About the Authors
TIMOTHY FREKE has an honors degree in philosophy and is an authority on world mysticism with more than twenty books published internationally. PETER GANDY has an M.A. in classical civilization, specializing in the ancient Pagan Mystery religions. They have coauthored three previous publications: The Complete Guide to World Mysticism, Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs, and The Wisdom of the Pagan Philosophers.

Book Description (from the publisher)
This exciting work of ground breaking scholarship from the authors of The Jesus Mysteries adds new depth to the debate on the relationship between Christianity and Paganism. No strangers to controversy, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy present startlingly original ideas about who the original Christians really were and what they actually taught. Drawing on meticulous research, the authors decode the extraordinary myths of Jesus and the Goddess to unlock the lost secret teachings of Christian mysticism, which promises happiness and immortality to those who attain the state of Gnosis or enlightenment. This astonishing book not only recovers the ancient wisdom of the original Christians, it demonstrates its relevance to us today.

Why were the secret teachings of the original Christians brutally suppressed by the Roman Church?

Because they relate the myth of the Christian Goddess Sophia.

Because they portray Jesus and Mary Magdalene as mythic figures based on the Pagan dying and resurrecting Godman and the fallen and redeemed Goddess.

Because they show that the gospel story is a mystical allegory encoding the profound philosophy of Gnosis - Knowledge of Truth.

Because they undermine all external authority by directly revealing the Christ within.

Because they have the power to turn the world inside-out and transform life into an exploration of consciousness.

Drawing on the cutting edge of modern scholarship this groundbreaking book from the authors of the international bestseller The Jesus Mysteries, decodes the secret teachings of the original Christians for the first time in nearly two millennia.

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