Esoteric Secrets of the Virgin of the Rocks

A lecture in northern Vermont! An Esoteric Christmas Story. Why were there two paintings? Which one is the original? What was Leonardo attempting to depict in the original Virgin of the Rocks? Get ready for an entertaining journey exploring how Florentine schools sought to revive the ancient mysteries. Dan Brown fans and art historians will enjoy …

The Holy Trinity – The Logos – The Elohim – Christ – and Jesus (phew!)

It was a great debate in Early Christianity: is the Father of the Old Testament the same as the Father Christ referred to? For many the God who says and eye for an eye is different from one who says love thy enemy, turn your cheek. Eventually, a majority vote decided that these were the …

Materialism and Christianity

Easter was THE important Christian festival. St. Paul said, “If Christ be not risen, then is your faith vain.” A key purpose to the Council of Nicaea was to set the date of Easter (as calendars in those days had insufficient leap years to prevent the spring equinox from sliding in March towards February). The festival of …

Heredity, Rakshasas, and Nostradamus

With Adam and Eve, original sin enters which consisted of one being dissimilar to the generation which had gone before.  Lucifer had intended from his nature to speed along human evolution; to give to humanity too soon the sense of an ego within the soul. Expulsion from Paradise meant that Earth forces could now intermingle …

How I Became So Interested in How Christianity Spread So Easily in the World

My ancestors were often Congregational ministers. I even have roots that go to the Mayflower. This background led me, in my early teens, to wonder how it was that Christianity spread so easily if what spread is the same as what one meets in churches today. To get a handle on this question, I had …

Cain and Abel: Male and Female Mystery Wisdom

Last post we looked at the creation of Adam and Eve and the story of Cain and Abel.  We saw that the Elohim (plural) were the creators of Adam and Eve: Adam was principally created by Jehovah and Eve by another unnamed Elohim.  All the Elohim were involved.  The Hebrew word ‘Elohim’ is typically translated …