#101
Murder in the Sanhedrin Express. Who Really Killed Jesus? The Bible has been a source for Anti-Semitism for the last
two thousand years. The Gospel accounts reveal the Jews as the main
villains for the death of the Christian Messiah. Yet once again its
silence on several issues, usual inconsistencies, history and textual analysis
reveal a very different story. As always, we find the hidden truth of
what really happened and what really didn't happen during the alleged trial and
death of Jesus. And hopefully we'll finally accept that the Jews and
Judas himself were far from the culprits in the crucifixion of Jesus, just fall
guys in Orthodoxy's penchant for rewriting history. Astral Guest-- Gary Greenberg, author of 'The Judas Brief' and '100 Myths of the Bible'.
06/22/2008
#102
The Chronicles of Sabbetai.
The most popular Jewish Messiah ever was a mystic named Sabbatai Zevi.
In the 17th Century, he shook the foundations of the Jewish, Muslim and
even Christian world. Zevi's controversial, esoteric views included
following The Law by breaking it, becoming Enlightened
by converting to as many religions as possible and a radical interpretation of
the Torah that echoed the teachings of the Gnostic Sags of the ancient past.
His movement never ended, surviving and evolving into various streams
throughout history, including an amazing syncretic ideology known today as Neo
-Sabbatian Kabbalah. We study this poignant Mystical Messiah and the
mercurial (and highly Gnostic) worldview of Neo-Sabbatianism.
Astral
Guest—Yakov Leib,
author of ‘Kabbalah & the Interpretation of Dreams’, ‘For the Sake of God:
An Answer to Jung’ & ‘To Die for the People: A Jewish Interpretation of the
Crucifixion’. 07/19/2008
#103 Mark in Real Life. The Gnostic Gospel of Mark. Although both the
uncorrupted letters of Paul and the Gospel of John are generally
considered Gnostic in origin, new scholarship reveals that the Gospel of Mark
has very potent esoteric leanings. Much of this research has been done by
a Baptist Reverend who has been transformed by the Gnostic spirit. We
look at the poignant evidence, as well as the revelations of this Reverend
on how Christianity must transform itself or die in these modern days of both
rising secularism and fundamentalism. Astral Guest-- Rev. John Killinger, author of ‘The Changing Shape of Our Salvation' and 'Ten Things I
Learned Wrong from a Conservative Church'. 07/26/2008
#104 Irenaeus Strikes
Back! Before
Orthodox Christianity, married to the Roman State, began to crush the Gnostic
movement, it laid the groundwork with the Heresiologists-- powerful,
influential men who were more obsessed with the Gnostics than the Gnostics
themselves. The greatest of these Heresy Hunters was Bishop Irenaeus of
Lyons. Not only did he twist and smear the Gnostic worldview in
his writings, he was the architect behind the foundation of Catholic
Church and The Bible itself. We dare enter the
perverse yet genius mind of Irenaeus and some of the other Heresiologists
in order to find yet more amazing truths about the real Christianity.
Beware! Astral Guest-- Stephan Herman Huller,
author of ‘Against Polycarp' and 'The Real Messiah'. 08/02/2008
#105
A Convenient Truth. Within the Gnostic
revival, there are several strains that believe Gnosis
is solely found outside any religious organization, ritual or
esoteric structure. Enlightenment is only found within each individual
without the aid of exterior stimulation.
Is this what the ancient Gnostics truly believed in or just another
recipe to be eventually swallowed by self-delusion? Do all religions
possess a spark of the truth or all they are but veiled cults of personality?
We walk the fine line between gaining your soul and gaining the world.
Astral
Guest-- Robert Anderson, author of ‘Church of God? Or
Temple of Satan'. 08/09/2008
#106 Bible Mission Impossible. Secrets of the
Bible, Part 1. Whether the Bible is taken literally or figuratively, the
reality is that it’s replete with startling secrets that most of us have been
blind to because of indoctrination, editing and sleight of hand by Orthodoxy.
We mine the Bible for liberating truths that include the condoning of
human sacrifice, the hidden goddess-worship, an artificial history borrowed
from pagan cultures, and the moral lessons we've taken for granted from
such stories like Sodom & Gomorrah. And that's just scratching the
surface! You will be disturbed but then you will be amazed at the reality
that is the Canonical Bible. Astral Guest-- Tim Callahan, author of
‘Secret Origins of the Bible' & 'Bible Prophecy'. 08/16/2008
#107 The Seventh Seal. Secrets of the Bible, Part 2 (The fallacies of Bible Apocalypse and
End-time Scenarios). The imminent end of the world, often
genocidal and just plain bizarre, has been one of the
main clarion calls of fundamentalism. Yet when we truly analyze the
Apocalypse messages of the Bible, we get quite a different story. We
dissect Scripture, learn the true context of end-time prophecy and ultimate
debunk such science fiction as the Second Coming of Christ, the Rapture and the
bloody carnage of God that has been promised since the early Christianity. Astral Guest-- Tim Callahan, author of ‘Secret Origins of the Bible' &
'Bible Prophecy'. 08/23/2008
#108
First Knights. There is strong evidence suggesting that the Knight
Templars weren't in the Holy Land just for battle but actually to collect
ancient esoteric information. They brought to Europe Gnostic secrets by
interacting with Sufis, Alchemists, Mandeans and the
mysterious Assassins. We break open their hidden treasure vault by
understanding the truth behind the Holy Grail, the head of Baphomet,
the Kundalini, Muslim Mysticism, the Peacock
Angel still revered in the Middle East and much more! Astral
Guest-- Mark Pinkham, author of ‘Guardians of the Holy Grail’,'The Truth
Behind the Christ Myth' & 'The Return of the
Serpents of Wisdom'.
08/30/2008
#109 Red Dragon. The
Greatest Gnostic of the Enlightenment Period, and perhaps one of the greatest
of all history, is the visionary poet William Blake. We acquaint
ourselves with his life, his ethereal work, and his mystical legacy that
honored the ancient heretics and defied the powers of Orthodoxy. We also
partake in the gnosis of other Romantic poets like Shelley and Keats, and even
beyond to Emerson and Herman Melville. Astral
Guest-- Eric G. Wilson, author of ‘Against Happiness: In Praise of
Melancholy', 'Secret Cinema: Gnostic Vision in Film' & 'The Spiritual
History of Ice: Romanticism, Science and Imagination'.
09/20/2008
#110
Something Wicked this Way Comes. In the spirit of being 'fair and
balanced', we invite the side of Orthodoxy to present their case against
Gnosticism. The floor is given to a Calvinist, Presbyterian Minister who
has studied the ancient heretics for many years. He contends that
Gnosticism is but a Pagan, parasite ideology that incorporates many faiths but
lacks any foundation. And that ancient Gnosticism & New Age are
really one and the same. Astral Guest-- Peter Jones, author of ‘The Gnostic Empire Strikes Back', ‘Spirit Wars' &
'Gospel Truth, Pagan Lies'. 09/27/2008
#111
The Faustus and the Furious. The tragic
story of Faustus, immortalized by several literally giants like Christopher Marlowe
and Goethe, has riveted mankind for centuries. Yet most do not know that
underneath this satanic romance, there is a secret Gnostic message purposely
hidden that echoes the Scripture of the ancient heretics and the mythology of
Simon Magus and Helen of Troy. We take a journey with Mephistopheles
through the charged, esoteric vision of the legend of Faustus.
Astral
Guest-- Ramona Fradon, author of ‘The Gnostic Faustus'.
10/04/2008
#112
The Pursuit of Gnosticism. The
origins and history of Gnosticism are as captivating as they are still
mysterious. Although we have almost exhausted all its theories and
revelations, a new book has come out that touches on overlooked aspects of the
old heretics. We learn about the latest discovery in Gnostic rituals,
unnoticed influences on Gnosticism, new and fresh anthropological findings on
the Gnostics and much more. We also partake in a refresher course on the
history and evolution Gnosticism. We also discuss an upcoming magazine
dealing solely with the Gnostics. Astral
Guest-- Andrew Philip Smith, author of ‘The Gnostics', 'Gnostic Writings on the
Soul', 'The Lost Sayings of Jesus' and editor of the 'Gnostic' magazine. 10/11/2008
#113 Essenes
from a Mall. Jesus the Wicked Essene Priest. Scholarship on the Dead Sea
Scrolls has trickled out for the last sixty years, hitherto leaving many
questions unanswered. New, astounding evidence reveals that Jesus was not
only an Essene but considered the Wicked Priest the Essenes despised. The machinations of the Essenes against Christianity are not only found in the Dead
Sea Scrolls but in the Bible itself, including their hand in the killing of the
Christ and training of Saul of Tarsus as their main assassin. We also
delve into this secretive, Orthodox Messianic society and the Dead Sea
Scroll community who paradoxically were sympathetic to the Gnostics, Platonists
and Pythagoreans. Astral Guest-- Marvin Vinning, author of ‘Jesus, the Wicked Priest'. 10/18/2008
#114
Gone Baby Gone. The
Pistis Sophia. Long before the Nag Hammadi was discovered, most of what
we directly knew of Gnosticism came from the voluminous Gnostic Gospel simply
titled 'The Pistis Sophia'. It encompasses a unique version of the fall
of Sophia and her rescue by the Cosmic Christ, action-film battles of Jesus
versus God and his Archons, a laundry list of dogmatic Gnostic
theology and liturgy, and much more. Its discovery in the 19th century
transformed and revived many of the esoteric movements of the time.
Astral Guest-- Paul Tice, author of ‘The Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Gospel',
'Jumping Jehovah; Exposing the Atrocities of the Old Testament God' and 'The
Triumph of Man'. 10/25/2008
#115 Saving Private Gnostic. The corruption of Gnosticism by Modern Gnostics.
Although the Gnostic revival has positively infused modern spirituality, film
and art, and even religious institutions in the last twenty years, all is not
well in the esoteric Denmark. Many Neo-Gnostics have either warped or
completely disregarded the core essence of the Gnostics spirit.
Other groups have simply adopted and adulterated the term 'Gnostic' to
fit their New Age agendas with no basis on the ancient heretics. It has
caused great confusion to those seeking the journey back to Sophia and the
Logos. We separate the wheat from the chaff, so that in your path is not
distracted by cults, allowed teachings and a rising cottage industry of Cult of
Personalities. Astral Guest-- Jeremy
Puma, author of ‘The Face of the Sky
& The Earth', 'Mysteries of the Gnostic Ascent'
& 'The Book of The Stranger'. 11/01/2008
#116 Suffering Club. Why do we
suffer? All faiths possess their reasoning for the reality of suffering.
The Gnostics claim their own unique slant, oddly paralleling other
religions yet at the same time just as oddly original. Through the
eyes of a brand new Gnostic Gospel, in the form of a powerful fiction novel, we
explore how the Gnostics saw the origins of iniquity and other theological
conundrums that to this day bring great confusion and debate among all the world's
ideologies. Astral Guest-- Tim
Roux, author of ‘Fishing for
Christians' & 'Girl on a Bar Stool'. 11/15/2008
#117 Tommy. New Revelations & Misconceptions on the Gospel of Thomas.
The Gospel of Thomas remains the most popular Gnostic Scripture, with endless
books written on it. Yet an ex-Jesuit has uncovered a new method to
decode 'The Fifth Gospel'. The numbering and placing of the sayings were
mistakenly arranged by ancient scribes, obfuscating what is actually a cluster
of specific poems and stanzas that if read correctly serve as tools for
psychological growth . New scholarship also reveals that the Gospel of
Thomas was definitely written by a man named Jesus of Nazareth as a
clarion call for revolution against all dogmas, doctrines, earthly institutions
and spiritual stasis. We discover its new secrets! Astral
Guest-- Robert North, author of ‘The Way of Life'. 11/22/2008
#118
The Devil Wears False History. Debunking Christian Apologetics. Besides the eventual
eradication of the Gnostics and other alternative Christianities, much of the
history of Orthodox Christianity is built on fabricated history and reasoning.
Centuries of Christian Apologetics have been conjured to defend a
carnival of pious fiction. In order to understand the Gnostics, it is
essential to expose the fables, mistakes and outright deceptions Literalist
Christianity has fed humanity as fact for almost two thousand years. Not
only do we bring our usual scalpels, this time we also have a sledgehammer.
Astral Guest-- Ken Humphreys, author of 'Jesus Never Existed'. 12/06/2008
#119 Conspiracy Theory, Part 2. Our
sequel program on Occult Conspiracy Theories and Esoteric Secrets most people
have never heard of. Through the lenses of a new fiction thriller, we
discuss the almost unknown intrigues of occult history. Some of them
include The Voynich Document, The
Indigo Children, revelations on Jung's Red Book, The White
Brotherhood, The Vril Society, the Daughters of Awen and many more! Even if you have heard of them,
you'll be shocked at virgin evidence on all of these and their effects on human
history! We also delight in a novel that also resuscitates those old
characters we can't get enough of-- Neo-Nazis, The
Vatican, International Espionage Agencies, Military Forces and the rest of the
gang! Astral Guest--James K. Rollins,
author of 'The Voynich Project: Nephilim
Rising'. 12/13/2008
#120
The Bible Crashers. The end of biblical studies. The scholarly study of
the Bible has hit a wall. Nothing too relevant has come out in a hundred
years except for countless, dubious theories on who Jesus really was (as well
as other Biblical characters). A rapid changing civilization of science,
secular ethics and freedom of religion has made the once authoritative morality
of the Holy Canon almost inconsequential. Even worse, archeology, new
historical data, the Gnostic Scriptures, The Dead Sea Scrolls and other factors
have diluted the Bible to the point of transparent fiction, regardless of how
theologians struggle against these tides. Are Biblical studies nearing
extinction or perhaps is it time to relegate them to the patronage of Churches
and their interpretations only? We witness what might be an ongoing slow
train wreck or perhaps a bump in the road of understanding
the Bible. Astral Guest-- Hector
Avalos, author of 'The End of Biblical
Studies', 'Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence', 'Can One Know
God if God Exists?' and Professor of Religious and Near East Studies
at Iowa State University. 12/20/2008
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