Clive wrote: The forgotten "rock" 7 Jan 2014
By Bette Inman - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback Verified Purchase
This book was commission by the AMA (American Medical Association) to identify the roots of the Hippocratic Oath.
But, in the process, they have thrown back the curtain on where some of the religious myths that we attribute to Jesus came from. Any serious religious scholar should avail themselves of this resource and the culture at the time that Peter founded x-tianity on is "rock" - a term lifted from the prevailing god of healing at the time - Asclepius.
This book actually has two sections of translations - the second section starting on page 421 that is a summary and analysis of the translations. I would recommend that the reader read that section first and then read the paragraph by paragraph translations in section II.
I see this as one of the most significant books for serious students of forgotten history that roots so much of our current world view. If it were up to me - I would move this book to the theology reading list and make it mandatory reading!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asclepius-Inter ... +asclepius
http://www.mountainman.com.au/essenes/T ... lepius.htm
The Therapeutae of Asclepius
Which temples did Constantine target for destruction (Aegae, +, ...)? Which priests did Constantine target for execution (Aegae, +, ...)? Which ascetic priests wrote parodies against the ineptitude of the fourth century christian "ministry" of "healing" and of "embodied ascetic wisdom"? (Arius? Pachomius?) Ancient Healers of the Lineage of Hippocrates and Galen, therapeutae (physicians; "sons of the elder", "sons of the monk") of Asclepius: an ascetic ministry and
physicians of souls.
They are described by Philo, as distinct from the Palestinian Essenes, living in Egypt, and in Greece. Philo remarks they are ubiquitous in the empire c.20CE. The therepeutae were ascetics (Egyptian and Hellenic). The signature of Buddhist influence is unmistakable. The most popular Egypto-Graeco-Romon hero of the first three centuries -- by the archaeological evidence -- is the Healer Asclepius, his "asclepia" (healing centers), and associated gymnasiums, their associated libraries, and their hierarchy of attendants and priests - the therapeutae of Asclepius.
The history of the medical profession was trashed by the Christian revolution of the 4th century. Asclepius was trodden underfoot by the CHI-RHO standard.
Constantine: Commemorative Coin 327 CE:
Civil War II commemorative coinage 327 CE CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, laureate head right SPES PVBLIC, chi-rho atop standard of 3 medallions impaling snake A to left, CONSA in ex. Constantinople RIC 19 r4
The Christian regime which had descended with much bloodshed from the Constantinian 318 Nicaean Fathers found another god of healing. The power of Jesus was not strong in the 4th and 5th centuries and so, lo and behold, a pair of Christian Healing Saints were fabricated out of thin air.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_Cosmas_and_Damian
What else suffered under the Christian revolution of the 4th century?
What other lights of Greek philosophical and proto-scientific knowledge were SWITCHED OUT for a thousand years?
MEDICINE (See above)
Mathematics?
Geometry?
Astronomy?
Political history?
Literature?
Philosophy?
Logic?
Critical thinking?
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