The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ: (A Timeless Classic) - Softcover

Dowling, Levi H.

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9781545318157: The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ: (A Timeless Classic)

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ISBN 10: 1545318158 ISBN 13: 9781545318157

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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The full title of this book is “The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus, the Christ of the Piscean Age,” and the critical reader is apt to ask a number of pertinent questions concerning it. Among the many anticipated questions these are perhaps the most important: 1 What is an Age? 2 What is the Piscean Age? 3 What is the Aquarian Age? 4 What is meant by the Christ as the word is used in this book? 5 What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ? 6 Who is Levi, the transcriber of this book? 7 What are the Akashic Records?

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"A restored classic! This one has truly withstood the test of time. The original copyright date is 1908. (I discovered it in the late 1980's.) This new edition is based on the earliest existing version (1911). I still refer to it often when I teach. I'm delighted to have this new, restored edition on my shelf."
--Anna Jedrziewski, InannaWorks.com

About the Author:

Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911), who originally published "The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ" under the sole name of Levi, was a Church of Christ pastor, a Civil War chaplain for the Union Army, a practitioner of homeopathic medicine, a New Thought lecturer, and a religious publisher. Levi maintained he had transcribed the text of the book from the Akashic records. In the later 20th century, it was adopted by New Age spiritual groups. The title is derived from the practice in astrology of naming time periods in terms of constellations and their dominant positions in the sky. In that system, the Age of Aquarius is approaching. The Aquarian Gospel makes the following claims, among others: The revelation of the Aquarian Gospel was prophesied 2000 years ago by Elihu, who conducted a school of the prophets in Zoan, Egypt. Jesus puts on the role of The Christ, but is not automatically Christ by nature. By making himself, through effort and prayer, a fit vessel, Jesus enabled The Christ to dwell within him. Christ is therefore used as a term for the perfect human being that Jesus exemplified, a human being that has been "Christened" (anointed) and therefore made holy. Jesus came to earth to show the way back to God via his lifestyle and teachings. He is the example we must model our own lives after, if we seek salvation. Reincarnation exists, and is the explanation for various seeming injustices. Reincarnation allows people to settle debts they have incurred in past lives. Humanity has forgotten God and is currently working its way back to fully remembering God. Time is separated into ages. These ages last approximately 2,000 years. We are now nearing the start of the Aquarian Age. All souls will eventually mature and become perfect, like Jesus, thus ending the cycle of reincarnation. No soul is ever abandoned by God.

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