Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, authors of The Jesus Mysteries [090529, £6.35] and Jesus and the Goddess [120810, £6.35] return with a powerful indictment of religious fundamentalism and a passionate reinterpretation of Gnostic spirituality. According to Freke and Gandy, religiously inspired acts of violence, such as the attacks of 9/11, are nothing new. They are the continuation of a long and bloody history of divinely sanctioned brutality, caused by mistaking bizarre old books for the Word of God. The time has come to end religious intolerance and to wake up to oneness, by rediscovering the Gnostic way of transforming oneself and the world. The authors show how it is possible to awaken to a profound state of oneness and love, which the Gnostic Christians symbolised by the enigmatic figure of the laughing Jesus. The way to awakening is spelled out with clarity and simplicity. Opinion is left far behind, and the experience of knowing, or Gnosis, is ours for the taking. Discover for yourself why the Gnostic Jesus laughs. 272pp, 140mm x 217mm, softback, 2006
Blessings Of The Cosmos by Neil Douglas-Klotz re-translates Jesus' most powerful benedictions and invocations for peace, healing and divine connection.
Lucid Living by Timothy Freke frees us from our habitual assumptions about reality and helps us enter the awakened state, sometimes called enlightenment or gnosis.
James F Twyman's The Art of Spiritual Peacemaking offers sacred wisdom inspired by Jeshua ben Joseph, or Jesus, lessons for Three Enlightenments - an Ilumined Mind, Awakened Heart and Realized Soul.
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