Essenes
A Jewish ascetic sect, which was originally based upon sun- worshipping of Persian anchorites.
The Essenes, mentioned by Josephus and Philo, had already introduced into their religious activity some elements of a mystic tendency, and the Terapeutae of Alexandria were not behindhand in this direction.
The Essenes--the most prominent of the early Syrian sects--were an order of pious men and women who lived lives of asceticism, spending their days in simple labor and their evenings in prayer.
The Essenes of Judea and Carmel made similar distinctions, dividing their adherents into neophytes, brethren, and the perfect, or those initiated.
Examples might be brought from every country to this effect.
Gardner cites the Essenes of Qumran as using the Serpent symbolism (knowledge and wisdom), which also relates to Kundalini, Dragon, Serpent energy or lineage.
According to Gardner: ...
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Moses and the Prophets, the Essenes, and the Tanaim were occultists and, consequently, most if not all their writings are manifestly or occultly treatises on Kabbalah; and we can say with certainty that they were the forerunners of Masonry.
[25] the inner teaching given to the Essenes, though in many cases tinged with ideas derived from various outside sources, such as Zoroastrianism, Sabaism, etc.
Jew Aristobulus affirmed that the ethics of Aristotle represented the esoteric teachings of the Law of Moses; Philo Judaeus endeavoured to reconcile the Pentateuch with the Pythagorean and Platonic philosophy; and Josephus proved that the Essenes of ...
The bulk of the scrolls were found in caves near Qumran, which was once home to a community of scholars identified as Essenes.
Later the School of the Essenes was conducted chiefly for the purpose of interpreting the Pythagorean symbols. Pythagoras was initiated into the Egyptian, Babylonian, and Chaldean Mysteries.
Pythagoras (2.2) A previous incarnation of the Master Koot Humi. The Pythagorean School influenced the Essenes, who in turn gave Jesus his early training.
There are many more stories from the Egyptian Quabalah to be told another time. Suffice to say, that the Jewish Kabbalah derived from the Quabalah of the Naassenes (or Essenes), which stands for the Cult of the SNAKEGOD URAEUS.
HaKodesh Ratziel Ofanim Tzafkiel Arelim Tzadikiel Khashmalim Somael Seraphim Michael M'lakhim Haniel Tarshishim Raphael Beni Elohim Gabriel Cherubim Sandolfon Ishim ______________________________ Leaders of the Angels (According to the Essenes): Name ...
 See also: Spirit, World, Spiritual, Ritual, Philo
  
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