The Gnostic Papers: The Undiscovered Mystery of Christ

by Panella, John V.

• ISBN13: 9781886940819
• ISBN10: 1886940819
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Summary

More people than ever are looking outside of the religious teachings to find the answers to questions that constantly elude them. They are turning more towards Metaphysics to supply these answers, yet they do not want to completely discard the teachings of the church. The Bible has embedded codes that describe a paranormal world that goes beyond what most religious concepts teach. This book addresses issues that have confronted science and religion for thousands of years. It is an attempt to bridge the gap and connect the two schools of thought by supplying Gnostic meanings and interpretations to the ancient text. Seven Mysteries explain the hidden Gnostic meanings of the Bible, and secrets hidden within the words and teachings of Jesus. The hidden enigmatic parallels behind Jesus' parables. What the Bible really says about life, death, resurrection and the afterlife. Revealed: Out of Body Travel, Reincarnation; Karmic Law; The Christ Within, The Father/Mother of Eternity; UFOs; The Law of Cycles; The Law of the Veil; The Forbidden Mystery of Death; Spirits Dwelling in Other Dimensions; The Multidimensional Universes; Planetary Worlds. Get ready to take the trip of a lifetime and journey into the great unknown. You will never read the Bible in the same way again!

Author Biography

John V. Panella's understanding and grasp of theology and Biblical truths is quite remarkable considering the trials he had to endure during the first months of his life. He was born with cerebral brain damage and was given up on by the doctors. He often had convulsions, and for 18 months he was a living vegetable unable to do anything. During that time his parents were looking into religious beliefs, and found a church that believed in Faith healing. They were not particularly religious but thought they had nothing to lose, because John was either going to die or spend the rest of his life in the vegetative condition. One of the ministers of this church did a laying on of hands, and he was healed instantly. As John grew he spent 30 years in various Christian organizations, including some theological training in College. He was searching for something that made sense, because he had not found the answers within orthodox religion. He began to develop his own gnosis. Part of it was that the Bible along with other great works of literature was created to expose a secret mystery using analogies, types, and metaphors. These things were not meant to be taken literally, but figuratively and mystically. John had personally been experiencing what would be defined as paranormal activities that had existed in his life from a youth, never really understanding the purpose for these strange occurrences because he wasn't able to place these activities in the world of religion in which he was raised. In time he realized that these happenings were teaching him a greater reality about God versus the limited reality of religion. After the death of his parents John began to take this new gnosis seriously. It took a great deal of belief and faith to hold on to his unorthodox beliefs, because around 1986 he became very ill with liver and heart damage. He believes this was caused in part by inner turmoil. He had been battling over religious differences in his church, and the p

Table of Contents

Introduction
Mystery One	p. 1
Mystery Two	p. 51
Mystery Three	p. 89
Mystery Four	p. 132
Mystery Five	p. 171
Mystery Six	p. 255
Mystery Seven	p. 314
Author	p. 359
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