the lover of Osho felt a documentary film - although done without the particular agenda, and in a quite neutral whole - had not done justice to Osho a man, Osho, a spiritual giant. Anand Subhuti Answered to a film does not disappoint . Rajneeshpuran Was, after all, a small segment in Osho life. A film has done Osho known to the whole new generation of people, and Subhuti helps to reserve to situate in historical context. It is the good update . That fails In a book is any one mention in disciples of Osho, those who is resulted awake, and gurus in his own legislation. Rajneeshpuram Has come and has been, but the plot other inspired small communities Osho flourished, and new some jump up.... It is the history to continue , the revolution that unfolds still.
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Top Customer Reviews: Dark Night of the ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 45 ratings
5 / 5
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4 / 5
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5 / 5
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5 / 5
-St. John of a Cross is certainly a lot so that they take God like the quite small decoration to some appearances some superficial plus of life, a class of people that behave, enough, as all the world more --all a moment promoting those of us the one who in fact pensa in " it begs" in time of question with complacent, self has ensured smiles in his types and any knowledge anything of a unfathomable the depths inform to.
And says so much in "the dark night of a soul". It is little more than one-- novelty for a lot of, but if a apresamiento is message to heart one @gives that the "dark night" it is not the divorce, loss of the work, the bad day (although any of these could be the trigger for a genuine piece) but the prolonged crisis for a inward self which neither directs the destruction or rebirth.
Against that John has said, this in spite of, would say that the majority of us ours experience "dark night" when we are consciously WITHOUT faith in Goddess. A world is the formless void and coffins material realities-- resupplies not liking real reason is essentially go, paltry and repetitive; so only a unbeliever can, paradoxically, has the "dark night of a soul" in any genuine sense. A deprivation to like sensory and general unrest of this time is not everything: the dominant sense of meaninglessness and the terror usually accompanies a loss of interest in everything. John converged in believers or 'beginners' the one who look for so only to like insignificant in of the subjects of God, and can apply this to the majority of believers-- (at least United States). " They can neither practising at all," John has said aptly. The people that goes to T is and Yoga two times the week for eslaxation' access neatly to this category. An exploitation of a spiritual is not pleasant or pure alcohol but deep, painful questioning that often surface with deep confusion, or worse, any answered at all. Any the one who there has been the period of the as one could designate "abstract madness" it know precisely that John is describing in his experience-- of a night: at all it is sure, there is at all anything never to sustain on, and although one goes a mile this in spite of believes in the god is the simple word . "Going to the alive hell" it is unable to face the day without the million intuitive questions as to the reality of him, importance and definite importance. A lot it was the one who has been by means of this experience finalises atheistic or nihilists. Another has to that it has called the spiritual awake. It is, to the sure discharge, relative to temperament,-- pre-existing subjective inclinations, etc. Ours the majority of the sincere better desires would not owe that be for those like me St. John those who is exited another side but remain in a dark night his whole lives, unable to decide inner has an eternal reality or benevolent force in a universe or no. Ossia hell , not struggling faith.-
4 / 5
John of a Cross is, partorisca me, enough simply a crucial Christian contemplative; his at night dark spirituality is still an absolute state of an art for any further one feels-good phase of the life of prayer. My copy of an excellent Cavanaugh-Rodriquez the translation of John is has collected work (which is a definite scholarly translation , in my opinion, no a Peers version) is like this a lot-thumbed has to that be be resisted near for tape. But have doubted always to recommend some works of John of a same Crosses the people are sure would benefit for his sensatez, reason his writing is extremely difficult, the little windy, dry, and fashion of arcane of 16.os centuries, dense with scriptural allusion and theological date, repetitive, and, in several chances, literally unfinished. Mirabai Starr Is clearly a gifted editor John has been moment to. The ear of his poet and mystic the heart is so only that is to be require to spend a depth, lucidity, and fond essence of the majority of famous work of John to the form that is accessible in last to the widest row of contemporary researchers. His translation of "A Dark Night," and his good-looking and wise introduction, is exquisitely lucidas. A tongue is fresh, a pacing crisp, and has included some the majority of difficult passages is clear and musical facts, taking so much a joy and one genuine, sometimes terrifying challenge of the travesía of a soul to some mysteries plus very deep of God, to the the T.S. Eliot, Another mystic Christian the one who sometimes could use the translator, has called "a condition of complete simplicity, costing no less than everything." Mirabai Has aimed so much a simplcity, and an absolute cost, of a deeper spirituality, in this gorgeous present of the book, this work of amour, which looks mine to be allocated to result the classical.
4 / 5
For Sister Elizabeth Ruth, ., Carmel Of our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk
St. John of a Cross is known like Mystical Doctor, reason in the pre-the eminent way is a manager of men in his travesía of interior to God. As it drives spiritual and deeply religious man, coached in theology in some better Spanish universities of his day, was able, like this little another, to elucidate scripturally and doctrinally some ways of a Gentleman.
Mainly, this in spite of, is the poet , and his poetry speaks for him in deeply of symbolic tongue, a tongue of amour. It is also the man of his country and era. His two poles All-at all, All-At all, has been to good sure associated for him with a rugged beauty of Castile--the scorching Spanish heaven on arid earth, with a sun glinting the walled cities, one prejudices frost with bandoleros concealed in a darkness.
John and Spagna speak a tongue of extremes, like this St. Francis of Assisi was the man of a Umbrian the hills dipped with the flowers and the vines go in shaded valleys. There is the tendency to contrast a harshness of one with a sweetness of another, but ossia to do it disservice to both. Both in heart are alike reason see a way to God likes way to give all-wishing swimming but the, and leaving a rest goes: soyy God and mine Everything.'
Is, Jesus Christ is a model , and has no the spiritual growth averts of a earnest imitation of him. 'Be constantly careful and earnest imitates Christ in everything, doing your life according to his,' John written in an Ascent to Locate Carmel, almost like the sentence key. So only in this light can comprise his insistence in a rejection of desires.
That has in the alcohol is all this egoistic and self-looking for the ways go roughly that looks for to have the god and that want also. It is not that other people and other things are not charming and desirable, or that the god loves one his way to be miserable. It is that a joy some so only is found in Jesus, and have have all more besides.
The writings of John touch to demand. It comprises in a experiential way that the god is not to be had in an economic. Perhaps our own day Bonhoeffer the works could be profitably animal-read in a cost of discipleship, which John well has known--his had not been an easy life.
In a travesía of a soul to God likes John describes in an Ascent and some at night Dark signals to the faith likes them to them drives, and the faith is dark to a sympathetic. We owe only God of confidence and go forward without the guarantee averts of his word.
Some saint probes some causes of reasons many begin this travesía but do a lot of progress. It is that self-the amour insinuates , and this has to that be eradicated by persistent endeavour in action and fond attention to God in humble prayer, any one @subjects feels dry or empty of inspiration: John develops a way of prayer like the way to add self-rejection. We do not owe that trust on anything can see, feels, flavour, experience, for the god is more than all these. Touches of the only dark faith and he resists, and is there is at all the delight some senses or augment a ego. For purifying a soul of all that is not God, the nude god for clothe knots again in Christ. At all it gives put to one All, sorrow is turned the joy.
In a Spiritual Canticle and A Living Llama of Amur, where John extracted more explicitly of union with Goddess, so that in of the terms of lover and Amado. In some leading bases his poem and commentary in a Song of Songs, in some last to an iconography of a Saint Alcohol likes llama, wounding and in of the llamas to the equal that prepares a soul to be lunch in a fire of the ecstasy of the amour.
But perhaps in his papers the majority of everything sees John like a sympathetic counselor, warm and fond, this in spite of leaving any committed. A way of a Christian so only can be a way of Christ and his cross, and John dips some questions of Gospel before in all his unadulterated force.
His is not the street of visions, ecstasy, abnormal phenomena. Enough, it refuses all these like this diverting of a God that so only can know for faith, no for one spectacular ' that a lot like this-call them of spiritual people look for. The union is not felt bliss but 'the living death of a cross,' as said in an Ascent. The god has spoken his final word in his Edges, has any need to look for anything but the he so that it is developed our in his life and teaching. To love other words, another revelations, is to look for self.
... Eseek And will find, the swipe and he will be open yours.' Some words of Jesus are corrected like this today as I have not gone never. That loves Goddess and look for singlemindedly will find to his everlasting Joy--has done like this St John of a Cross.
4 / 5
Hard to read, has had to buy another translation for that an east to soyedieval' looks. A subject is a lot this in spite of afterwards read a book in mine own native tongue.
4 / 5
St. John of a Cross has written it fascinating laws that gives the idea adds to Catholic mystical spirituality. Like a Evangelical, involved in studio of One.W. Tozer, Has been headed to this work by means of his writings.
Has elements of a Dark Night of a Soul that thinks is well in a money. There is also elements that seriously is that it loves. They are not here referencing to to practical general Catholics like to iconography. I have involved in this work with the determination to ignore such references and take to a flesh that is saying.
Mina the majority of the serious worries with this work are that he 1) steps of the shot in underlining feeling on knowledge. I recognise that there are elements to know God that is not entirely intellectual, this in spite of believe John of a Cross takes this too far.
2) Thinks that a pursit of the god does not have to that be (and is not feigned to be) the painful endeavour. Here I am contradicting an essential element of this work. The yoke of a Gentleman is easy and His uploads is light. Trusting in the newspaper is the restful, peaceful experience. A fruit of an Alcohol is amour, joy, peace, patience, advantage, advantage, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These are not of the painful things.
3) This book has an another serious question. It tends to do some earths because Goddess of approximation our own personal purity more than a blood of Jesus. This, creates, is reason an endeavour results like this painful, and is a reason because tonight it is in fact like this dark for like this long. A feeling of the alienation of Goddess is the direct and necessary consequence to try to approach Goddess by means of our own merit (does not mean here for justification [which is also for a blood of Jesus], but in prayer and for intimate fellowship), still (especially?) When correctly we recognise that has any to start with with (likes John of a Cross ) and look for Goddess to purify in the before it approach to us.
For a committed Christian the one who would look for intimacy and communion with Goddess, would recommend (and he same cost for them) Watchman Nee book, A Normal Christian Life, or Hannah Whitall the book of the smith, A Christian Secret to the Happy Life more than Darkness of Prejudice of a Soul.
4 / 5
This pound will take you on a deep exploitation to a source of calm to a no like this joyfull appearance of a soul that knows all too well. His effects spend words further to a understnding and sincere fondness for a neccesity to know some other appearances of a soul, as we begin to embrace aches and daily sadnesses like a course to enrich of our life. If you are had your soul will have an experience of the lifetime and your knowledge of self will locate to the new height. .

Top Customer Reviews: The Big Book of ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 9 ratings
5 / 5
A description of the product in a first page declares that of the portions of looks of the book ' of Edred Thorsson' the earliest works 'Futhark,' 'in a Well of Wyrd' and 'A Rune-caster' Manuel,' except this description really any one a justice of book. It is uploaded with useful and well-has organised subjects, and a contained tip the thoughtful contemplation and matured of some earlier works. Weiser Has taken a right person partorisca write 'A Big Book of Runes and Rune Magics.' It does not have some tables of the mediaeval runic paper punctual, but those can be found in Apêndice C of his book 'Icelandic Magic,' 2016. Together with a book last and Thorsson is 'ALU One drives advanced to operative runology,' a three quantity of books to an excellent collection partorisca lunar-pagans in of the practices and runic knowledge, far upper to anything more in a phase that is directed the heathens more than scholars.
4 / 5
A question a big plus thinks that that this book has is that it is trying the cram too much information to the alone book. Some subjects have spoken roughly could be more state spoken had been broken partorisca separate books. A fashion partorisca write is súper dry, also, as it is not that it would call easy reading. Other authors have the fashion that takes his message by means of while also doing it to that likes read, but Thorsson is not one of them, apparently. Still, if you are that it wants to learn a runes, ossia the good book to read and have in your library.
5 / 5
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4 / 5
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5 / 5
A fashion to write of this author is dry. I have tried to maintain that it goes with this book but is likes read the history of institute textbook. I have not thought the book in Runes could be bored but Thorsson has directed to do the fascinating @@@subject drab. If it love the good Rune book, recommends Diana Paxson or Freya Aswynn.
4 / 5
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4 / 5
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4 / 5
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Top Customer Reviews: Jesus and the Lost ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 40 ratings
4 / 5
An excellent book, very written and expresses some concepts clearly. As that practising Buddhist ossia for real one of some better books there is not reading never.
5 / 5
Ossia An admirable, noble, and timely book. Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy has tried to discover gnosis partorisca a modern reader, taking was a complexity of some wheel that touched partorisca lose by half of some ours ages; his gnosis accessible to all those who look for it. You hips the one who a ancients would consider unthinkable: Freke and Gandy develop an aim, and secrets, of gnosis.
Freke And Gandy has hinted in some secret teachings of some original Christians in his leading book, 'Jesus Mysteries.' Wisely, they have chosen so only partorisca give the glimmer of these secrets there, like the plenaries-the examination blown of gnosis would have been external of the flanges of this book. This in spite of, Jesus and a Stray God is poured in at all but, and some authors are partorisca be fill in his deft presentation of gnosis partorisca a modern reader.
Especially, are indebted to them partorisca finally in that see me a positive side of gnosticism. In fact, his clear-cut view fell me partorisca any one that there is never there is it remarked before. After reading varied other books in a gnostics, has been turned was reason looked partorisca be his total aversion of for life. For example, some defenders of Hands has not married, has lived some lives of celibates, and basically expected partorisca dead. A horrible life-view, and mine seemingly the waste of a present of life.
Freke And Gandy turn this view around; of course a gnostics has think that an organism and a world were in heart the tomb, but a same time, has practised like this and predicates docetism (concealed all is composed partorisca clash character), has thinks that, so that the life can be bad, also can be good. A simple view, but so better concealed it presented for Literalist Christian. When Asked like the 'just God' could leave everything of a human that suffers that it has been assisted in human history, a fundamentalist so only can offer vapid excuses. A gnostic, this in spite of, can say that of course the life is bad, this world is hell ; but well it can spend like this easily, and everything, both good and bad, is so only the test in our character. More importantly, is so only the film is looking; like a Platonists, a gnostics the consciousness has considered immortal: although our frail the organism could suffer and die, our soul is simply the spectator of chance. So much smiled, included although you suffer, partorisca swim for real can hurt. And one 'All is A ' the concept is not never state advanced like this cheerfully and believably.
In short, ossia a type of the reservation has been looking for. It can give one the new lease on life. Wisely it does not preach the turn the gnosticism; Freke and Gandy explain reason this would be absurd in his final chapter, 'Will has improved New.' This part of a book especially is affecting, likes point of authors out of several 'bad ideas' that has corrupted our alcohols, and offered 'of the good ideas' partorisca struggle them. His response to a 'bad idea' this God is the male is both hilarious and enlightening.
Would want to give the copy of this book to these people was those who is Christian of fundamentalist . I think it that it could develop it to them like this I have been mislead for two years of thousands of 'Christian' oppression and exclusion. Ossia Now of grows up and leave some backside of old cultural prejudices. But it does not think that could manage. Probably they would finalise partorisca lap me the death.
A truth hurts.
4 / 5
Ladies felt Freke and Gentleman Gandy has written an excellent book on like a like this-has called aint' the Catholic church Romana derrumbó Paganism and Christian Gnosticism and has forced his draconian, dogmatic religion the million people. Some results are still with us today with some many asked different Christians that all hate each one which so another. That feels is looking for to teach is that Gnostic the Christianity was partorisca spend the spiritual awake to one initiates and imagine them mythical was one means concealed has been used. A Gnostics has thinks that is one with a Universal Consciousness. This looks mine other books have read partorisca be a mystical faith in all the religions. To the as it likes me in Gnosticism is teaches that the heaven can be created here on Tierra, any 'twisted in a heaven' this Fundamental Christianity teaches. This life in the earth is worthless and that without 'Jesus in your heart' is going' to hell. This sex is bad and is bad reason are the product of sex. That class of Goddess would want to kill his edges in the horrible death likes them crucifixion? .... It Plus in Christianity of mine of opinion takes the function of the women partorisca give birth and life and a suffering and the ache spend for and give to the man. Gentleman Freke and Gentleman Gandy does not want to spend for behind Gnostic Christianity. In a book said 'He. Ossia The book with an agenda. We do not write it dispassionate studio of the quirky period in a history of ideas. This would be an absurd thing partorisca do . Reason, do with a awesome mystery of existence and an inevitability of death, chooses to squander years of our short lives that researches something unless we feel it to knots partorisca be of the entity and that that could help?' They want to try this Christianity was originally the Hebrew adaptation of some Pagan Mysteries that explored in his first book 'Jesus Mysteries'. Science with to the spirituality in my opinion will kill religion. Gentleman Freke and Gentleman Gandy is not members of any cult or relgious organisation. They speak in this early on page 5. My church, Unitarian/Univeralist, assimilates science and spirituality and give the more humane way to explore a meaning of life and find the spiritual street that is meant partorisca each character. Has diversity without distribution. I have found a 'so only imagines' quell'have in an end of a book in my church. Read this book with an open alcohol and the open heart. Well possess.
4 / 5
Freke And Gandy have the serious chip in his shoulders. With small concrete evidence his deride any interpretation of Jesus eats having to that be the soyyth'. In fact a title is quite misleading like true character of a Essene doctrines, and in fact this book, actuate little partorisca do with Sophia. A heavy emphasis of Plotinus is also of dubious intersection with original Christian faiths.
Some authors am exited with the scorching guns that polarises spiritual visas to those of a literalists (that believes some words that is writing) and a gnostics (that believes so only that it is of gnosis, or experience or direct knowledge). Freke And Gandy leave any room partorisca he soyiddle way' able to resist the multiple views immediately. This capacity to conceieve the multiple possibilities is part of a satori or idea of systems of Oriental faith, comprising Buddhism, which form a base involved of a lot of of some faiths in Middle East at the same time of some early Christians. In fact, this hetrogeneous has sawed-the existence of faiths is one of a hallmarks of an early Christian community quoted in this book. This in spite of, according to Freke and Gandy, is not left partorisca accept an additional potential of Jesus real. This exclusivist slant consistently marrs his work and taken out of his credibility. The desire has had the dollar partorisca every time a sentence 'Jesus myth' has been used.
Some premiers two chapters of this book present an increase of one 'literalist' church and assume each law partorisca be part of the Romanish/Latin (666) conspiracy against some esoteric faiths. Some authors aims any evidence partorisca be initiated directly in any esoteric system this in spite of like this present like authoratitive representatives. One would have to that look to a present day Essenes partorisca better sources. (A Essenes accepts Jesus physical.) Elsewhere they spend in so many partorisca try of there that when be Jesus the statement for Vivikenanda and an allusion of the vision of any of one 'Theraputea' as you try that Jesus is not existed never. A claim that 2nd Timothy is the forgery has had any substantial evidence. Some authors allege widespread redrafting of a New Testmament for some powers of harm of a Church. This in spite of an examination of a Essene text like a Hebrew Gospel of Matthew and a show of common Greek text few differences (any uncommon during translation of Jewish to Greek).
A half of this book is better. Ossia Where a house is in a presumed originate of Christian thoughts and some influences of several philosophies. One of some sources of the distribution in Christianity is one 'taking' to an interpretation of Bible that is assumed to a 'the corrected ONE'. They present a lot of mystical parallels considering two people with some same names and 'the god has divided the multiplicity', etc. These interpretations would not owe that be presented with a view that finally have a correct idea and that without some authors have been still in darknesses.
Has Had some authors backed out of his anger adolescent and slant against a Christianity there is today could have directed more in a subject of entity of a Gnosis of reality. With small evidence Jehovah has to that be a 'god' of a Demiurge bumbling to the long of in history. A concept of Pleroma and eminations is not accepted universally amoung an early Christian community.
Understand twelve codifies some sprains of authors with such deeply offensive and a-sided statements that the aim is not that they live in an alcohol of some original Christians those who was opened partorisca accept a lot of currents in an experience and knowledge of life. A god of an Old has to that be a devil (a no accepted concept for early Christians) and todays the Christians are has deceived only idiot. Some authors do not have any clue that there are Christians today those who @give that a romanish the church there is betrayed some original writings of some New . This in spite of, a look of authors in a current situation and assume all the one who accept Jesus real is so only bumbling deceives.
If some authors had directed in a real value potent in this book, communicating the ideas concealed of some original Christians, and any partorisca result self-won by means of some chips in his shoulders, could have it produced masterly the work accepted for the big audience of Christians and those other faiths.
4 / 5
Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy is in him again. Prpers Having knots of date the king-hash of stock exchange of 100 poor years in Jesus historical in his "Jesus Mysteries" (a remarkable book partorisca offer at all new so that they know where partorisca look), now wish pursue his "investigations" linking Jesus with "the God" - and linking all this in with elderly Gnosticism and a mystery some religions of general plus that flourished in Roman time.
This in spite of like this one interests that begins here. It is there in this book a lot tentativa partorisca interact with mainline stock exchange on Jesus, Paul or prompt Christianity? A gaze in an indication and some note I aim he giveaway ready of eccentric and less than uninterested character. A remarks that Freke and Gandy has not written this book with an open alcohol! Now, of course, we would not owe that be surprised is. After all, no these authors accuse stock exchange on Jesus partorisca be the enclosed tent of the Christians that perpetuates his own histories? A question is that Freke and Gandy perpetuate his and is not particularly convincing. Perhaps they owe that solve his pretension partorisca be historical and solve write books on spiritualities.
Like such his fixation with "decoding" things and in that say the one who quell'was REALLY that goes in in diverse "mysteries" it could have some credit. It Likes him the history the thesis of this book is in any danger partorisca be taken on amply, inner or external academy, anytime punctual. "Reason?" One could ask. Well, any one less reason the title of this book is the performative self-contradiction. If they are alleging partorisca be saying "secrets" then reason developed where 1900 year cost of stock exchange any one? Quell'New evidence can have uncovered? (Any one.) Which there is here is two modern day "Gnostics" furthering his agenda secretly of "history". Just game to them but does not expect any a lot of to be convinced.
5 / 5
Am not sure create a lot of the one who Freke and Gandy tentativa partorisca try in his deconsruction of Christian Church. While there is not doubt that some the early Christians were at all to the equal that of the Romans of Catholic church of today, is hard to convince this reader that a whole cult has been based in the gnostic myth.
In a heart of this book, some writers look for to show (to the equal that in his earlier writings) that Jesus is not existed never. A gnostics has imagined so only his history, and egged on for Paul, the one who has not fulfilled never Jesus historical, has extended his world-wide history. And then a literatists the myth has turned the history.
Is hard to grapple with. While his description of a gnostics is wonderful and his light paintbrush with a god Sophia (the one who is resulted a Virgin Mary like an object partorisca veneration in a traditional church), a suspect of rests of subject essential.
Writers with powers of readings and better reasoning more after Hebrews midrash and investigation of Gospel (Spong and Pagels) has aimed that some the Christian premiers were both gnostic and that Jesus was the real person . Also they signal it was theat another stirs of original Christians, directed for Jesus' twin James, has practised the highly Hebrew form of Christianity, maintaining some laws and demanding circumcision. If Jesus was so only the myth, reason this culo has come included the existence?
When it Comes well down his, Freke is and Gandy the view is skewed, but frames some interesting reading. So only it is not convincing.
5 / 5
This book spills no light in a subject of prompt Christianity. It is not drawn partorisca do that... It is drawn partorisca doubt of die and long confusion.
Ossia A material of theorists of conspiracy... If this esecret teaching' was supressed... As we have it to Knots today?
When Some Parents of Church have seated partorisca dip Bible he near has had the number of 'gospels' partorisca choose of; so only roughly a lot I live in some premiers few centuries A.D., The one who there has been a inkling of Jesus has written the book (which is the one who the gospel is). Moved by a Saint Alcohol, some Parents of Church brought together this reservation how has been believed partorisca be more representative of Jesus Christ - they the church there was also tradition partorisca dip commanded some good books of some bad.
That some books have been refused does not mean that they were some reservation that has resisted a truth. They have been refused reasons have not resisted a truth. Some authors of this work are expecting that you will be suckered partorisca believe the black is white!
Like this to esecret' teachings... The one who has preserved these books partorisca 2000 years?
Any law these needs to reserve to be conscious that a 'ritual' of any extant root of churches of one writing much more early around 100impulses of present AD partorisca take a Eucharist - a centrepiece of a Mass.
Thinks that that this book will teach you something 'new' that like this the be; but be conscious that a Church has taught differently partorisca 2,000 years and still is going strong!
4 / 5
So to the equal that has estimated some authors' first book in a subject, has to say that I estimate this endeavour even more. This work goes further that presents a history of gnosticism, partorisca dip advances of the real gnostic teachings in clarity of absolute crystal. When you Think roughly the, giving such clarity and accessibility to gnostic thought is attacked the phenomenal in and of the his self. Studios more academic different, or frankly translations, where notes that an author or translator a lot comprehend gnosis at all, here the he definate that feels that you are taking the teachings of some initiates. An analogy of a circle of a self with one A Consciousness of Goddess in a centre, radiating all of the ours individual psyches the a lot of organism according to separate looks and egos of a physical world in a circumference is extremely a lot of expounded. Yes, you find a teaching included in Plotinus, but so only after wading by means of hundreds of pages of deliberately dark prose.
Oh He, a connection of a gnostic the teachings to some gospels is one has seen more. A meaning of previously of difficult passages veritably the jumps went in you.
Some authors mention of any one that when the student starts in a gnostic Way, the significant coincidences often arrive. This book has been released in a date of my own anniversary. It could not think of the present the plus end or more pertinent. Thank you.
5 / 5
Of then Jesus a lot in fact exists, this rids is not in any real goddess neither. If there is not Jesus, there there is obviously Mary Magdalene or Virgin Mary neither. (And Peter. But there is Paul. Odd.)
But this book has some insightful the explanations that would call mysticism (more than specifically gnosticism.) And it suggests some interesting parallels go in an Old Hebrew history, a history of Jesus, a history of Mithras, and other myths. But a OT and NT resembles much more specifically historical that another "myths."
Find a lot last partorisca swallow here--Jesus was in the first place the mythological history later historicized? ( Any one usually does another way around?) And a Roman Catholic Church has caused a Fall of Rome and some Dark Ages partorisca kill all a (wise and sweet) pagans and gnostics? One, Knows some winners write some books of history, but to to these looks like enough of the piece partorisca go down my throat.
Will say that they are in accordance with his point that does not require the god now, but an image of Goddess that transcends maleness and femaleness both. But then some rests of god have lost, a lot she? As his title is the bit of sensationalizing.
5 / 5
So that I have read Freke is and Gandy the earliest pound, Jesus Mysteries, this work is a piece of perfect mate . While Jesus Mysteries has done the good chance partorisca some pagan origins of a Christian mythology and a Gnostic origins of an early church, Jesus and a Stray God goes one gives a no further explain-in detail considerable-the dice and rays of as Gnosticism works. Sure enough, Freke and Gandy has done at all less than reintroduce an ancient religion to the widest audience in an attractive container that it is sure partorisca achieve even to a dusty pews of one has has established churches. If this will look for to be the good or bad thing is still partorisca be determinate.
In any case, Jesus and a God have lost the good work that explains precisely the one who Gnosticism works and likes Jesus history could be interpreted in a light of Gnostic mythology. It is, it presents the one who the causes thought and fascinating look in the movement the one who is time is coming and gone and, perhaps, coming again. And, it directs partorisca do this in the considerably more user friendly way that more books in a subject, comprising Elaine Pagel the excellent laws A Gnostics (which, while he an admirable work that explains a history of a movement, any one hips explaining he) and herein there was mentido his force more orders: it directs partorisca spend an a lot of complex and often confusing concepts inside Gnosticism down to the laymen level. While it can be from time to time the tedious read (Freke and Gandy sometimes slip in the little $ 25 words) and bit it obtuse in of the points, any those who he all a way by means of would have to that have the working knowledge quite well of this system of ancient faith that directs to look both elderly and modern a same time. I also found a lot of parallels among a Gnostic theology and concealed expressed in Neale Donald Walsch Conversations With trilogy of Goddess, doing me marvel if some three never read men each like this another is work .
Has the little negatives this in spite of. In the first place, a buyer would owe that be conscious that fully the averages of this book is composed of endnotes, he doing the less substantial bed that in the first place could look. I also found a first apêndice to be an unnecessary (and less concise) the reiteration of information has contained earlier in a book, and a second apêndice in Islamic Gnosticism to be misplaced and a lot particularly useful (I also question his premise that Mohammed was the mystic. Historically that pause, looks much more the warrior to conquer/king that the cupboard Gnostic, but-oh well.)
But for any the one who is looking for an all comprising and intellectually in satisfactory system of faith that can stand up to a scientific and philosophical scrutiny of a twenty-first century and further, Jesus and a Stray God is the good place to start with. Sure it beats anything has found more recently.

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Rating: 4 out of 5 with 11 ratings
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Top Customer Reviews: Not in His Image: ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 36 ratings
5 / 5
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A core of a book is the recounting of a Gnostic creation mythos, a history of as goddess Sophia is surfaced by means of a cosmos and the earth are result. Ossia Possibly one the majority of stunning history has there is not founding never. Still with frequent references , credible the astronomy of physicist and cutting flange, and the scholars of height, both famous and darkness, the @@@Lash gives it and his chance for a Gnostics credibility again and again. A same time, can not avert ridding the blistering and uncompromising the religion organised against controversial, and especially Christianity. His deconstruction is cruel, that saves a moderate liberal no less than a fundamentalist.
This is not the quickly read; if it is not exactly scholarly, is after and both deserves and requires to be read reflectively. A new reader to a subject will find the number of unfamiliar terms. This in spite of, there is the good glossary and abundance of endnotes there is also the longitude and loans a lot welcome noted of suggestions for futher reading, which any the one who enjoys the work of @@@Lash will want to do.
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4 / 5
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Rating: 4 out of 5 with 25 ratings
4 / 5
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5 / 5
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Top Customer Reviews: The Unfolding ...

Rating: 4 out of 5 with 4 ratings
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