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Liberating Waverley Abbey! 2024

Meditating & Meandering Through the Beautiful Ruins of Waverley Abbey! (11.5.2024)

This was a place where a group of Cistercian monastics (following the Rule of St Benedict) – also known as “Trappist” monks – spent years in silent contemplation of the Bible and their inner minds. The lifestyle of such a monk is designed to “still” the mind and empty the interior of all desire. Only when the mind and body of the monk is “empty” might God grant “grace” and make himself known – but he might not. Either way, once the monk is empty of all desire – the love of Jesus Christ can shrine view. The monk possesses no opinion and so the cycle of each da peacefully unfolds.

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The Cell of Ethiopean Monasticism!

Egypt: Nag Hammadi Gnostic Library, Moasticism and Primitive Tribal Behaviour! (18.4.2024)

Furthermore, it is alarming to read of the primitive blood feuds described as forming the general historical context surrounding this important and epoch-changing discovery – being every bit as brutal and primitive as the murders routinely carried-out by ISIS and Al Qaeda today – behaviour very different from that of moderate, economically developed and well-educated Muslims. These are people who inhabit a pre-modern mode of behaviour and corresponding mind-set – and although I am not a theist – it is interesting to consider why the Christian God would choose to deliver his texts into the hands of such people. But perhaps that is the point. The Christian God speaks of unqualified love and forgiveness (as does the Holy Qur’an of Allah) – whilst the Jewish God is vengeful, vindicative and quite often demanding of blood. Perhaps the essence of Gnosticism has survived right in the middle of Christian theology – and it has done so without being seen – waiting for the moment when the ceramic jar holding its teachings is found!

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Touching the Balls is a Jewish Tradition!

The Marriage of Isaac – The Jewish Custom of “Touching the Testicles” to Seal the Deal! (11.4.2024)

These (non-Jewish) people are to be “enslaved” and used for every conceivable activity – including sexual abuse involving young and old alike. Jewish people, as presented in Genesis, often prefer to marry their cousins, nieces, and nephews – with other close couplings also considered. Sexual activity with close married relatives is also common-place. The point of this post, however, is to give the Biblical (Jewish) origin of the legally-binding term “Testimony” – which involves the man swearing on the authority of the testicles. In the story below, a servant is forced to “touch” the testicles of Abraham as a means of sealing a deal or confirming an understanding. As the Jewish people still maintain these traditions – it is an easy task to decipher the otherwise camouflaged language contained within the Bible.

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Ethiopian Bible

Old Testament (Torah): Origin of the Moabites & Ammonites – Yet Another Tale of Biblical Incest! (8.4.2024)

This practice of humility has survived down through the ages in the traditions of Christian monasticism which exist within Roman Catholicism and the various Orthodox lineages (all practicing celibacy and rejecting any form of sexual contact). Christianity as we know it today dates from around 350 CE and the fixing of the received Bible. This process built on the fixing of the Jewish Bible which occurred in 100 CE – both activities rejected many Testaments and Gospels for political and theological reasons. Fortunately, many of these texts were discovered in the immediate post-WWII period in the Qumran Dead Sea Scrolls (Palestine) finds – representing the Old Testament – and the Nag Hamidi Library (Egypt) – clarifying the New Testament. Not all of these texts had been missing – with some being known from other sources – and surreptitiously passed-on behind the scenes as it were.

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Morning Star - Old Testament

The Biblical Origin of the Term “Morning Star”! (1.4.2024)

A major stumbling block with this allusion – if it is linked to Socialism – is that the “Morning Star” (or the two separate and distinct deities of “Daystar” and “Dawn”) – are linked by the early Jews with “evil” and the “Devil”. This association is particularly strong within Christianity. It is the deliberate demonisation of Phoenician religion for no other reason than it is not ‘Jewish’. The reason that I suspect that Trotskyism is the key to the association of “Morning Star” within Socialism lies in the fact that this ideology is deliberately deceptive and anti-worker in nature. Whilst pretending to be Revolutionary and progressive – all Trotskyites work behind the scenes to defeat Marxist-Leninism and keep the workers firmly enslaved within the capitalist system. All is “entryism” and nothing else matters. Trotskyism is a new form of materially premised religion – a religion which perceives genuine Revolutionary activity as bring from the Devil!

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The Pharaoh of Egypt Fell Victim to Abram's Rather "Loose" Concept of Morality!

Torah (Old Testament) – When Abram “Pimped” His Wife in Egypt! (31.3.2024)

On the face of it, this is an extraordinarily mercenary attitude for Abram to adopt – to say nothing of its racist (anti-Egyptian) and misogynistic (anti-Sarai) implications. Abram cares only about his own well-being and self-aggrandisement – and he will do anything to materially enrich his situation – even prostituting his wife to be used by the Pharaoh for profit! The Jewish authors seem to be siding with Abram and accusing the Pharaoh of acting inappropriately. An interesting question is “why” is this Jewish criminality (which occurs in other parts of the Bible) treated with such a casual and inattentive manner? Following the law and customs of other countries is a duty to all people and a mark of human civilisation – just as non-Jews are expected to show respect for Jewish traditions, attitudes and conventions.

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