Dead Sea Scrolls, Essenes The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of just under 900 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea in Israel. The texts are of great religious and historical significance, as they include the oldest known surviving copies of Biblical and extra-biblical documents and preserve evidence of great diversity in late Second Temple Judaism. They are written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, mostly on parchment, but with some written on papyrus. These manuscripts generally date between 150 BCE and 70 CE. The scrolls are traditionally identified with the ancient Jewish sect called the Essenes, though some recent interpretations have challenged this association and argue that the scrolls were penned by priests, Zadokites, or other unknown Jewish groups. Date and Contents The rest (about 15%) of the fragments are yet unidentified. Essenes John C.
Mithras and Jesus See also Mithras and Christianity. In certain sorts of literature, the claim is made that Jesus is merely a copy of Mithras. A series of statements are made about Mithras - born of a virgin, had a last supper, died, resurrected, etc - which do make him seem identical. 1. Collections of "sayings of the philosophers" were made in antiquity and into the medieval period. From the 17th century onwards, Protestant writers routinely accused the "Romanists" - the Roman Catholic Church - of basing its worship on pagan ritual.3 With the rise of anti-Christian movements such as socinianism in the 18th century, this developed in some writers into the claim that the Christ story was not different to that of older pagan legends and so was, by inference, equally untrue. The French revolutionary writer Dupuis continued this line of thought in 1794.4 He seems to be the originator of the claims that Mithras was very similar to Christ. 2. No ancient source gives such a birth myth for Mithras. 3. 4. 5.
Godfrey of Bouillon: Leader in the First Crusades and Ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem Godfrey of Bouillon was a medieval Frankish nobleman best known for his role as one of the main leaders during the First Crusade. As a consequence of this successful military expedition to the Holy Land, Godfrey became the first ruler of the newly-established Kingdom of Jerusalem. Godfrey is said to have refused to accept the title ‘King’, choosing to adopt the title of Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri , which means ‘Advocate / Protector of the Holy Sepulchre’ instead. Early Life of Godfrey Godfrey of Bouillon was born in 1060, and was the second son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and his wife, Ida, the daughter of Godfrey III (the Bearded), Duke of Lower Lorraine. Whilst his elder brother, Eustace III, was heir to the County of Boulogne and was to inherit the family’s estate in England, Godfrey was named as the heir of his maternal uncle, Godfrey IV (the Hunchback). Yet, not all of these territories fell into Godfrey’s hands immediately. Godfrey Joins the Call to Arms
The Ancient Pagan Origins of Easter Easter Sunday is a festival and holiday celebrated by millions of people around the world who honour the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred three days after his crucifixion at Calvary. It is also the day that children excitedly wait for the Easter bunny to arrive and deliver their treats of chocolate eggs. Easter is a ‘movable feast’ which is chosen to correspond with the first Sunday following the full moon after the March equinox, and occurs on different dates around the world since western churches use the Gregorian calendar, while eastern churches use the Julian calendar. So where did this ‘movable feast’ begin, and what are the origins of the traditions and customs celebrated on this important day around the world? Christian’s today celebrate Easter Sunday as the resurrection of Jesus. Most historians, including Biblical scholars, agree that Easter was originally a pagan festival. Resurrection as a symbol of rebirth
Flood Stories from Around the World he stories below are flood stories from the world's folklore. I have included stories here if (1) they are stories; (2) they are folklore, not historical accounts or fiction by a known author; and (3) they involve a flood. In most borderline cases, I included the story here anyway. For example, one story (Hopi) tells of a flood which was avoided and never occurred. My method for collecting these stories is simply to collect every flood story I find. I have omitted a few extremely fragmentary accounts, such as sources that say "These people have a legend of a flood in which most people were killed" and little or nothing more. Within each continent or region, stories are grouped by language family. I am sure there are many more flood stories which could be included here. Vogul: After seven years of drought, the Great Woman said to the Great Man that rains had come elsewhere; how should they save themselves. Samoyed (north Siberia): Seven people were saved in a boat from a flood. Mongolia:
Horned Humans | Heaven Awaits This appears to be probably one of the most controversial artifacts in existence, and certainly not one that medical science can easily explain away. The skull is said to have been discovered in France between 1920 and 1940, but its current whereabouts are unknown. Surnateum, The Museum of Supernatural History, however, claims to have analyzed the skull. Their analysis demonstrated that the horns were genuinely part of the skull. The analysis concluded: ‘An in-depth examination and X-rays leave no room for doubt: the skull is NOT a forgery.’ It appears that this horned skull was not the only one of its kind. Giant skeletons of horned men over seven feet tall are reported to have been exhumed from an ancient burial mound in the USA in the 1880s. It was estimated that the bodies were buried around 1200 AD. Like the horned skull in the photo, the horns of the Pennsylvanian giants were reported to begin above the eye sockets. What do you think? Some modern pictures of horned humans. References:
TheoFantastique | A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture. A brief but interesting item in this post. In keeping up with ongoing elements and developments in biblical studies I came across a blog I hadn't read before. It included a post titled "Lilith in the Bible and Jewish Folklore." Readers may have heard of Lilith from Jewish folklore with the idea that she was Adam's second wife. But this post takes another approach after considering a mention of her in the book of Isaiah, chapter 34 (Jerusalem Bible translation): Wild cats will meet hyenas there, the satyrs will call to each other, there too will Lilith take cover seeking rest. After some discussion of the various instances where Lilith is mentioned in different cultures and time periods, the author notes that she appears in ancient Babylonian and Assyrian contexts. Related posts: "Jewish Monstrosity" "J. "Timothy Beal: Religion and Its Monsters"
Antarctica and Imprisoned Fallen Angels from the Book of Enoch | Stillness in the Storm (Dr. Michael Salla) On March 14, Israeli News Live published a provocative story titled “The Fallen Angels Imprisoned in Antarctica and are still Alive.” The commentator, Steven Ben-Nun, analyzed the apocryphal Book of Enoch, which describes the experiences of Enoch, a pre-deluvian biblical figure, who was taken into the heavens to witness and play a key role in a major celestial conflict. Related Corey Goode Update: Antarctic Ice Shelf Destabilized as Race for Ancient Alien Artifacts & New Weapons Heats UpSource - Exopolitics by Dr. Enoch became the principal intermediary between two sides of the conflict between the “Fallen Angels”, and the “Righteous Angels” serving an all knowing deity referred to as “the Lord”. The Book of Enoch begins with the arrival of 200 Fallen Angels in the area of Mount Hermon, which borders modern-day Lebanon and Syria. Related The Forbidden Book of Enoch: Lost Bible Passages - Aliens, Noah, ET Intervention, UFO's, Cataclysm, the Flood, Nephilim
YAHWEH [Main source: Sitchin, Z., 1995, Divine Encounters, pages 290 - 314]. In 1650 B.C., after years of civil war, new rulers, the New Kingdom pharaohs, conquered Egypt. Pharaoh Thothmose I of the new regime invaded Enlilite Mesopotamia to the Euphrates River, where Abraham’s relatives and their descendants lived. Thothmose expected Enlilite retaliation. Thothmose I jettisoned the Middle Kingdom’s promise that Egypt honor the now dangerous "Children" of Israel. To save their newborn son, in 1513 B.C., a couple descended from Jacob/Israel laid the boy son in a box and floated it down a stream where Thothmose’s daughter bathed. She named the boy MOSES and adopted him. In 1482 B.C., Thothmose III renewed hostilities against the Enlilites abroad and the Israelites in Egypt. Thothmose III died in 1450 B.C.. The 80-year-old Moses tried to intimidate Amenhotep with a magic show. Yahweh either used his HAARP-type climate control devises to sweep aside a path through the water of the Red Sea.
Cherubim: The Unspoken Bible What are they? Ezekiel describes Cherubim as a composite of man, ox, lion and eagle. Opinions vary as to what they represent, or even if they are Cherubim. The According to one theory, the man is Aquarius, the ox is Taurus, the lion is Leo and the eagle is Ophiuchus in Scorpio-claiming that the eagle is an ancient form of Ophiuchus. 10(Psalm 18:10) 232425(Ezek. 23-25) I suggest that all of the above theories are false. Cherubim described Genesis tells us Cherubim were placed in the Garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life (not the Tree of Life itself). 24(Gen. 3:24) In chapter one, Ezekiel describes "living creatures" as having the face of a man in the front, the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left, and the face of an eagle at the back. The cloud describes the Milky Way. 4567891011121314(Ezek. 1:4-14) The River of Heaven described In the passage below, the river that interests us is the River Pishon. 1011121314(Gen. 2:10-14) 34(Ezek. 10:3-4) 16(Isa. 37:16)
Enochian | The Demonic Paradise Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia Enochian is a name often applied to an occult or angelic language recorded in the private journals of John Dee and his colleague Edward Kelley in late 16th-century England. The men claimed that the language was revealed to them by the angels. The language is integral to the practice of Enochian magic and is said to be the true language of the angels. The Enochian script is written from right to left, and may include diacritical marks. Different documents have slightly different forms of the script. Some of the letter names are pronounced as they would be in English, but many are pronounced differently. Dee's journals did not describe the language as "Enochian", instead preferring descriptors like "Angelical", the "Celestial Speech", the "Language of Angels", the "First Language of God-Christ", the "Holy Language" or "Adamical" because, according to Dee's Angels, it was used by Adam in Paradise to name all things.
The Book of the Cave of Treasures - Testamentum Adami Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 242 [The Ethiopic text and an Arabic version was published by Bezold in Nöldeke's Festschrift, Gieszen, 1906. See also Brit. Mus. Add. 16251 and Add. 16217 (Dillmann, Catalogus, Nos. And, moreover, understand thou concerning the hours of the day and of the night, and how it is seemly that ye should make supplication to God, and to pray to Him at each of His seasons. p. 244 And at the first hour of the night the devils render thanks and praise to God Most High, and there is in them no evil and no harm for anyone until they have finished their service of homage. Now therefore know thou all this, and hearken unto my word, and understand that the Word of God, the Most High, shall come down upon the earth, even as He told me at the moment when He thrust me out from the Garden (Paradise). And besides [these things] God spake unto me, saying, "Be not sorrowful, O Adam, for thou didst wish to become a god and didst transgress my command. Next p. 247
A History of Hell: Gehenna & Beyond – Ali Kellog Hell seems to be a collective assault on the American imagination — the culmination of our entire post-Columbus cultural history and political infrastructure. Ask anyone familiar with it to describe the scene and you’ll likely get the same description across the board — a furnace of torture, suffering, demons and unfathomable pain. Hell is embedded into our lives, whether we believe in it or not. Alas, Hell is real. It was originally used by the ancient Israelites who sacrificed children and burnt their bodies to appease the pagan Canaanite god Molech. There is no mention of Hell in the actual New Testament, but there is in (much) later translations. “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:” Pagans were, ironically, executed at the same time their mythology was being plagiarized by their very executioners. The Babylonian Exile occurred around 587BC.