Category: Spiritual
Spiritual Life
Essene Health Guidelines
The following has been excerpted from the book The Essene Science of Fasting. Though it is highly doubtful that this is indeed from any Essene teachings, the author, Edmond Szekely, did lecture on natural healing techniques, most of all having to do with diet. I have begun my own research on the recommendations shared here. Though not yet complete, what I have found corroborates much of these guidelines. (more…)
The Essene Tree of Life
This is an image that depicts the teachings found in the book The Teachings of the Essenes (chapter 3), which you can find in the Scroll Library. (more…)
Logismoi and the Borg
“We won’t go back. You don’t know what it’s like in our universe. The Federation’s gone, the Borg is everywhere! We’re one of the last ships left. Please, you’ve got to help us!”
– William T. Riker, 2370 (more…)
A Brief Study of Origen
Origen of Alexandria (c. 184 – c. 253) was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, homiletics, and spirituality. He was one of the most influential figures in early Christian theology, apologetics, and asceticism. He has been described as “the greatest genius the early church ever produced”. (more…)