Gnostic Secrets of the Naassenes: The Initiatory Teachings of the Last Supper

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In the third century C.E., the Catholic Bishop Hippolytus composed a Refutation of all Heresies in which his chief target was the Naassene sect, whose writings included a recounting of Jesus' actual teachings during the Last Supper. Contrary to Church attacks, the Gnostics were not a heretical derivative of Christianity, but the authentic foundation and purveyor of Christ's message. In fact, much of what now passes for Christianity, has nothing to do with the original teachings of its founder. The message recorded in the Naassene Sermon was intended for an inner circle of disciples prepared for advanced initiation into Jesus' wisdom teachings on the indwelling of the sacred. The Grail discussed therein was not depicted as a vessel made holy from holding the blood of Christ. It was rather described as a symbol of the immanence in which container and contents become as one. Combined with this concept was an essentially Gnostic tradition with roots in the Vedas, in which the lower waters were made sacred to carry spirit along the spine and restore the soul's connection with God.

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". . . tying together some very diverse materials into a coherent and logical system of cosmology." * Institute for Hermetic Studies, October 2004 *
". . . one book that not only makes the spiritual connections between East and West, but exposes some of the reasons why modern Christianity lacks some of the power that it was originally infused with. . . . a book that you'll want to take back off the shelf again and again because it's that important." * Mark Williams, The Midwest Book Review, Apr 2005 *
". . . an amazing work. . . . It offers a recreation of the original teachings of the Naassenes and shows a deep knowledge of the esoteric traditions at the heart of all the world's religions. . . . revealing that at its heart early Christianity had a living Yoga centered round the awakening of the divine within." * Robert Burns, New Dawn, Nov-Dec 2004 *
Luckily for us, books such as Gaffneys are now bringing God out of Heaven and putting Him where He belongs: in our world, and in us. * Janet Brennan, Fate, May 2005 *

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Mark H. Gaffney is the author of Dimona: The Third Temple and The First Tree of the Day. He lives in Oregon.