When i was in the occult the book of enoch was actually the first book in my library. In fact, enoch presents salvation in a way similar to the gnostics of later centuries. It is fair to say that the patriarch enoch was as well known to the ancients as he is obscure to modern bible readers. There are two gnostic versions of the flood myth, one which basically parallels the traditional narrative in on the origin of the world, and a far more prolific one in hypostasis of the archons which inverts the myth. Filled with hallucinatory visions of heaven and hell, angels and devils, enoch introduced concepts such as fallen angels. Hence, enoch is a title or given name, and not an actual birth name of a singular person. The book of enoch was not included in either the hebrew or most christian biblical canons, but could have been considered a sacred text by the sectarians. If the demiurge is the god of the old testament as well as relevant apocrypha, how would a gnostic reinterpret the book of enoch. Was the book of parables written by jews, gnostics, or the ethiopian church years after jesus walked the earth. The book of enoch was not included in either the hebrew or.
What were the historical reasons why the book of enoch was. This should be a more than reasonable course for anyone that considers gods word to be the authoritative source of all truth. This most ancient as it professes of the hebrew scriptures being so frequently referred to as the highest authority by the. According to freemasonic symbolism, enoch, fearing that all knowledge of the sacred mysteries would be lost at the time of the deluge, erected the two columns mentioned in the quotation. Now,having established that the book of enoch was from gnostic literature we can proceed to look at the doctrines surrounding genesis 6, having set the gnostic myths surrounding it aside.
The book of enoch, in short, is a resume, a compound of the main features of the history of the third, fourth and fifth races. In sharp contrast to the book of enoch, the new testament often quotes the book of genesis. The dead sea scrolls at the gnostic society library. The original aramaic version was lost until the dead sea fragements were discovered. The very etymology of the term shows that it is simply a secret book, i. Just as the quran, the book of enoch borrows from the word of god.
Flat earth, nephilim and the book of enoch aeon byte gnostic radio. Should we accept the apocrypha or the gnostic gospels. In this version, humanity grows wise, prosperous, and powerful. The book of enoch, written during the second century b. Although some people claim that the bible quotes the book of enoch over 100 times, this is simply not true. More important is what this theory reveals about the nature of the cosmos and those who control it, agreed by ancient texts like the book of enoch.
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