THE MYSTERIES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST: HIS LEGACY IN GNOSTICISM, PAGANISM, AND FREEMASONRY
Book ID/图书代码： 06568013B61715
English Summary/英文概要： The search for the real historical person known as John the Baptist and the traditions that began with him
• Explores why John the Baptist is so crucially important to the Freemasons, who were originally known as “St. John’s Men”
• Reveals how John and Jesus were equal partners and shared a common spiritual vision to rebuild Israel and overcome corruption in the Temple of Jerusalem
• Explains the connections between John as lord of the summer solstice, his mysterious severed head, fertility rites, and ancient Jewish harvest festivals
Few Freemasons today understand why the most significant date in the Masonic calendar is June 24th--the Feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist and the traditional date for appointing Grand Masters. Nor do many of them know that Masons used to be known as “St. John’s Men” or that John the Baptist was fundamental to the original Masonic philosophy of personal transformation.
Starting with the mystery of John in Freemasonry, Tobias Churton searches out the historical Baptist through the gospels and ancient histories, unearthing the real story behind the figure lauded by Jesus’s words “no greater man was ever born of woman.” He investigates John’s links with the Essenes and the Gnostics, links that flourish to this day. Exposing how the apostle Paul challenged John’s following, twisting his message and creating the image of John as “merely” a herald of Jesus, the author shows how Paul may have been behind the executions of both John and Jesus and reveals a precise date for the crucifixion and the astonishing meaning of the phrase “the third day.” He examines the significance of John’s severed head to holy knights, such as the Knights Templar, and of Leonardo’s famous painting of John. Churton also explains connections between John, the summer solstice, fertility rites, and ancient Jewish harvest festivals.
Revealing John as a courageous, revolutionary figure as vital to the origins of Christianity as his cousin Jesus himself, Churton shows how John and Jesus, as equal partners, launched a covert spiritual operation to overcome corruption in the Temple of Jerusalem, re-initiate Israel, and resurrect Creation.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 开始寻找被称为施洗者约翰的真正历史人物以及他的历史。
•探讨为什么最开始被称为“圣•约翰”的施洗者约翰对共济会来说那么重要。
•揭示了约翰和耶稣是平等的合作伙伴，并且一起分享了精神景象来重建以色列，战胜耶路撒冷圣殿的腐败。
•解释了约翰作为夏至之主和他的神秘头颅、生育仪式以及古代犹太丰收节日之间的联系。
很少有共济会会员明白为什么在共济会的日历上最重要的日期是6月24日——施洗者圣约翰的生日以及任命头领的传统日期。他们也不知道共济会曾被称作“圣•约翰的男人”，施洗者约翰是从个人转变到原始共济会理论的基础。
从共济会里神秘的约翰开始，托比亚斯•丘顿通过福音和古老的历史找到了历史上的施洗者约翰，挖掘出了耶稣的称赞“女人没有生下更伟大的男人了”背后的真实故事。他调查了耶稣与艾赛尼派和诺斯替教之间的联系，以及它们蓬勃发展到今天的原因。托比亚斯•丘顿揭示了使徒保罗如何挑战约翰的追随者，并扭曲信息把约翰创造成仅仅是耶稣的使徒的形象。他也展示了保罗可能是耶稣和约翰两个死刑背后的那个人，并揭示了精确的受难日以及短语“第三天”背后惊人的意义。他也查探了约翰的头颅的意义，如圣殿骑士，达芬奇的名画“约翰”，以及约翰作为夏至之主和他的神秘头颅、生育仪式以及古代犹太丰收节日之间的联系。
揭示了约翰在他表弟耶稣基督教的起源里是一个勇敢的，变革性的角色，并展示了约翰和耶稣是平等的合作伙伴，并且一起分享了精神景象来重建以色列，战胜耶路撒冷圣殿的腐败。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：“在《施洗者约翰的秘密》里，托比亚斯•丘顿对“弥赛亚的先驱”已经有了一个而非常新鲜的分析。这本书的巨大价值在于，丘顿不仅对约翰在基督教流传下来的传统角色提供了详细的概述，并且用诺斯替教和共济会以及其他深奥传统的角度进行了独特而博学的分析，将约翰的地位升高到和耶稣同等位置。这本书是除了关于施洗者约翰的学术文献外最有价值的书了。”——牧师Jefferey Bütz，S.T.M，宾夕法尼亚州立大学宗教研究的讲师，《耶稣的秘密遗产》的作者
“《施洗者约翰的秘密》对于喜欢收集在福音和早期历史里约翰在共济会的秘密的人来说是一本推荐的书。像新时代控股一样，对基督教是一个强有力的调查。”——中西部书评，2013年2月
About the Author/作者介绍： 托比亚斯丘顿是英国埃克塞特大学名誉研究员，在那里他是玫瑰十字会和共济会的讲师。他也是“今天的共济会”的编辑，并获得了牛津大学布罗奇雷斯学院神学方面的硕士学位。他写了很多书，包括《诺斯底主义哲学》，《共济会的法师》和《玫瑰十字会的隐形历史》。现住在英格兰。Tobias Churton is Honorary Fellow of Exeter University, where he is faculty lecturer in Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry. The founding editor of the magazine Freemasonry Today, he holds a master’s degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford, and is the author of several books, including Gnostic Philosophy, The Magus of Freemasonry, and The Invisible History of the Rosicrucians. He lives in England.
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