06-27-2007, 12:00 AM
"..But don't be so quick to say he excelled where all others failed. He just got a lot of press. There have been many adept sorcerers through time who have healed and helped their fellow mankind."
I said nothing about failure. I said his teachings went further than Don Juan's.
You are correct that there have been a lot of adepts who have healed and helped. I was taught by one for 14 years.
Jesus did get a lot of press. It started at least 4000 years before he arrived in a body and continues to this day.
I am no scholar on the scrolls, but I have read a few. A few that I am very suspicious of and two in particular that I am very impressed with. One, I've already mentioned is the "Gospel of Thomas" and the other is the "Gospel of Truth", purportedly by a man called Valentinius.
The "proof of the pudding is in the eating", as they say and I have experienced certain things over the years that later, I have seen written in books. Strange things that could not be easily described. When, later I see those things written by people who did not know me or even live in the same century as I do, I put great stock in what else those people have to say.
The "Journey to Ixtlan" is one of those books as is the Bible, both Old and New Testaments.
But the greatest of these is the Bible.
It is the only book that has spoken to me "Real Time".
I guess that is why Paul calls the OT the "Oracles of God."
Cause it speaks to you.
As far as Evangelical goes, I don't belong to a church, so I would not know which one to recommend.
I'm just sharing some insights and experiences.
Bob
I said nothing about failure. I said his teachings went further than Don Juan's.
You are correct that there have been a lot of adepts who have healed and helped. I was taught by one for 14 years.
Jesus did get a lot of press. It started at least 4000 years before he arrived in a body and continues to this day.
I am no scholar on the scrolls, but I have read a few. A few that I am very suspicious of and two in particular that I am very impressed with. One, I've already mentioned is the "Gospel of Thomas" and the other is the "Gospel of Truth", purportedly by a man called Valentinius.
The "proof of the pudding is in the eating", as they say and I have experienced certain things over the years that later, I have seen written in books. Strange things that could not be easily described. When, later I see those things written by people who did not know me or even live in the same century as I do, I put great stock in what else those people have to say.
The "Journey to Ixtlan" is one of those books as is the Bible, both Old and New Testaments.
But the greatest of these is the Bible.
It is the only book that has spoken to me "Real Time".
I guess that is why Paul calls the OT the "Oracles of God."
Cause it speaks to you.
As far as Evangelical goes, I don't belong to a church, so I would not know which one to recommend.
I'm just sharing some insights and experiences.
Bob