| As little as 300 years ago I would have
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| | Jesus may indeed be based upon
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| been burned at the stake or tortured to
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| | Apollonius, which sheds an entirely new
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| death by some bigoted inquisition for
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| | light on the matter. By accepted
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| asking such a question - is Jesus Christ
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| | tradition, Apollonius was born in the
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| an impostor? Today in the 21st century I
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| | reign of Augustus, the great literary age
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| could still be victimised and abused and
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| | of the nation of which he was a subject
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| in some fundamentalist States be
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| | and the same age as the literary Jesus.
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| ostracised. But the stark truth remains
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| | In the Augustan age historians
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| that we have very little evidence for the
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| | flourished; poets, orators, critics and
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| man that millions of Christian's around
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| | travellers abounded. Yet not one of them
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| the globe worship. Surely, if, like Robin
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| | mentions the name of Jesus Christ, much
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| Hood and King Arthur, the character of
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| | less any incident of his life. The
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| Jesus was built upon that of a real man,
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| | Emperor Marcus Aurelius admitted that it
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| then we would be able to find him in
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| | was to Apollonius that he owed his own
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| history? Well, we may very well have had
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| | philosophy, and erected Temples and
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| him before our eyes the whole
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| | statues in his honour. No statues or
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| time!Apollonius of Tyana was born in the
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| | Temples were erected to Jesus.Faust said,
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| 3rd or 4th Year BC in Tyana in
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| | "Everyone knows that the Evangeliums were
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| Cappadocia, at 16 became a disciple of
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| | written neither by Jesus nor by his
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| Pythagoras, renouncing flesh, wine and
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| | apostle, but long after their time by
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| women. He wore no shoes and let his hair
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| | some unknown persons, who, judging well
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| and beard grow long.He soon became a
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| | that they would hardly be believed when
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| reformer and stayed in the Temple of
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| | telling of things they had not seen
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| Aesculapius. As we were to discover in
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| | themselves, headed their narratives with
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| The Serpent Grail, this great Greek deity
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| | the names of the apostles or disciples
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| of healing was himself closely linked to
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| | contemporaneous with the latter."On the
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| what we would come to know as the serpent
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| | other hand, the written record of the
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| cult.Apollonius was thought to have been
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| | life of Apollonius is very sound and
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| one of the wisest of all men. This in
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| | Philostratos who wrote the Life of
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| itself gave us a clue, for Sophia or
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| | Apollonius was the close friend of Damus
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| wisdom derived from the root Ophia or
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| | who had related the whole thing in
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| serpent and S'Ophia meant simply, shining
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| | person.Philostratos said, "Some consider
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| serpent. You see, we discovered that
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| | him as one of the Magi, because he
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| Apollonius in all likelihood gained his
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| | conversed with the Magi of Babylon and
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| immense wisdom whilst at the feet of the
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| | the Brahmans of India and the
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| wise serpentine Naga sages of the Indian
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| | Gymnosophists of Egypt. But even his
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| sub-continent.We can see evidence of this
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| | wisdom is reviled, as being acquired by
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| from Philostratos [1], the biographer of
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| | the magic art, so erroneous are the
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| Apollonius, who tells us of the journey
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| | opinions formed of him. Whereas
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| to Kashmir to meet the Naga sage Larchus
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| | Empedocles and Pythagoras and Democritus,
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| and of the "emerald valley set in a rim
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| | though they conversed with the same Magi,
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| of pearls" and of the tales that
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| | and advanced many paradoxical sentiments,
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| Apollonius told his travelling companion,
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| | have not fallen under the like
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| Damus, of dragons which lived in the
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| | imputation. Even Plato, who travelled in
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| hills. Both emerald and pearls have
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| | Egypt, and blended with his doctrines
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| symbolic resonance with wisdom and
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| | many opinions collected there from the
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| knowledge and the dragons, which lived in
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| | priests and prophets, incurred not such a
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| the hills, were nothing more than the
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| | suspicion, though above all men on
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| Naga, or serpent followers of the
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| | account of his superior wisdom."The very
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| region.Let's just take the time to look a
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| | fact that Apollonius was in danger of
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| little deeper into these Naga or
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| | usurping the "idea" of Christ with his
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| Naaga:-Naga is a Sanskrit term meaning
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| | own "factual" life caused much
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| literally Serpent (especially cobra), but
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| | consternation amongst the early
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| interestingly it also holds the meanings
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| | Christians. Justin Martyr, one of the
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| - a tree; a mountain; the sun; the number
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| | Church Fathers of the 2nd century said,
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| seven; wisdom and initiate - all symbols
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| | "How is it that the talismans by
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| and emblems we became familiar with in
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| | Apollonius have power over certain
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| our search for those who worshipped of
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| | members of creation, for they prevent, as
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| the serpent. The Naga were and indeed are
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| | we have seen, the fury of the waves, the
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| said to reside in Patala, an underwater
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| | violence of the winds, and the attacks of
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| kingdom much like Atlantis, however this
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| | wild beasts. And whilst Our Lord's
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| has a meaning similar to antipodes, the
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| | miracles are preserved by tradition
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| same name given by the ancients to the
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| | alone, those of Apollonius are most
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| America's.Naga is a similar term to the
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| | numerous, and actually manifested in
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| Mexican Nagals, the medicine (healers)
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| | present facts, so as to lead astray all
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| and sorcerers who always kept a god in
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| | beholders?"The book by Philostratos was
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| the shape of a serpent. In Burma they are
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| | therefore, and not surprisingly, kept
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| Nats or serpent gods. Esoterically Naga
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| | back from translation and distribution.
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| is a term for wise men. There is a folk
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| | In fact, the books of the New Testament
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| tradition that Nagas washed Gautama
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| | did not appear until at least one hundred
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| (Buddha) at his birth - the wise men
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| | years after the Life of Apollonius.Even
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| visiting the deity on Earth. They are
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| | the birth of Apollonius bears some
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| also said to have guarded him and the
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| | remarkable similarities to the fictional
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| relics of his body after his
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| | life of Christ. Whilst his mother was
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| death.According to H. P. Blavatsky in
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| | pregnant with Apollonius, Proteus, the
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| Theosophical Glossary, the Naga were
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| | Egyptian God, appeared to her and said,
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| descended from Rishi Kasyapa who had
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| | "Thou shalt bring forth me!" The mother
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| twelve wives (therefore he is the sun),
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| | of Apollonius was to bring forth
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| by whom he had numerous Nagas (serpents)
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| | God.Incidentally, Proteus was known to
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| and was the father of all animals. Rishi
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| | take the form of a snake.According to
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| Kasyapa can therefore be none other than
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| | Phillimore, Apollonius actually founded a
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| a progenitor of the Green Man, and this
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| | church and a community, made up of his
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| partly explains the reasons for the
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| | disciples. It is highly likely that these
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| appearance of the snake in images of the
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| | were connected to a branch of the Essene,
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| Green Man and Horned God, such as upon
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| | known as the Therapeuts and Nazarenes and
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| the Gundestrup Cauldron.The Naga of
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| | who we also know were closely linked to
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| Kashmir instructed Apollonius of Tyana.
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| | the Indian Brahmins and the Nagas.Indeed
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| This is the same Kashmir where the
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| | there was a group known as the Apolloniei
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| serpent tribes became famous for their
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| | - the adherents of Apollonius - who
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| healing skills. There is a theory that
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| | actually survived some centuries after
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| the Nagas descended from the Scythic race
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| | his death. These constituted what became
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| (who brought many of the Arthurian
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| | the Christian Church, after the Council
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| legends to the British Isles) and when
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| | of Nicaea - so Apollonius did indeed
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| the Brahmins invaded India they found a
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| | begin Christianity, based upon serpentine
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| race of wise men, half gods, half demons
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| | myths and traditions of the oldest
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| (snakes). These men were said to be
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| | order.In fact Eunapius stated that
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| teachers of other nations and themselves
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| | Philostratos should have called his book
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| instructed the Hindu's and Brahmans - no
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| | "The Sojourning of a God Among Men."
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| wonder that Apollonius visited them.'Then
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| | However once the decision had been made
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| come the Naaga, the Siren serpents, whose
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| | to plump for the newly created Christ,
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| worship has been so important a factor in
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| | cobbled together from various deities,
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| the folklore, superstition, and poetry of
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| | Apollonius was repressed. It is basically
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| India from the earliest times down
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| | because of books like the one of
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| to-day. Cobras in their ordinary shape,
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| | Philostratos that the ancient libraries
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| they lived, like mermen and mermaids,
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| | at places such as Alexandria were
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| more beneath the water, in a great luxury
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| | torched. Destroy the evidence of the
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| and wealth, more especially of germ, and
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| | opposition and there appears to be no
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| sometimes, as we shall see, the name is
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| | opposition. But they missed one vital
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| used of the Dryads, the tree-spirits,
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| | piece of evidence in their own book.In
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| equally wealthy and powerful. They could
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| | 1st Corinthians 3:3-6 it says, "for while
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| at will and often did, adopt the human
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| | one saith, I am of Apollos, are ye not
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| form and though terrible if angered, were
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| | carnal? Who, then, is Paul, and whom
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| kindly and mild by nature. Not mentioned
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| | Apollos, but ministers, by whom ye
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| either in the Veda or in the pre-Buddhist
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| | believed, even as the Lord gave to every
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| Upanishads, the myth seems to be a
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| | man? I have planted, Apollos watered; but
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| strange jumble of beliefs, not altogether
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| | God gave the increase."I could so easily
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| pleasant, about a strangely gifted race
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| | have overlooked this had it not been for
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| of actual men; combined with notions
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| | a chance discovery of an ancient version
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| derived from previously existing theories
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| | of 1st Corinthians found in a French
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| of tree worship, and serpent worship, and
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| | monastery by a Huguenot soldier entitled
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| river worship. But the history of the
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| | the Codex Bezae. The name Apollos is
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| idea has still to be written. The Naagas
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| | spelt Apollonius! In fact in the
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| are represented on the ancient
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| | Encyclopaedia Britannica the name Apollo
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| bas-reliefs as men or women either with
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| | in this context can also mean Apollonius.
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| cobra's hoods rising behind their heads
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| | Indeed this Apollos was said to have even
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| or with serpentine forms from their waist
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| | visited Paul (the apostle who did not
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| downwards.' Rhys Davies, Buddhist India,
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| | suffer from snakebites) and he was called
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| p.223.These tree deities were Nagas
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| | an Alexandrian Jew. It is possible that
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| anyway as Rhys Davies continues on page
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| | Apollonius brought back a new gospel of
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| 223 'The tree-deities were called Naagas,
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| | Chrishna from the Kashmir interlude with
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| and were able at will, like the Naagas,
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| | the serpent sages and it was this, which
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| to assume the human form and in one story
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| | gave birth to the Christ that was in
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| the spirit of a Nunyan tree who reduced
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| | reality based upon serpent worship. Now
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| the merchants to ashes is called a
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| | we know why Christ sloughed off his
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| Naaga-raja, the tree itself is a dwelling
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| | shroud in the tomb, just as the snake
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| place of Naaga. It seems that they also
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| | sloughs its skin and is resurrected. Now
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| left behind myths of healing as a story
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| | we know why the early Christians were
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| in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of
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| | known as Ophites, it simply means serpent
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| the Asiatic Society demonstrates. When
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| | worshippers. Now we know that the African
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| there was an epidemic among the children,
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| | practice of sacrificing snakes upon trees
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| it seems the only answer was to bring
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| | eventually found its coils embroiled in
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| them to a snake skin which was hung on a
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| | one of the largest religions to ever
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| pole and allow them to touch it -
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| | appear in the world and gave us the image
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| reminding us of the idea of the Brazen
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| | of the son of God. Now we know why
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| Serpent of Moses, which was upon a pole
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| | Vatican not only means hill, it means
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| and for the healing of the "children" of
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| | hill of snakes.Notes1 In De Vita
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| Israel. This may explain why it is that
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| | Apollonii (The Life of Apollonius)
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| the tree-gods are not specially and
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| | Philostratos tells us of the
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| separately mentioned in the Maha Samaya
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| | superstitious practices carried out by
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| list of deities who are there said by the
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| | those of Arabia and India with some
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| poet to have come to pay reverence to the
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| | remarkable tales about "eating the heart
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| Buddha.'The history of the Nagas that we
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| | and liver of serpents, for the purpose of
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| do have, textually beginning around the
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| | acquiring knowledge of the thoughts and
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| 7th century BC is an amazing history of
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| | languages of animals." Philostratos wrote
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| ups and downs. It parallels the rise and
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| | extensively on Apollonius of Tyana, the
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| fall of the serpent worshipped by the
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| | great sage who is seen by many as being
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| Semites, with the Brazen Serpent being
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| | the true Christ.2 Taxila was the capital
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| raised in the wilderness and then broken
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| | of ancient Punjab (Hindus). In the
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| up in the temple.The hill where these
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| | Sanskrit language it was Takshacila or
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| wise men lived [2] was defended on all
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| | simply "Prince of the serpent tribe."
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| sides by immense piles of rocks. As soon
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| | Taxila was a famous place, having been
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| as the travellers had dismounted a
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| | mentioned in several languages and
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| messenger from one of the Masters
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| | connected with the infamous Silk Road
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| appeared, wearing of all things, a
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| | between the Far West (Babylonia) and the
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| serpent Caduceus on his brow - an obvious
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| | Far East (China). Here lies the oldest
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| allusion to the enlightenment process via
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| | known Hindu shrine in the Pillared Hall,
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| the Indian Kundalini, or coiled
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| | on the site of the western end, said to
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| serpent.Platitudes were given and when in
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| | have had a ceremonial function. The king
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| conversation Apollonius learned from one
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| | of Taxila was called Taxiles and in 329
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| called Larchus, that these Nagas had
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| | BC he invited Alexander the Great to
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| delivered their wisdom to the Egyptians
| |
| | support him against aggressors. In 184 BC
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| and even Ethiopia, which as Hivviah or
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| | the Greeks invaded and placed Demetrius
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| Cush, named after the worship of
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| | on the throne. The town was rebuilt and
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| serpents. In truth it seems that the
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| | strangely it was called Sirkap (severed
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| wisdom of the serpent brothers spread far
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| | head). It was a multi-ethnic area now
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| and wide.Eventually Apollonius became a
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| | with Greeks, Bactrians, western Iranians
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| wise sage himself and his own notoriety
| |
| | and Hindus all living together. There was
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| grew. Aurelian vowed to erect Temples and
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| | a great mix of Hinduism, serpent worship,
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| statues to his honour "for was there ever
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| | Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and Greek
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| any thing among men more holy, venerable,
| |
| | religious beliefs all mixing together-a
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| noble, and divine than Apollonius? He
| |
| | place very much like
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| restored life to the dead; he did and
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| | Alexandria.Apollonius of Tyana went to
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| spoke many things beyond human reach."
| |
| | Taxila as we find in the Life of
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| (Vopiscus in Aurelian, cap. 24)Truly,
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| | Apollonius of Tyana by Philostratos. "I
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| Temples and statues were erected to
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| | have already described the way in which
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| Apollonius in many places, including his
| |
| | the city is walled, but they say that it
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| own town of Tyana. Unlike Jesus, there is
| |
| | was divided up into narrow streets in the
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| evidence to prove that Apollonius
| |
| | same irregular manner as in Athens, and
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| actually existed. As Moncure D. Conway
| |
| | that the houses were built in such a way
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| said in his book Modern Thought:"The
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| | that if you look at them from outside
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| world has been for a long time engaged in
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| | they had only one storey, while if you
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| writing lives of Jesus."The library of
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| | went unto one of them, you at once found
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| such writing has grown since then. But
| |
| | subterranean chambers extending as far
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| when we come to examine them, one
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| | below the level of the earth as did the
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| startling fact confronts us: all these
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| | chambers above." (Section 2.2). It was
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| books relate to a personage concerning
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| | the King of Taxila (Phroates) who wrote a
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| whom there does not exist a single scrap
| |
| | letter of recommendation for Apollonius
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| of contemporary information - not one!
| |
| | to Iarchus in-order to have him learn the
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| Nobody can say with any conviction that
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| | wisdom of the Nagas of Kashmir.
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| Jesus was a real person.On the other hand
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