Part A - Introduction to Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ...

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

As promised, I will be posting (and exploring) the spiritual knowledge that is

contained in the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ, which according to the

writer, Levi H. Dowling is a philosophical and practical basis for religion in

the new Age of Aquarius.

 

First, is some info on " Who was Levi? " followed by an Introduction by Eva S.

Dowling (his wife) where she answers some questions, which she anticipates

readers will have, such as " What is an Age " ?, etc. She also includes a

delightful description given by Levi where the Piscean Age transfers in a

ceremonial way to the Aquarian Age. I have included it for your enjoyment, as it

is quite beautiful.

 

Then in subsequent instalments, I would like to explore together with forum

readers, some chapters from this book. Maybe we will go through all chapters;

maybe not... depending on how it all works out, and if we are enjoying it.

 

The main thing is that we learn a bit more than we knew before, and thereby

increase our spiritual knowledge and understanding. It is important to have an

understanding of spiritual things, which many yogis (and others maybe too) do

not seem to have. It is not surprising as this very past Kali Yuga was not

exactly what is known as a " spiritual age " , folks!

 

So, don't feel bad. Many are in the same boat. i believe that the Aquarian

Gospel is forthright and clear and is a great help in that it does give a

philosophical and practical basis for religion in the new Age of Aquarius.

 

love and best wishes to all,

 

Violet

 

 

Who was Levi? (by the Publishers)

 

In response to inquiries from many friends of " The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the

Christ " for some information regarding the transcriber, we herewith give a short

sketch. It was his great desire that each one should have the message regardless

of the messenger.

 

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.

 

………………..

 

Introduction

 

By

 

Eva S. Dowling, A.Ph.D.

 

Scribe to the Messenger

 

THE BOOK

 

The full title of this book is " The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of

the Piscean Age, " and the critical reader is apt to ask a number of pertinent

questions concerning it. Among the many anticipated questions, these are perhaps

the most important:

 

What is an Age?

What is the Piscean Age?

What is the Aquarian Age?

What is meant by the Christ as the word is used in this book?

What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ?

Who is Levi, the transcriber of this book?

What are the Akashic Records?

 

What is an Age?

 

Astronomers tell us that our sun an his family of planets revolve around a

central sun, which is millions of miles distant, and that it requires something

less than 26,000 years to make one revolution. His orbit is called the Zodiac,

which is divided into twelve signs, familiarly known as Aries, Taurus, Gemini,

Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.

It requires our Solar System a little more than 2,100 years to pass through one

of these signs, and this time is the measurement of an Age or Dispensation.

Because of what Astronomers call " the precession of the Equinoxes " the movement

of the sun through the signs of the Zodiac is in order reverse from that given

above.

 

Exact Time of the Beginning of an Age

 

Regarding this matter there is a disagreement among astronomers; but in this

Introduction we are not called upon to give the reasons of the various

investigators for their opinions; there are enough well authenticated facts for

our present purposes. It is conceded by all critical students that the sun

entered the zodiacal sign Taurus in the days of our historic Adam when the

Taurian Age began; that Abraham lived not far from the beginning of the Arian

Age, when the sun entered the sign Aries. About the time of the rise of the

Roman empire the sun entered the sign Pisces, the Fishes, and the Piscean Age

began, so that early in this Age Jesus of Nazareth lived.

 

What is the Piscean Age?

 

This question requires further consideration. The Piscean Age is identical with

the Christian Dispensation. The word Pisces means fish. The sign is known as a

water sign, and the Piscean Age has been distinctly the age of the fish and its

element, water.

 

In the establishment of their great institutions, John the Harbinger and Jesus

both introduced the rite of water baptism, which has been used in some form in

all the so-called Christian Churches and cults, even to the present time. Water

is the true symbol of purification. Jesus himself said to the before he was

baptised: " All the men must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul. "

(Aquarian Gospel

64:7.)

 

Fish was a Christian Symbol

 

In the earlier centuries of the Christian Dispensation, the fish was everywhere

used as a symbol. In his remarkable book, " Christian Iconography, " Didron says:

 

" The fish, in the opinion of antiquarians generally, is the symbol of Jesus

Christ. The fish is sculptured upon a number of Christian monuments, and more

particularly upon the ancient sarcophagi. It is also upon medals, bearing the

name of our Saviour and also upon engraved stones, cameos and intaglios. The

fish is also to be remarked upon the amulets worn suspended from the necks by

children, and upon ancient glasses and sculptured lamps.

 

" Baptismal fonts are more particularly ornamented with the fish. The fish is

constantly exhibited placed upon a dish in the middle of the table, at the Last

Supper, among the loaves, knives and cups used at the banquet. "

 

In the writings of Tertullian we find this statement: " We are little fishes in

Christ our great fish. "

 

The last two thousand years, comprising the Piscean Age, has certainly been one

of water and the many uses of that element have been emphasised, and sea and

lake and river navigation has been brought to a high degree of efficiency.

 

What is the Aquarian Age?

 

The human race is to-day standing upon the cusp of the Piscean-Aquarian Ages.

Aquarius is an air sign and the New Age is already noted for remarkable

inventions for the use of air, electricity, magnetism, etc. Men navigate the air

as fish do the sea, and send their thoughts spinning around the world with the

speed of lightning.

 

The word Aquarius is derived from the Latin word aqua, meaning water. Aquarius

is, however, the `water bearer', and the symbol of the sign, which is the

eleventh sign of the Zodiac, is a man carrying in his right hand a pitcher of

water. Jesus referred to the beginning of the Aquarian Age in these words:

 

" And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of heaven;

the sign and signet of the Son of Man will stand forth in the eastern sky. The

wise will then lift up their heads and know that the redemption of the earth is

near. " (Aquarian Gospel 157:29, 30.)

 

The Aquarian Age is pre-eminently a spiritual age, and the spiritual side of the

great lessons that Jesus gave to the world may now be comprehended by multitudes

of people, for the many are now coming into an advanced stage of spiritual

consciousness; so with much propriety this book is called " The Aquarian (or

Spiritual) Gospel of Jesus, the Christ. "

 

An Important Event. The transfer of dominion from one Age to another is an

important event in the world of Cherubim and Seraphim. Among the manuscripts of

Levi we have found a most remarkable paper describing the transfer of dominion

from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age, but it is difficult to determine

whether it is a recital of facts or a prophetic statement. We reproduce the

paper in full: -

 

THE CUSP OF THE AGES

 

" In Spirit I was caught away into the realms of Akasha; I stood alone within the

circle of the sun. And there I found the secret spring that opens up the door to

Wisdom and an understanding heart. I entered in and then I knew. I saw the four

and twenty Cherubim and Seraphim that guard the circle of the sun, the mighty

ones who were proclaimed by masters long ago `the four and twenty ancient ones.'

I heard the names of every Cherubim and Seraphim, and learned that every sign in

all the Zodiac is ruled by two – a Cherubim and Seraphim. And then I stood upon

the cusp where Ages meet. The Piscean Age had passed; the Aquarian Age had just

begun. I saw the guardian Spirits of the Piscean Age; Ramasa is the Cherubim;

Vacabiel is Seraphim. I saw the guardian Spirits of the Aquarian Age, and Archer

is the Cherubim; Sakmaquil is the Seraphim. These four great spirits of the

Triune God stood close together on the cusp, and in the presence of the sacred

Three – the God of Might, the God of Wisdom, and the God of Love – the sceptre

of Domain, of Might, of Wisdom and of Love was there transferred. I heard the

charges of the Triune God; but these I may not now reveal. I heard the history

of the Piscean Age from Piscean Cherubim and Seraphim, and when I took my pen to

write Ramasa said: " Not now, my son, not now; but you may write it down for men

when men have learned the sacred laws of Brotherhood, of Peace on earth,

good-will to every living thing. And then I heard the Aquarian Cherubim and

Seraphim proclaim the Gospel of the coming Age, the age of Wisdom, of the Son of

Man. And when the crown was lifted from the head of Ramasa and placed upon the

head of Archer of the Aquarian Age; and when the royal sceptre was transferred

from Seraphim Vacabiel to Seraphim Sakmaquil there was deep silence in the

courts of heaven. And then the goddess Wisdom spoke, and with her hands

outstretched she poured the benedictions of the Holy Breath upon the rulers of

Aquarius. I may not write the words she spoke, but I may tell the Gospel of the

coming age that Archer told when he received the crown. And I may breathe to men

the song of praise that Seraphim Sakmaquil sung when she received the royal

sceptre of the newborn age. This Gospel I will tell, and I will sing this song

in every land, to all the people, tribes and tongues of earth. "

 

(The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ - by Levi)

 

(Dear All... this concludes Part A of the Introduction. I hope you enjoyed it.

The next installment will be Part B of the Introduction where Eva S. Dowling

tells what is meant by " the Christ " , as the word is used in this book.)

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

Btw, the copy of the Aquarian Gospel i am getting this info from was published

in 1964. i have another bit of info on Levi H. Dowling which is given on the

back of the book cover, and i thought it would explain about Levi really well

(so i should have included this in the last post, but do so now instead.)

 

violet

 

 

" This is a unique book; practically a complete record of the words and works of

Jesus of Nazareth, from his birth in Bethlehem to his ascension from the Mount

of Olives some thirty three years later. It includes the eighteen years not

recorded in the New Testament, when Jesus travelled in Tibet, Egypt, India,

Persia, and Greece, talking with monks and wise men.

 

The Gospel was transcribed by Levi H. Dowling from the Akashic Records, the

absolute and imperishable records of all time and all life. It took forty years

of study and meditation for Levi to attain a level of spiritual consciousness

necessary to attune to the distinct tones and rhythms of Jesus of Nazareth. The

results of his work has provided an enriching spiritual experience for four

generations.

 

It was only with the opening of the Aquarian Age, from which the Gospel takes

its name, could the transcription have taken place; for it is written: -

 

" And when the world is ready to receive, lo, God will send a messenger to open

up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the messages of purity and love.

Then every man of earth will read the words of life in the language of his

native land, and men will see the light.... And man again will be at one with

God.

 

(Aquarian Gospel 7:25, 28) (end quote)

 

 

i have known about this book since the 1970's, and to read it is to know that

this is an absolutely extraordinary book, which reveals much more about Jesus,

the Christ, especially about all his extensive travels where He met many many

spiritual teachers, etc. from all the different spiritual traditions, too.

 

This should tell us something, should it not! That he made friends with people

from all spiritual traditions and studied their spiritual knowledge with them;

then He in turn would explain their Scriptures to them, but they did not always

understand either! Of course, He got into trouble with the priestly classes on a

number of occasions, because He would explain things which they either would

not, or could not accept!

 

i would encourage you to get your own copies. You will never regret it, because

there is much to read and imbibe which will be of spiritual benefit that you

will derive from reading about the hidden years of Jesus, the Christ of the

Piscean Age.

 

violet

 

 

,

" Violet " <violet.tubb wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> As promised, I will be posting (and exploring) the spiritual

knowledge that is contained in the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the

Christ, which according to the writer, Levi H. Dowling is a

philosophical and practical basis for religion in the new Age of

Aquarius.

>

> First, is some info on " Who was Levi? " followed by an Introduction

by Eva S. Dowling (his wife) where she answers some questions, which

she anticipates readers will have, such as " What is an Age " ?, etc.

She also includes a delightful description given by Levi where the

Piscean Age transfers in a ceremonial way to the Aquarian Age. I have

included it for your enjoyment, as it is quite beautiful.

>

> Then in subsequent instalments, I would like to explore together

with forum readers, some chapters from this book. Maybe we will go

through all chapters; maybe not... depending on how it all works out,

and if we are enjoying it.

>

> The main thing is that we learn a bit more than we knew before, and

thereby increase our spiritual knowledge and understanding. It is

important to have an understanding of spiritual things, which many

yogis (and others maybe too) do not seem to have. It is not

surprising as this very past Kali Yuga was not exactly what is known

as a " spiritual age " , folks!

>

> So, don't feel bad. Many are in the same boat. i believe that the

Aquarian Gospel is forthright and clear and is a great help in that

it does give a philosophical and practical basis for religion in the

new Age of Aquarius.

>

> love and best wishes to all,

>

> Violet

>

>

> Who was Levi? (by the Publishers)

>

> In response to inquiries from many friends of " The Aquarian Gospel

of Jesus the Christ " for some information regarding the transcriber,

we herewith give a short sketch. It was his great desire that each

one should have the message regardless of the messenger.

>

> 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.

>

> ………………..

>

> Introduction

>

> By

>

> Eva S. Dowling, A.Ph.D.

>

> Scribe to the Messenger

>

> THE BOOK

>

> The full title of this book is " The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus,

the Christ of the Piscean Age, " and the critical reader is apt to ask

a number of pertinent questions concerning it. Among the many

anticipated questions, these are perhaps the most important:

>

> What is an Age?

> What is the Piscean Age?

> What is the Aquarian Age?

> What is meant by the Christ as the word is used in this book?

> What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ?

> Who is Levi, the transcriber of this book?

> What are the Akashic Records?

>

> What is an Age?

>

> Astronomers tell us that our sun an his family of planets revolve

around a central sun, which is millions of miles distant, and that it

requires something less than 26,000 years to make one revolution. His

orbit is called the Zodiac, which is divided into twelve signs,

familiarly known as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra,

Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces. It requires our

Solar System a little more than 2,100 years to pass through one of

these signs, and this time is the measurement of an Age or

Dispensation. Because of what Astronomers call " the precession of the

Equinoxes " the movement of the sun through the signs of the Zodiac is

in order reverse from that given above.

>

> Exact Time of the Beginning of an Age

>

> Regarding this matter there is a disagreement among astronomers;

but in this Introduction we are not called upon to give the reasons

of the various investigators for their opinions; there are enough

well authenticated facts for our present purposes. It is conceded by

all critical students that the sun entered the zodiacal sign Taurus

in the days of our historic Adam when the Taurian Age began; that

Abraham lived not far from the beginning of the Arian Age, when the

sun entered the sign Aries. About the time of the rise of the Roman

empire the sun entered the sign Pisces, the Fishes, and the Piscean

Age began, so that early in this Age Jesus of Nazareth lived.

>

> What is the Piscean Age?

>

> This question requires further consideration. The Piscean Age is

identical with the Christian Dispensation. The word Pisces means

fish. The sign is known as a water sign, and the Piscean Age has been

distinctly the age of the fish and its element, water.

>

> In the establishment of their great institutions, John the

Harbinger and Jesus both introduced the rite of water baptism, which

has been used in some form in all the so-called Christian Churches

and cults, even to the present time. Water is the true symbol of

purification. Jesus himself said to the before he was baptised: " All

the men must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the

soul. " (Aquarian Gospel

> 64:7.)

>

> Fish was a Christian Symbol

>

> In the earlier centuries of the Christian Dispensation, the fish

was everywhere used as a symbol. In his remarkable book, " Christian

Iconography, " Didron says:

>

> " The fish, in the opinion of antiquarians generally, is the symbol

of Jesus Christ. The fish is sculptured upon a number of Christian

monuments, and more particularly upon the ancient sarcophagi. It is

also upon medals, bearing the name of our Saviour and also upon

engraved stones, cameos and intaglios. The fish is also to be

remarked upon the amulets worn suspended from the necks by children,

and upon ancient glasses and sculptured lamps.

>

> " Baptismal fonts are more particularly ornamented with the fish.

The fish is constantly exhibited placed upon a dish in the middle of

the table, at the Last Supper, among the loaves, knives and cups used

at the banquet. "

>

> In the writings of Tertullian we find this statement: " We are

little fishes in Christ our great fish. "

>

> The last two thousand years, comprising the Piscean Age, has

certainly been one of water and the many uses of that element have

been emphasised, and sea and lake and river navigation has been

brought to a high degree of efficiency.

>

> What is the Aquarian Age?

>

> The human race is to-day standing upon the cusp of the Piscean-

Aquarian Ages. Aquarius is an air sign and the New Age is already

noted for remarkable inventions for the use of air, electricity,

magnetism, etc. Men navigate the air as fish do the sea, and send

their thoughts spinning around the world with the speed of lightning.

>

> The word Aquarius is derived from the Latin word aqua, meaning

water. Aquarius is, however, the `water bearer', and the symbol of

the sign, which is the eleventh sign of the Zodiac, is a man carrying

in his right hand a pitcher of water. Jesus referred to the beginning

of the Aquarian Age in these words:

>

> " And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an

arc of heaven; the sign and signet of the Son of Man will stand forth

in the eastern sky. The wise will then lift up their heads and know

that the redemption of the earth is near. " (Aquarian Gospel 157:29,

30.)

>

> The Aquarian Age is pre-eminently a spiritual age, and the

spiritual side of the great lessons that Jesus gave to the world may

now be comprehended by multitudes of people, for the many are now

coming into an advanced stage of spiritual consciousness; so with

much propriety this book is called " The Aquarian (or Spiritual)

Gospel of Jesus, the Christ. "

>

> An Important Event. The transfer of dominion from one Age to

another is an important event in the world of Cherubim and Seraphim.

Among the manuscripts of Levi we have found a most remarkable paper

describing the transfer of dominion from the Piscean Age to the

Aquarian Age, but it is difficult to determine whether it is a

recital of facts or a prophetic statement. We reproduce the paper in

full: -

>

> THE CUSP OF THE AGES

>

> " In Spirit I was caught away into the realms of Akasha; I stood

alone within the circle of the sun. And there I found the secret

spring that opens up the door to Wisdom and an understanding heart. I

entered in and then I knew. I saw the four and twenty Cherubim and

Seraphim that guard the circle of the sun, the mighty ones who were

proclaimed by masters long ago `the four and twenty ancient ones.' I

heard the names of every Cherubim and Seraphim, and learned that

every sign in all the Zodiac is ruled by two – a Cherubim and

Seraphim. And then I stood upon the cusp where Ages meet. The Piscean

Age had passed; the Aquarian Age had just begun. I saw the guardian

Spirits of the Piscean Age; Ramasa is the Cherubim; Vacabiel is

Seraphim. I saw the guardian Spirits of the Aquarian Age, and Archer

is the Cherubim; Sakmaquil is the Seraphim. These four great spirits

of the Triune God stood close together on the cusp, and in the

presence of the sacred Three – the God of Might, the God of Wisdom,

and the God of Love – the sceptre of Domain, of Might, of Wisdom and

of Love was there transferred. I heard the charges of the Triune God;

but these I may not now reveal. I heard the history of the Piscean

Age from Piscean Cherubim and Seraphim, and when I took my pen to

write Ramasa said: " Not now, my son, not now; but you may write it

down for men when men have learned the sacred laws of Brotherhood, of

Peace on earth, good-will to every living thing. And then I heard the

Aquarian Cherubim and Seraphim proclaim the Gospel of the coming Age,

the age of Wisdom, of the Son of Man. And when the crown was lifted

from the head of Ramasa and placed upon the head of Archer of the

Aquarian Age; and when the royal sceptre was transferred from

Seraphim Vacabiel to Seraphim Sakmaquil there was deep silence in the

courts of heaven. And then the goddess Wisdom spoke, and with her

hands outstretched she poured the benedictions of the Holy Breath

upon the rulers of Aquarius. I may not write the words she spoke, but

I may tell the Gospel of the coming age that Archer told when he

received the crown. And I may breathe to men the song of praise that

Seraphim Sakmaquil sung when she received the royal sceptre of the

newborn age. This Gospel I will tell, and I will sing this song in

every land, to all the people, tribes and tongues of earth. "

>

> (The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ - by Levi)

>

> (Dear All... this concludes Part A of the Introduction. I hope you

enjoyed it. The next installment will be Part B of the Introduction

where Eva S. Dowling tells what is meant by " the Christ " , as the word

is used in this book.)

>