Esoteric Christianity: A Tragic History
Sean Byrne
- In
- early
- Christianity
- the
- sun-like
- figure
- of
- Christ
- gripped
- the
- imagination
- of
- men
- and
- women
- through
- a
- potent
- mixture
- of
- mystery
- and
- magic.
- Christ
- was
- seen
- then
- as
- the
- very
- embodiment
- or
- incarnation
- of
- the
- gnostic
- spirit
- of
- divine
- wisdom:
- Sophia.
- In
- order
- to
- connect
- faithfully
- with
- Jesus
- in
- our
- time
- we
- need
- to
- understand
- his
- Christianity
- correctly.
- To
- do
- this
- we
- must
- go
- back
- to
- its
- gnostic
- roots
- in
- Sophia.
- This
- books
- points
- the
- way.The
- early
- Christian
- movement
- was
- far
- more
- spiritually
- alive
- and
- powerful
- than
- its
- modern
- counterpart,
- the
- Church.
- This
- early
- vibrancy
- was
- largely
- due
- to
- the
- influence
- of
- the
- Divine
- Sophia.
- However,
- after
- about
- the
- 3rd
- century,
- with
- the
- rise
- of
- the
- Roman
- Church,
- Sophia’s
- spiritual
- light
- began
- to
- fade.
- Eventually,
- at
- the
- Church
- Council
- of
- Constantinople
- in
- 869AD
- the
- holy
- spirit
- of
- Sophia
- was
- pronounced
- non-existent
- and
- it
- was
- deemed
- heretical
- to
- believe
- in
- her
- spiritual
- reality.
- This
- abandonment
- of
- Sophia
- in
- Western
- Christianity
- is
- one
- of
- the
- greatest
- tragedies
- that
- has
- befallen
- humanity.The
- reason
- for
- this
- tragedy
- is
- that
- from
- the
- beginning
- of
- the
- Christian
- movement
- the
- all-male
- Roman
- clergy
- abhorred
- the
- wisdom
- of
- Sophia
- and
- her
- ancient
- mysteries.
- In
- fact,
- institutional
- Catholicism
- grew
- in
- strength
- only
- by
- allying
- itself
- with
- the
- crude,
- militant
- might
- of
- the
- Roman
- Empire,
- and
- violently
- tried
- to
- stamp
- out
- the
- wise
- and
- magic
- light
- of
- Sophia.
- But
- it
- never
- fully
- succeeded,
- for
- miraculously
- she
- has
- survived,
- but
- only
- in
- that
- form
- which
- is
- called
- Esoteric
- Christianity.This
- book
- gives
- an
- historical
- account
- of
- the
- horrible
- abuse
- and
- repression
- of
- Sophia
- down
- the
- ages,
- as
- well
- as
- an
- account
- of
- the
- defilement
- of
- her
- wisdom
- that
- is
- contained
- in
- the
- sacred
- vessel
- of
- the
- Holy
- Grail.
- This
- truly
- is
- a
- book
- that
- can
- change
- your
- attitude
- to
- life,
- and
- even
- change
- your
- life itself.
