There are so many books out there to support the Divine Feminine.

[Guest guest]

, " Violet " <violetubb

wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> Firstly, as we conclude with Part 8 of 'The New Age', i would like to

> say what a wonderful, spiritually in-depth book Bede Griffiths has

> written. He is no doubt an outstanding world scholar with a keen

> spiritual insight. i know we have all been enriched by his writing,

> for which we have to be grateful.

>

>

 

Dear Violet,

 

Without question we have been enriched, and we should continue seeking

new books. Now that we are moving towards the Divine Feminine such works

will be invaluable, to say the least. The Divine Feminine will inspire

and deepen the faith of many ............ once it is completed. By

" Divine Feminine " i mean the Great Mother, Her incarnation Shri Mataji,

Her advent and message. There are so many books out there to support

the Divine Feminine. You can practically spend the rest of your life

working for Her. It is such a joy and blessing.

 

warmest regards,

 

jagbir

[Guest guest]

, " jagbir singh "

<adishakti_org wrote:

>

> , " Violet " <violetubb@>

> wrote:

> >

> > Dear All,

> >

> > Firstly, as we conclude with Part 8 of 'The New Age', i would

> > like to say what a wonderful, spiritually in-depth book Bede

> > Griffiths has written. He is no doubt an outstanding world

> > scholar with a keen spiritual insight. i know we have all been

> > enriched by his writing, for which we have to be grateful.

> >

> >

>

> Dear Violet,

>

> Without question we have been enriched, and we should continue

> seeking new books. Now that we are moving towards the Divine

> Feminine such works will be invaluable, to say the least. The

> Divine Feminine will inspire and deepen the faith of many

> ............ once it is completed. By " Divine Feminine " i mean the

> Great Mother, Her incarnation Shri Mataji, Her advent and message.

> There are so many books out there to support the Divine Feminine.

> You can practically spend the rest of your life working for Her. It

> is such a joy and blessing.

>

> warmest regards,

>

> jagbir

>

 

 

Dear Jagbir,

 

It is indeed a joy and a blessing! i have acquired two more new books. One is

'The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity' which looks very

interesting. It is by Jeffrey J. Butz. The other is 'Beyond Belief - The Secret

Gospel of Thomas' by Elaine Pagels. Of course, we are very happy with Elaine

Pagel's books. And what makes it even more interesting, is that she has been on

her own spiritual quest while writing these books! You will find out about that

in Chapter 1 of the abovementioned book.

 

With regard to Jeffrey J. Butz i haven't read any of his books so far, but 'The

Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity' looks riveting! i will

bet that most of us have hardly heard about James, the brother of Christ, though

he is mentioned in the Bible:

 

" Except for Eisenman and Painter, there were no other major studies of James

published in English when I wrote my thesis. At the time, the only other scholar

who had done significant work in the area of the historical James was British

scholar Richard Bauckham, who had published one extended essay on James and the

Jerusalem church and a book on the rest of Jesus' family, entitled 'Jude and the

Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church'. [5] All other information that existed

had to be gleaned mainly from commentaries and papers on books in the New

Testament, particularly those in which James plays a major role - the epistle of

James, Acts (chapter 15 and 21), and Galatians (chapter 2). "

 

The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity

Preface, xiii

Jeffrey J. Butz

Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont

ISBN 1-59477-043-3

 

Note:

 

[5] Richard Bauckham, " James and the Jerusalem Church " in 'The Book of Acts in

Its Palestinian Setting' (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1995); Richard

Bauckham, 'Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church' (Edinburgh: T & T

Clark, 1990).

 

In fact, on the Back Cover of the book, it makes the astounding claim that:

 

" James, the younger brother of Jesus, has been the subject of controversy since

the founding of Christianity. This book reveals his true role as Jesus' chosen

successor and demonstrates that the core message in the teachings of Jesus is an

expansion, not a repudiation, of the Jewish religion. "

 

It also states that:

 

" James recently made international headlines due to the discovery of an ancient

Jewish ossuary that bore the inscription: " James, son of Joseph, brother of

Jesus. "

 

Jeffrey Buts had scant information to work with considering his remarkable feat

that:

 

" Using the canonical Gospels, writings of the Church Fathers, and apocryphal

texts, Butz argues that James is the most overlooked figure in the history of

the Church. He shows how the core teachings of Jesus are firmly rooted in Hebrew

tradition and reveals the bitter battles between James and Paul for ideological

supremacy in the early Church, explaining that Paul's interpretations, which

became the foundation of the Church, are in many ways a betrayal of Jesus'

teachings. Butz reveals a picture of Christianity and the true meaning of

Christ's message that are sometimes quite at odds with established Christian

doctrine and concludes that James can serve as a desperately needed link between

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam that could heal the wounds of centuries of

enmity. "

 

Back Cover

The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity

Jeffrey J. Butz

Inner Traditions, Rochester, Vermont

ISBN 1-59477-043-3

 

So, Jagbir, i think we are in for some interesting reading here! And, i have

noticed that whatever the case, these authors' writings do help to establish the

Divine Feminine in one way or another. It seems that " All roads lead to the

Divine Feminine! " It is like a huge tide which cannot be stopped in its advance

and which the fossilised churches will have to deal with, if they are to remain

part of a vibrant spiritual future, instead of an old relic of the past to be

kept in a museum.

 

Jeffrey J. Butz is also an ordained Lutheran minister:

 

" Jeffrey J. Butz is an ordained Lutheran minister and an adjunct professor of

world religions at Penn State University's Berks-Lehigh Valley campus. "

 

Back Cover - The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity

 

So we can see, Jagbir, that ministers of the Christian religion are working

towards a reformation of religion, which is wonderful to know about! In fact, i

see a growing momentum for the Divine Feminine everywhere. It seems unavoidable.

It seems that that is the way society is heading - and i agree with Bede

Griffiths that it is more likely to come about sooner, through the present

economic, political, and social catastrophes. The patriarchal way of doing

things is falling apart throughout the whole world, because it headed towards

extreme materialism and atheism - by not including the important Divine Feminine

in the picture. (And even by not including human beings as important in the

whole picture!) But, the present catastrophes are awakening many, and that is

how we will save the planet and the people in it, by them again realising the

importance of the Divine Feminine and the importance of the people around us.

There is no greater beauty than the Divine Feminine that can be given to them,

especially when they can also be helped to understand that this beauty is also

within their own being, to be re-discovered there!

 

Like you say, Jagbir, we will be able to practically spend the rest of life in

finding materials to support the Divine Feminine. There is no greater joy in

life and the finished work is going to be something to behold, on the adishakti

website. As you say:

 

" The Divine Feminine will inspire and deepen the faith of many........... once

it is completed. "

 

warmest regards,

 

violet