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This book covers the tenets of the Society of Novus Spiritus. Novus Spiritus is a way of spiritual thinking that was founded by Sylvia Browne. It was founded for four different kinds of people: Those wishing to accelerate the perfection of their soul; Those that need an expanded dimension to their faith; Those that find no reasonable explanation of God or life; Those that are confused by traditional religion and need more than faith alone in their...

"A startling account of the meaning of Jesus and the origin of Christianity based on gnostic gospels and other secret texts, written almost 2,000 years ago, recently discovered near Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt"--Jacket subtitle.

In Jesus and the Lost Goddess, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy take their ideas about the pagan origins of Christianity in a startling new direction. Their ground-breaking work adds a new element to the controversy surrounding the origins of the New Testament. Their arguments unlock the secret of the Christian myth of Jesus and the Goddess, which tells of a Goddess who falls from grace and is rescued through her union with a Godman. The stories of...

This up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the sacred Gnostic manuscripts features introductory essays, notes, tables, and more to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts that have shed new light on early Christianity and ancient thought.

Presents a historical examination of biblical writings about Judas, argues that the case against Judas is not as clear as tradition taught, and describes the recent discovery of a fourth-century document entitled "The Gospel of Judas Iscariot" in which Judas may have felt he was playing a positive role in the plan for salvation

Psychic Sylvia Browne pens a philosophical discussion to help people understand the nature of good and evil and how they can become a "warrior of light".

The three centuries following the death of Jesus were a momentous and turbulent era in Western religious thought. During this time, as Christianity began its massive growth, few if any influences on the theological landscape were as significant as the religious movements know as Gnosticism. Gnosticism intersected deeply with early Christian thought, sparking religious ideologies that competed with the theological thinking that came to define Christianity....

A personal religious testimony by the author in which he discusses the links between angels, dreams, near-death experiences, and the coming of the Millennium, showing how interest in these matters is not new, but can be traced back to the religious traditions of ancient and medieval times.