I think you refer to 'The testimony of Truth'?
http://gnosis.org/naghamm/testruth.html
Many biblical myths have been distorted until the meaning is lost or inverted, sometimes intentionally I suspect. These other points of view were persecuted, proponents slaughtered, by fire, inquisition by torture and enforced under threat of eternal damnation. One could be excused in thinking there was something to hide or some political leverage to be gained contrary to spiritual matters.
The Eden myth is a good example. The garden was the domain of the goddess in world myth, this is why we use the term mother nature still today. She was omitted from the story. Likewise the identity of Lucifer has been erroneously equated with Satan, when it represented Venus, the first light of the morning, the guiding light that then falls into the underworld only to be reborn yet again. Ashera! Again the goddess is misrepresented / omitted.
Perhaps it makes clear the legend of Saint George and the Dragon, Saint Patrick ridding Ireland of snakes. The Snakes being the Gnostic Celts who bore the tattoo of the serpent on their forearm. These are the myths used to persecute the more ancient symbol of divinity. Despite the attempts at eradication it survived and has had somewhat of a revival even if not fully understood.
I could delve deeply into these and other misrepresentations but it tends to upset some, if I haven't already. So I am treading lightly. :) It is incredibly deep, it stretches back into ancient Egypt and possibly even Atlantis, if we give credit to such stories.
When I wrote 'wisest of beasts' I was referring to the Nag Hammadi actually. The root word 'oph' (Greek) means serpent. The syzygy of the masculine Christos was the feminine S
ophia goddess of wisdom. The
Ophites venerated the serpent as the symbol of Christ. Remembering what this symbol represents as I previously outlined.
The ideal was to cultivate the Christ within. If you think of the coiled serpent of kundalini awakening we begin to see the common thread of mysticism in the ancient world. Esoteric Christianity begins to share similarities with the yogis and Zen masters. Christ consciousness, kundalini awakening and satori. It is all the same thing.
Well said! The way to Gnosis.
I have often been extremely critical of the Abrahamic religions to the point of upsetting people who I still respect. I am trying not to do that, I don't wish to cause anger regarding anyone's chosen path. I now try to find the good in all ways, mine is the left hand path, all religion and no religion. It is often judged as evil by fundamentalists. It is a contradiction I think when religion evokes intolerance and self righteous division among people. Whatever happened to the Golden rule, all are equal and judge ye not?
In the end if it makes you a better person I am all for it. If not, you are doing it wrong. I think we will all have a good laugh at how silly we are when the curtain closes. So we may as well have a laugh now in friendship and not spite. We need to stop taking things so seriously. We rally behind things that don't really matter and damage the one true thing that only matters.