#jesus the sorcerer

[kemetic-dreams]

Conner has done a great job of explaining how and why Jesus apeared to be a sorcerer or magician, as well as shedding light on one of the major reasons the Pharisees were perecuting him. Having spent time in Egypt, land of Egyptian Magick, where he also met Mary Magdalene, a Temple Priestess in the huge Alexandrian church (run by John the Baptist no less), he returned to his homeland (after spending 20 years in Egypt) where he had learned some basic tricks of the Magicians there. Jesus was not a sorcerer per se, it is just that the way he did his miracles looked like the way the Egyptian Magicians did it -- spitting (twice according to Mark) to give the blind man sight -- would not The God just speak the healing, or touch the man's forehead... why spit in the dirt? This is all better explored and exapanded on in Hegland's book Anunnakki Endgame III which goes into the backstpry of Jesus, Mary, John the Baptist, Paul and the creation of the New Testament (NT). Hegland also shares that he had the advantage of a Jewish Rabbi to explain scenarios in the NT and the Wedding at Cana is a real surprise. Key to the whole overall backstory is what the Piso Family in Rome was up to, and unfortunately Conner is not (yet) aware of that side of the story, but Hegland exposes it and connects the dots. You really need both Connor's and Hegland's books to get the whole picture... one expands the other.

‘Jesus the Sorcerer’ gets a ‘5’ just for putting ‘Jesus’ and ‘Sorcerer’ in the same sentence and title while being one of the very, very few to step into the huge footprints of Morton Smith (‘Jesus the Magician’). Conner doesn’t just repeat Morton’s focus on the pagan and Jewish witness of Jesus but rather does a better job on all the contemporary historical-critical issues of the New Testament ( a la Bart Ehrman) as well as a more complete comparison with the Greek magical papayri. Conner even extends his analysis to Paul who he dismisses as “concerned only with convincing”, Clement of Alexandria and Origen who admitted to keeping secrets, and early church theologians who were busy cursing their opponents (in good Egyptian magical tradition).

The book also gets a ‘5’ for its comprehensive and insightful Greek scholarship. The Jewish trial accusations against Jesus of “deceiver” and “imposter” are easily decoded as “sorcerer” as well as the accusation in Luke of “perverting our people”. The Spirit descending “on” Jesus like a dove is re-written in Matthew and Luke as “upon” so as to not give the impression Jesus is channeling or being ‘adopted’ at that point. Conner explains insightfully that the ‘Beloved Disciple’ who is “lying against Jesus” often translated in his “bosom” actually can refer to being in his “lap”.

Conner also gets a ‘5’ for his superb scholarship. His footnotes are as long as his chapters, however his chapters are mercifully short. He easily makes the overall point that there is virtually no difference between magic (which he succinctly defines as ‘religion that works’) and Christian prayer, exorcism, miracles, casting lots for the replacement of Judas, and using ‘black magic’ against their opponents. He notes that Luke screwed up using the “finger of God” phrase since it goes back to magical papyri and sorcerer opponents of Moses. Magical techniques Jesus used most often referenced in Mark are using spit, groaning, looking up to the sky, using special words of power, and dramatics. He insightfully recognizes that the power of Jesus was magical in that it had no moral or personal quality to it since it adhered to his very clothing—and, later the same idea transferred into the veneration of relics. He also perceives that Paul really had an adoptionist theology. Jesus was “appointed” son of God at the Resurrection using several quotes from Romans and Acts.

Conner even ventures into the area of Secret Mark and makes a great case that its depiction of Lazarus being roused out of the tomb and spending the next six days with Jesus in the home of Lazarus before a secret initiation was the original Mark with the current versions in Mark and the Gospel of John being the cover-up. Conner also makes a decent argument that Lazarus is the ‘Beloved Disciple’ of John but does not convince me since the same circumstantial argument could be made for Mary Magdalene who he unfairly consigns to the second century rumor bin.

The book is a worthy companion to ‘Jesus the Magician’ but its biggest failing is taking modern scholarship too seriously in portraying Jesus as a failed end times prophet and keeping Gnosticism at arms-length in the second century. Paul was actually the end-times prophet and his Herodian family and friends who penned the four Roman gospels followed his lead. Jesus was actually a mystery school teacher who taught soul travel as one can see clearly from the Dialogue of the Savior that scholars agree is first century material. The Gospel of Thomas is obviously a crypto-gnostic work of the first century as well since the Gospel of John was so clearly written to counteract it by embarrassing Thomas, saying that you can’t follow Jesus in soul travel, and that all one has to do is believe in the new Logos theology. A 2014 book called ‘The Lost Gospel’ also does a scholarly job of fixing the allegory of ‘Joseph and Asenath’ in the first century as a Jewish-Christian gnostic work about Jesus and Mary Magdalene. All these issues are covered in my book of 2013 on Amazon called ‘The Samaritan Jesus’.

#kemetic dreams #north africa #africa #jesus #jesus christ #faith in jesus #jesus is coming #jesusisgod #faith #bible #salvation #god #sorcerer #jesus the sorcerer #magic

[dailykugisaki]

Day fifty-four | id in alt

Oh noo Gojo.... Keep your infinity onn oh noooo.

#dailykugisaki #jjk #kugisaki nobara #gojo satoru #she would. #dont even deny ut #i hope EVERYONE knows i have so much more planned for these two #i am not ending anytime soon until there is NOTHING left #bc there is something so interesting about somebody with no ties to like a clan or bug bad talking to modern sorcerer jesus

[satorhime]

what was even the point of gojo being sealed if gege was just going to kill him off right after being unsealed like do not piss me the fuck off omg

#jjk spoilers #this manga is so stupid i’m TIRED #can the fucking sorcerers get ONE win #jesus fucking christ and HELL

[pennamepersona]

yeah the classic durge run has been going great why do you ask

#bg3 #bg3 durge #bg3 dark urge #i just finished a paladin run #and I've got a monk tactician run going as well #and then i pull up my fucking squishy sorcerer file #12 ac y'all #I'm sure it'll get somewhat better as i go on since rn I'm only lvl 3 #but Jesus fucking Christ casters are so squishy #i did learn that there's an old issue of dragon magazine that says bhaalspawn lean towards being sorcerers #so that was interesting and maybe is A Justification #but I'll tell you what it remains wacky that this incredibly prolific assassin apparently has a d6 hit die #metamagic is cool and all but What are you talking about

[rackartyg]

romancing astarion with sorrow, who by level 12 had 22 charisma and +14 to insight, was very funny.

him, 10 cha and +1 to insight: i am a master manipulator

her: yes dear

#zanarai *is* sorrow as a dark urge #but i couldn't justify keeping her a bard to myself (so she can't put expertise in insight) #murder jesus kills people by. singing at them? that felt too silly #now i don't think so anymore but at this point zan is so developed as a sorcerer that i can't bear to change her #idk maybe i'll change my mind again #she speaks #zanarai #.sorrow #arctic plays bg3 #maybe she can be a three-way multiclass sorcerer/wizard/bard lol #to get expertise she'd need 3 levels of bard #that leaves 9 levels of sorcerer over the level span covered by the game but let's say 8 so she can take 1 level wizard #and post-game she levels wizard for however far she gets as she and astarion search for a way for him to be in the sun #this would be a disaster build wouldn't it #kind of want to try it though #hold on going to set it up on paper let's see what fucking happens

[troublewithvampires]

//last ooc post for now, but i've been playing co-op bg3 with my fiance as D&D Salvatore, aka skaris

here he is <3

#❝ ain't no jesus here‚ billy boy ❞ 「 ooc 」 #//he's a sorcerer/rogue multiclass! #//with the draconic bloodline #//i only like playing tiefs it seems. him and eden #//he doesn't look angry and old enough. smh #//and his hair's longer bc this is based on the d&d au where his hair is long

[unusualshrimp]

i would not be so mean about pregnancy if it was a genuine choice and no one was trying to convince people to do it all the time btw. why is "i can't wait to tell our kids about this" a NORMAL FUCKING THING to say to someone on a first date. why won't doctors let you get a hysterectomy because you might "change your mind" why do people automatically assume there's kids in your future if you say you want to get married someday, why is NOT- wanting kids a scary and destructive topic to bring up in a relationship but expected to have them is just the norm????? your first date tells you "i can't wait to make you carry some fucking Thing inside your body for nine months while it eats you, and then you go through a severely life-endangering procedure to deliver it and then I'm not socially expected to take care of it at all so you basically handle everything alone and develop 17 mental illnesses, and I'm assuming that's what you already want and not something I have to ask you about" and this is considered CUTE? AND NOT FUCKING CRAZY? I'll never understand it

#im sorry for ranting like this today. i promise im normal to actual pregnant people and kids btw #it's just the. EXPECTATION AND '' NORMALCY'' of it all that makes me so mad #this whole thing was started by seeing a video of someone saying this was a cute thing to say on a date #jesus. #the sorcerer (instagram reels) has harmed me once more #oh and also im watching the sex education netflix show and jean is severely depressing to watch this seadon #she went from an emotionally intelligent and cool career woman to THIS. and for what!!!!!

[falinscloaca]

(dungeon meshi spoilers) to be honest though monsterfuckers have soured the falin reveal for me in general

#you first reaction being ‘oooo step on me’ KINDA FUCKING UNDERMINES THE WHOLE POINT OF IT #like. sentience in that form aside. #she didn’t choose it its 85% not-actually-HER (which fine fuck a dragon idc its still a different character mostly) #she…doesn’t have bodily autonomy even if you DO consider her a coherent single character? #(not exactly sure people think about the implications of setting her up with sorcerer marcie…) #ALSO WHY DO YOU INCORRIGIBLE IDIOTS ALWAYS GIVE THE COCK TO THE GIANT MONSTER. EVEN IF THE DRAGON WAS MALE SHE SHOULD HAVE A CLOACA. GOD #I’M SICK TO DEATH OF HUGE MONSTER COCKS ALREADY JESUS #MAYBE CONSIDER WHY GIVING HER THE PENIS IN THE RELATIONSHIP AND NOT MARCILLE IS IMPLYING RE: GENDER #what. not why #theres a lot of typos here honestly

[kemetic-dreams]

When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

 6 They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, 

7an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.…

#kemetic dreams #sorcerer #acts #bible verse #barjesus #jesus #jesus christ #jesus is coming #faith in jesus #faith #jesusisgod #god #salvation #bible #barnabas #saul #paulus #sergius

[faunusrights]

“You’re going to hurt yourself if you keep fighting like that,” Cinder observes as she picks up the candlestick, the shadows in the corners of the room teeming with excitement, and she starts lighting up the scones that line the walls to shed a little more light around Velvet’s tomb. She hardly bothers to keep an eye on her, so confident she is in her bonds, and it only makes Velvet try harder out of spite, wetness starting to prick at the corners of her eyes. “After all, we haven’t even begun.” “Because you want to do it yourself, right?” Velvet snarls, and it comes out low and gravelly with unshed tears. It makes Cinder start, raising a brow at the vitriol in her voice, but she’s not the first person to see Velvet’s harelike ears and think she’s the timid kind as a result. “I know what sorcerers do. Planning to crack my bones open and lick the marrow? Cut out my tongue and make me swallow it? Fuck you!”

ME UPDATING A FIC? IT'S MORE LIKELY THAN Y

finally. this chapter in which cinder doesn't shut up about her stupid horny thesis. literally 2.3k of her just talking. non-stop. and velvet literally can't even run away,

if u like what sporadic work i do, sometimes, post, please leave a comment! and kudos! i lov u,

#rwby #cinder fall #velvet scarlatina #sorcerer au #my writing #jesus h christ. anyway

[luqlustra]

I’m doing recap for dnd this week

#Silke found out she’s a sim character creation baby and might be Jesus #our warlock also is being haunted by passive aggressive visions and his patron is like haha well it gets worse buddy!! #Our rogue thinks he might be dying from the flu but he’s just in love with his best friend #the sorcerer of the party is regretting that she let Silke sleep in the same bed as her #also we have a cat now who is part of a colony who is planning to overthrow the queen of the country - her name is snowball #That’s all I remember #I am so screwed

[enderspawn]

half of my cringe comp posts are just me elaborating on canon im TRULY like Jesus <being forced to carry the weight of the council’s sins

#sorry I love comparing myself to Jesus for comedy sake I blame Thomas innit #sorcerer chip; self-power down thanatos; etc. that isn’t ON ME!!!! #(rdj voice it is on him) #og post #personal

[the-silver-ruin-daily]

one of mica's many splinters who was resurrected as a halfling by wild magic. theyre traveling with the current party to get the fuck away from a legally distinct mica called the scourge of kingwall, who's been consuming micas left and right to gain power

#mica whiskeyhill #flame #dnd 5e #dnd art #art #wild magic sorcerer #sorcerer #bard #this one's a bard with one level in wild magic sorc #they go by mica fenn #they are so flamboyant! #and jesus christ theyre a little shit holy fuck i thought mica whiskeyhill was bad but mica fenn is Worse Somehow #yknow. like. nya

[twilitkingzant]

Um, I forgot about him-

You know Azwel from Soul Calibur VI? Yeah, I literally just call him "Doctor Strange Jesus".

#soul calibur 6 #azwel #the jesus supreme? #the sorcerer jesus? #dr. jesus??? #help #he's pretty cool though

[penmanshipeb]

Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. – I Timothy 4:1-3

This was a recent read for me. I read it on this year. I’ve been told about this book by my mother, I’d been bought it to read, but I just got to it and read on this year. I really cannot recall what sparked my interest to divert my attention here, but witchcraft, sorcery, or manipulations of persons is real, and oppression and opposition from ungodly spirits are as well. We have real, legit spiritual enemies out here.

This book was copyrighted in 1986 by the author, who worked in the medical field, and its content is extra relevant today—just as the Bible was composed, starting from a time prior to 1487 Bc to 96 AD, and its content is yet very well relevant today. Truth doesn’t change, nor does it go anywhere.  

This book is great. It is excellent for the times we're in and what we’re up against. It addresses the occult practices, things, mindsets, and mechanics of darkness. It is a testimony of real-life experiences. The interactions are firsthand, and therefore much insight is granted and provided to the readers. I enjoyed the scriptures utilized in connection to what was being stated and explained. Many believe the fads of this day are innocent, so this book addresses this "innocence" through the author's involvement.

The book is remarkably written from both sides, of one outside of the occult and of one who became fully engaged with the occult. The book is complete, in my opinion. Great read.

To get you a copy and also support local bookstores wherever your location, get yours here: https://bookshop.org/a/56410/9780883683231

#Christianity #Jesus Christ #christian living #Christian author #christians #christian blog #christian blogger #spirit realm #witchcraft #witch #beginner witch #occulltism #Occult #darkness #spirituality #spiritual warfare #sorceress #harry potter and the sorcerer&039;s stone #harry potter #black magic #white magic #devil worship #Satanic #satanism #lucifer #wiccan #captivity #bondade #Word of God #liberty

[perpetuallyboo]

My Dm: "So, we're starting a Sci Fi campaign and that means the world will be a LOT of homebrew. Also means that I'm very happy to work with you guys on homebrew concepts for your characters! So I'm thinking that-" Me: "Got it, spider jesus." Dm: "H-Huh?" Me, pulling up drider stats: "Must I repeat myself when I have spoken so clearly and so simply."

#im going to make their life a living hell #with their approval of course #SO many insane homebrew mechanics #im going to make my own life a living hell #but #spider jesus #theyve got that dog in them #aberrant sorcerer #drider #dnd #new campaign #MAN IM EXCITED #sci fi campaign #sci fi dnd #spibderssss