This is an incredible book that leads to some very unexpected and deep spiritual places. It begins as an illuminating novel and continues beyond to the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas. I had always understood in my mind that the Gospel of John was distinct from the other Gospels. You could fully comprehend the influence of Platonic thought on John. The author distinguishes between the Jewish Christ, who was probably and Essene and was an actual person in Palestine. He also explains the implications of this. Then he explains how that Christ was molded by the church into a character the matched the understanding and imprint of Greek philosophy.
However, that is not the importance of the book; it is meant to be a guidebook for your soul. The importance for me was that it confirmed many of the things I have experienced in the spiritual realm.
It is said that certain Humans have the ability to place a book on their forehead when they go to sleep, and then to awake having absorbed its content. Dear Father, I need a more effective way of uploading information.
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