Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 --- Bhakti Ananda Goswami <bhakti.eohn wrote: > "Bhakti Ananda Goswami" > <bhakti.eohn > "Vrin Parker" <vrnparker > Fw: LEVI, NOTOVITCH, SZEKELY ETC. > FRAUDULENT SCRIPTURES PART 2 > Tue, 29 Apr 2003 04:07:21 -0700 > > > > LEVI, NOTOVITCH, SZEKELY ETC. FRAUDULENT > SCRIPTURES PART 2 > FROM HH BHAKTI ANANDA GOSWAMI > > > HARE KRISHNA! > SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA KI JAYA ! > > DEAR DEVOTEES, > > PLEASE DO NOT POLLUTE YOUR MINDS WITH MODERN MASONIC > AND OTHER OCCULT FICTIONS, WHICH ARE CLAIMED TO BE > ANCIENT SCRIPTURES OR TO HAVE DIVINE AUTHORITY. DO > NOT BE FOOLED INTO ACCEPTING THESE LITERATURES JUST > BECAUSE THEY TEACH VEGETARIANISM OR AHIMSA, OR > DESCRIBE JESUS IN INDIA. THIS GENRE OF LITERATURES > USUALLY ALSO TEACHES MAYAVADI IMPERSONALISM OR > COVERED OF OUT-RIGHT BUDDHIST ATHEISM. > > THE STANDARD RUSE TO ESTABLISH 'ANCIENT' SO-CALLED > SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY FOR THESE MODERN FICTIONS, IS > TO CLAIM THAT THEY ARE TRANSLATIONS OF LOST, > DESTROYED, HIDDEN OR MIRACULOUS ORIGINALS. > SOMETIMES THE ALTERNATIVE IS USED, WHICH IS TO CLAIM > THAT THE ORIGINAL WAS 'CHANNELED' FROM A HIGHER > SOURCE, OR READ PSYCHICALLY FROM THE SO-CALLED > AKHASHIC RECORDS HISTORY-OF-THE-COSMOS. > > GENERALLY, ALTERNATIVE HISTORY FANATICS AND > ANTI-ORGANIZED-RELIGION 'SPIRITUALISTS' ACCEPT SUCH > ESOTERIC 'SCRIPTURES' AS AUTHENTIC, WHILE REJECTING > THE ACTUAL ANCIENT SCRIPTURES OF THE ORGANIZED > 'GURU, SHASTRA AND SADHU' EXOTERIC RELIGIONS AS > FRAUDULENT OR CORRUPT. THUS THEY UNWITTINGLY > EXCHANGE DIAMONDS MINED FROM THE GREAT REMOTENESS OF > HISTORY, FOR THE BITS OF BROKEN GLASS MASS-PRODUCED > FOR CHEAP CONSUMPTION BY MODERN CONSUMER-SOCIETY > 'SPIRITUALISTS' AND SELF-APPOINTED 'GODS' AND > MESSIAHS. > > THERE IS SO MUCH NAIVE CREDULITY AMONG THE BELIEVERS > IN SUCH BOGUS 'SCRIPTURES' THAT THEY OFTEN DO NOT > HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA ABOUT THE REAL ORIGINS OF > THE MODERN FICTIONAL PSEUDO-SCRIPTURES THAT THEY > HAVE UNCRITICALLY ADOPTED. ONE CASE IN POINT IS > THAT THE "AQUARIAN GOSPEL OF JESUS THE CHRIST" HAS > BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO TWO DIFFERENT 19TH CENTURY > OCCULTISTS, ELIPHAS LEVI AND LEVI DOWLING, WHO BOTH > USED THE PEN NAME 'LEVI', WHICH MADE THEM SOUND LIKE > AN ANCIENT JEWISH PERSONAGE. > > ******************* > EXAMPLES OF THE "AQUARIAN GOSPEL" BEING ATTRIBUTED > TO ELIPHAS LEVI...(MANY OF THE DEVOTEES THAT I HAVE > MET THINK THAT E. LEVI WROTE THE 'AQUARIAN GOSPEL'.) > > http://www.dkfoundation.co.uk/dkfArtMagi1.htm > men from `beyond the Euphrates' (as Eliphas Levi put > it in The Aquarian Gospel) who followed the star to > Bethlehem to find the child Jesus. > www.artsit.unimelb.edu.au/~miracle/digest_archives/digests_99/dlog_dig ests/January/dlog1999Jan18 > ... COM> Re: ACIM/Bible comparison (was off > topic....) My favorite version > of the Jesus story has always been "The Aquarian > Gospel" by Eliphas Levi. ... > 46k - Cached - Similar pages > > A GOOGLE SEARCH FOR THE SAME "AQUARIAN GOSPEL" WITH > EITHER MAN'S NAME, TURNS UP REFERENCES. IN PART > ONE OF MY LETTER, I HAVE CITED SOME SOURCES ON > ELIPHAS LEVI, AND IN THIS PART I WANT TO INCLUDE > SOME OF THOSE ON LEVI DOWLING. COMPARED TO ELIPHAS > LEVI, DOWLING WAS A PIOUS MAN. HOWEVER HIS WRITINGS > ALSO SHOW OCCULT INFLUENCES THROUGHOUT. NO DOUBT HE > WAS SCHOOLED IN SOME LODGE OF ESOTERICISM, HIS > WRITINGS BEING FULL OF ESOTERIC TEACHINGS. > > LEVI DOWLING...(THE TRUE AUTHOR OF THE "AQUARIAN > GOSPEL") > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/4623/amexemtimes/amexemtimes1 6.html > Levi Dowling > Levi's fame rest primarily with his automatically > handwritten Aquarian Gospel. The Biopnuema and the > Higher Self is a collection of lessons he prepared > to apply what he taught in his version of the > Gospels. > > > http://webhome.idirect.com/~birkej/jes/aq/levi_bio.htm > > LEVI (Levi H. Dowling), was born Friday morning, May > 18, 1844, at > Belleville, Ohio. His father, Scotch-Welsh descent, > was a pioneer > preacher among the Disciples of Christ. Levi was > always a student > of the deeper things of life. At the age of > thirteen, in his first > public debate, he took the negative side against a > Presbyterian > Elder on "The Everlasting Punishment of the Wicked". > He began preaching at the age of sixteen; and at the > age of > eighteen was pastor of a small church. He entered > the United States > Army at the age of twenty as Chaplain, and served in > this capacity > to the end of the Civil War. In 1866-7 he was a > student at > Northwestern Christian University at Indianapolis, > Indiana. The > next year he began publishing Sunday School > Literature, issuing > Sunday School Lesson Papers, Song Books, and a > Children's Sunday > School Paper. Much of his time was devoted to the > cause of > Prohibition. He was a graduate of two medical > colleges and > practised medicine for a number of years. He finally > retired from > the medical profession to resume literary work. > Early in life, when but a mere lad, he had a vision > in which he > was told that he was to "build a white city." This > vision was > repeated three times with years intervening. The > building of the > "white city" was "The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the > Christ." This > book was transcribed between the early morning hours > of two and > six--the absolutely "quiet hours." > Levi passed from earth-life August 13, 1911. > The Publishers > > > ************************************ > > > SOME OTHER INFLUENTIAL 'SCRIPTURAL' FRAUDS HAVE BEEN > PERPETRATED BY JOSEPH SMITH THE FOUNDER OF > MORMONISM, S. G. J. OUSELEY AUTHOR OF THE "GOSPEL OF > THE HOLY 12", Eduard Albert Meier OF THE "Talmud of > Jmmanuel", AND > EDMOND SZEKELY THE FOUNDER OF THE BOGUS MODERN > 'ESSENES'. > > ************************** > JOSEPH SMITH AND HIS "BOOK OF MORMON" > http://www.exmormon.org/whyileft.htm > > Documentation for those investigating Mormonism > > Documentation in a format for Mormons > > The LDS church believes that the Book of Mormon was > translated literally from the inscriptions on the > golden tablets which were made about the fourth > century. But the Book contains many passages > containing phrases that are word-for-word identical > to those found in the King James version of the > Bible. The latter was completed in 1611 CE (over a > millennium later). Some critics feel that this > evidence proves that portions of the Book of Mormon > were copied from the KJV Bible, not translated from > the tablets. > > ... > > The church has been deceitful in its creating the > image of Joseph Smith as an unlearned country boy. > He was very intelligent and capable of reading at a > high level and memorizing enormous materials. The > primary source for the Book of Mormon was a book > written by a man named Ethan Smith (no relation) who > lived a short distance from Joseph and was a > minister to a family none other than Oliver > Cowdery's. This book is called the View of the > Hebrews and was written in 1823 and republished in > 1825. This book contained everything Joseph Smith > needed to create the Book of Mormon. > > > The Book of Mormon > The "keystone" of the church is unquestionably the > Book of Mormon. If the book can be shown to be a > product of the 19th century, the church is then not > what it claims to be. Archaeology in the old world > continues to uncover physical evidence of biblical > history. This is not the case with new world > archaeology and the Book of Mormon. In fact, > archeologists have stated that the last 2 decades > have been devastating to Book of Mormon archeology. > Mormon apologists are now resorting to "internal > evidences" which are addressed elsewhere on this > site since they realize there is no hard evidence at > all for the Book of Mormon. > > The most compelling evidence of the fictional nature > of the Book of Mormon, from an archaeological view, > is the things which have not been found. This part > of my post is liberally copied from some documents > on Mormon archeology. ... > > ... > > The Book of Abraham is another document where Smith > is a perpetrator of a fraud. This is the translation > of an Egyptian papyrus which came into Smith's > possession, and which he claimed to have been > written by Abraham in Abraham's own handwriting and > with his signature!. Note, that these papyri were > too new to be Abraham's by almost 1500 years!! There > was no one in Joseph Smith's time who could refute > the "translation" as can be done today. So he was > able to take advantage of people's ignorance of > Egyptian. Smith charged admission to see the > papyrus. Smith even prepared an Egyptian Grammar > based on this papyrus. Smith's Egyptian Grammar was > not published until the 1960's, and needless to say, > it bears no resemblance to what we now know of > actual Egyptian grammar. > > > ************************ > > > OUSELEY'S "GOSPEL OF THE HOLY 12" > http://www.tektonics.org/ouseley01.html A Brief > Evaluation of "The Gospel of the Holy Twelve" by > James Patrick Holding > We are told that it is derived from "one of the most > ancient and complete of early Christian fragments, > preserved by one of the monasteries of the Buddhist > monks in Thibet, where it was hidden by some of the > Essene community for safety from the hands of > corrupters..." But don't plan that trip to Tibet > just yet for a look, or for the purpose of > verification such as carbon dating: The editors > (among them, Emmanuel Swedenborg) didn't actually > see this document -- it was given to them "By the > Divine Spirit of the Gospel" as a revelation of "a > higher Christianity." > > http://members.tripod.com/jbrooks2/ > THE GOSPEL OF THE HOLY TWELVE, ALSO KNOWN AS > THE GOSPEL OF THE PERFECT LIFE > By S. G. J. OUSELEY Translated from the original > Aramaic and edited by a disciple of the Master. This > is one of the most ancient and complete Christian > fragments, preserved in one of the monasteries of > the Buddhist Monks in Tibet, where it was hidden by > some of the Essene community for safety from the > hands of corrupters and now for the first time > translated from the Aramaic. The contents clearly > show it to be an early Esserian writing. The ancient > community of the Jewish church, called Yessenes, > Lessenes, Nazarites or Nazirs, strongly resembled > the Therapeutae, and the Buddhists, who practiced > community of good, daily abulutions, daily worship, > and renounced flesh eating, and strong drink and the > sacrifice of animals, and the doctrine of > "atonement" for the sins of some by the vicarious > and involuntary suffering of others, as held by the > Pharisees and Saducees. > > *********************************** > > MEIER'S "TALMUD OF JMMANUEL" > http://www.tjresearch.info/contents.htm > Overview of the TJ > > The TJ's UFO connections -- > the Meier UFO-contactee case > The TJ's New Age spirituality > > http://www.tjresearch.info/discovery.htm > This discovery occurred in 1963 as Swiss citizen and > world-traveler, Eduard Albert Meier, and his friend, > an ex-Greek-Orthodox priest, Isa Rashid, were > walking along the road just south of the Old City of > Jerusalem. Meier happened to glance up > Photo of Meier in > the 30 Sept.,1964, > Delhi newspaper. > Courtesy of P. McAiney > the slope and notice a small opening in the ground > amongst the rocks and shrubs. ..... > ... > But his presence there became known to Israeli > authorities, and the camp was heavily bombed, > forcing him to flee again, this time to Baghdad, > where he posted the letter to Meier. However, he and > his family, like the other refugees, had to flee so > suddenly that Rashid had no time to retrieve the > Aramaic rolls or his further translations of them, > and they were destroyed in the resulting > conflagration. > In 1976 Meier learned that Rashid and his family > were assassinated in Baghdad, > > 1978 1992 1996 2001 > making him (Meier) the only known surviving witness > to the TJ's discovery and historicity. About this > time he started preparing the TJ translations for > self-publication, and the German edition came out in > 1978. A combined German-English version was > published in 1992, and another edition, with > improved English translation, was published in 1996 > by Wild Flower Press. A further improved > German-English translation came out in November of > 2001. Meier insists that foreign-language > publications of the TJ include the side-by-side > German edition, so that discrepancies or distortions > in translation be less likely to creep in. > > > DEARDORFF, AN OSU SCHOLAR (NOT AN HISTORIAN OR > RELIGIOUS EXPERT), WHO DEFENDS NOTOVITCH AND > PROMOTES THE RIDICULOUS "TALMUD OF > JMMANUEL"-UFO-ELOHIM LINK. > > http://www.proaxis.com/~deardorj/ > This site presents the results of 15 years' analysis > of the Talmud of Jmmanuel (TJ), > showing, largely through comparison with the Gospel > of Matthew, > that the TJ was the source for that gospel. > The TJ informs us precisely which Matthean verses > are genuine, > which are partly genuine, and which are pure > invention. > In over 100 comparisons of parallel passages, the > arguments pointing > to Matthean dependence upon the TJ are seen to be > difficult to reverse, and > in all other instances the differences between the > two are also > consistent with TJ genuineness. Tests for TJ > genuineness are > indirect because its original Aramaic scrolls were > destroyed > due to their heresies, and only the German > translation survived. > From the TJ one sees that 19th-century scholars > erred > in assuming that Mark came before Matthew. > > ************************* > > THE CONCOCTED "ESSENE EPISTLE" AND EDMOND SZEKELY'S > ENEMA-BAPTISM FRAUDULENT MODERN 'ESSENES' > > http://home.swipnet.se/corbie/Fuskwww/essene.html > The author of the Essene epistle summarized and > abbreviated these novels into letter format, and > presented it as a manuscript find. The "Essene > epistle" first appeared in German, printed in > Leipzig 1849 and financed by a "German Brotherhood" > which was probably a Masonic lodge. Freemasons on > the European continent liked to see themselves as > the true inheritors of the Essenes. The epistle > expresses precisely the kind of combined rationalism > and mystique that Masons and other secret societies > were espousing at the time. > > ESSENE EPISTLE HOAX...AHMADIYYAS MAKE USE OF IT > http://home.swipnet.se/corbie/Fuskwww/essene.html > The epistle may have been credible as a genuine > manuscript find in the 19th century, but the finding > of the Dead Sea scrolls in 1947 has definitely put > an end to any such possibility. A comparison > demonstrates that the "Essene epistle" cannot be a > genuine document from the Essenes. Just a few points > to make this clear: > a.. The epistle claims to have been written in > Latin but the Essenes only used Aramaic and Hebrew > in their writings. Latin as a language between Jews > in the Middle East did not exist at the time. > b.. All information about the Essenes in the > epistle are obviously attributable to Josephus, > including their white robes and their interest in > medicine. > c.. The Essenes in the epistle are depicted as > late-18th century rationalists who don't believe in > miracles and care little for the Torah, the prophets > and the people of Israel. All these things were > fundamental to the real Essenes, the very focus of > their sect. > d.. The real Essenes were Jews. They would never > have spoken about "the Jews" as if these were a > different people. But the "Essene epistle" does. > e.. The style is romantic and has nothing in > common with any Jewish scriptures from the 1st > century BC or AD. > f.. The author speaks of the Pharisees and Jewish > society in the past tense, as if they are a thing of > the past -- even though the letter is supposed to > have been written 7 years after the crucifixion. > The epistle is clearly a hoax. Its influence has > nevertheless been enormous. New editions have been > printed in various languages time and again. It is > used by the half-islamic Ahmadiyya movement as > evidence for some of their beliefs. Several later > hoaxes, e.g. "Jeshoua the Nazir" and "The Gospel of > Peace" are hardly imaginable without the epistle as > model. > > MORE AHMADIYYA ESSENE NONSENSE > http://home.swipnet.se/corbie/Fuskwww/notov.html > Notovitch tried for some time to defend his story > with various dodges, but finally gave up and > returned to being a war correspondent. Unlike most > hoaxers, he had no ideological motives for the hoax, > just a desire to create a sensation. His thin story > would probably not have received much attention at > all if it had not been published at the peak of the > 19th century Indian romanticism, just after Queen > Victoria had been crowned Empress of India. > It's still going on... > With this, the case should have been closed. But > successful lies have a tendency to return. > Notovitch's book was printed again in 1926 by an > American publisher who hoped (not without > justification) that the debunking of the hoax had > been forgotten. Even more, the story has inspired > other hoaxers to fantazise about Jesus travelling to > the mysterious East. Probably neither "The Gospel of > the Holy Twelve" or "The Aquarian Gospel" would have > existed without Notovitch's ideas. Others with > similar fantasies are the half-islamic Ahmadiyya > sect who believe that Jesus survived the crucifixion > and died of old age at Srinagar where he is also > said to have been buried. To support this, their > founder Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad quoted another > hoax, the "Barnabas gospel". Modern Ahmadiyya books > quote both the "Essene epistle" and the "Life of the > Holy Issa" as if they were authentic documents about > Jesus. > > The story of Notovitch demonstrates the incredible > survival power of lies that capture the popular > imagination, and the powerlesness of science to > eradicate belief in even the most absurd hoaxes. > Conclusive proof is apparently not enough. "The > world wants to be deceived." > > SZEKELY > > Essene Gospel of Peace: Book 1 > by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely, Edmond Bordeaux > Szbekely, P. D. St Reproductions Of Great Ma > (Illustrator) > > See more product details > > > > -- ------------ > > Customers who bought this book also bought: > > > a.. Essene Gospel of Peace: Book 2 by Edmond > Bordeaux Szekely (Paperback) > b.. Essene Gospel of Peace, Bk 4: Teachings of the > Elect by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely (Paperback) > c.. Essene Gospel of Peace, Bk 3: Lost Scrolls of > the Essene Brotherhood by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely > (Paperback) > d.. Gospel of Peace of Jesus Christ by Edmond > Bordeaux Szekely (Paperback) > e.. Gospel of the Essenes by Edmond Bordeaux > Szekely (Paperback) > Explore Similar Items: 19 in Books > > > -- ------------ > > Customers who shopped for this item also shopped for > these items: > > a.. Teachings of the Essenes from Enoch to the > Dead Sea Scrolls by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely > b.. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English by > Geza Vermes > c.. The Nag Hammadi Library in English by James M. > Robinson (Author) > d.. The Dead Sea Scrolls Deception by Michael > Baigent, et al > e.. The Other Bible by Willis Barnstone (Author) > Explore similar items > > -- ------------ > > > Product Details > > > a.. Paperback: 64 pages > b.. Publisher: I B S Intl; (December 1981) > c.. ISBN: 0895640007 > d.. Average Customer Review: Based on 3 reviews. > Write a review. > > e.. Amazon.com Sales Rank: 373,384 > > Customer Reviews > Avg. Customer Review: > Write an online review and share your thoughts with > other customers. > > 6 of 10 people found the following review helpful: > > Great book, if you're a sucker for hoaxes., July > 26, 2002 > Reviewer: kaayjaay (see more about me) from > Rochester, NY > I can't believe people are STILL being taken in by > this decades old hoax. Edmund B. Szekeley makes many > claims which have never been substantiated by any > independent witness. > > Claim 1: He says he "found" this manuscript in > several places, such as the Vatican. The Vatican > keeps detailed records of who is allowed to enter > it's library and read and research. Strangely > enough, Eddy's name does not appear on this list > anywhere. The Vatican also has no record of this > manuscript, or anything like it, ever being housed > there. > > He also claims he found this manuscript in > a) A monastery in Monte Cassino monastery which was, > as is well known, destroyed by being bombed during > the Second World War. Interestingly, Szekeley made > no mention of the Hebrew fragments found at Monte > Cassino until after the war. > > b) The National Library of Vienna. Per Beskow (in > Strange Tales About Jesus) says that when he asked > the National Library of Vienna about the Old > Slavonic text, the reply was sent that there is no > such text, that a number of people have made > inquiries about the text, and the general opinion > was that Szekeley made it up. > > Of course, there's always the possibility that a man > with no formal training managed to learn ancient > Hebrew, Aramaic and Old Slavonic, found an > incredible manuscript that no one else had ever > heard of, or even seen, and then a vast > international conspiracy formed in order to > discredit him. > > It is clear that people who really really really > wish hard enough, and are willing to believe > anything, will still happily lap up this tripe. > Point those people to me, I've got a nice piece of > the True Cross I'd like to sell you, and I think I > just might have found the undersea location of > Atlantis. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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