This rare Essene Bible was found in an urn in Tibet in a Buddhist monastery where it had been laying for 1800 years until it was recently rediscovered and translated from the ancient Aramaic (the language Jesus spoke) into English. Of the 4 translators, one of them was the famed Emmanuel Swedenborg (died 1772), the Swedish mystic and seer.
My particular interest in this manuscript is for 4 reasons:
1: I first discovered this book at the Adyar bookshop, Sydney, around the time of 1977 when I was 20 years of age and it was protruding from a top shelf. As I jumped to push the book back in place, I suddenly decided to grab it. I normally would not be standing in front of Christian material. This book changed my life.
2: As I flipped through the pages, this book had many images of Magic Squares of 3x3, 7x7 and 11x11 and sacred symbols like Pythagoras' Triangle, Egyptian Ankhs, Star of Davids, Alpha and Omega symbols, Ground Plan of the Christian Church, Labyrinth etc.
3: The Lord's Prayer, in Lection XIX, in the chapter: "Jesus Teaches Concerning Prayer" was the first book to honour both the Father and the Mother: It begins:
"OUR FATHER-MOTHER Who Art Above And Within: Hallowed Be Thy Sacred Name In
Twofold Trinity .
In Wisdom, Love and Equity Thy Kingdom Come To All...".
I believe that the words "In Twofold Trinity" is a clear reference of the Phi Ratio which examines a Trinity of 3 parts into a specific twofold partitioning of 2 parts, one is the larger segment and the other is the smaller segment.
4: There is the most beautiful story about a man born blind from birth who Jesus heals. It is called: "The Examination of Him Who Was Born Blind" (Lection LIV). This man becomes devoted to Iesus' teachings and asks many questions. It continues to describe the Divine Kingdom in terms of the Magic Square of 7x7 and is referred to as THE PARABLE OF THE SEVEN PALMS. From this material I have been inspired to create what I call THE THEATRE OF THE HOLY NUMBERS which is a creative re-eactment of this biblical scene.
The Magic Square of 11x11, like the 7x7 is important to the Essenes as the central crosses in both also add up to the Magic Sum or Constant of the Rows and Columns. In the Brief Commentary, the Magic Square of Eleven Perfected is subtitled: "Ecclesiae Militantis Sigilum". which means the magic Square of 11x11 is the Churches' Military Seal of Power or Defence.
This is a very rare book with no ISBN; and I have not seen another in print, nor met anyone that has heard of it. It appears to be from the same body of works that documented the missing 18 years of Jesus' life deleted from the modern bibles, and is essential reading.