This discussion between Oliver, Rosalinda and Aladdin about 'magical' labels has been quite interesting. I offer you a look back to a source about cosmology instead of adding to the confusion. You can download it via our Essene / Gnostic / Esoteric Library at Tylersword.
THE BOOK OF ENOCH
The Apocrypha & Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
"Enoch 1:2 -- And he took up his parable and said - Enoch a righteous man, whose eyes were opened by God, saw the vision of the Holy One in the heavens, which the angels showed me, and from them I heard everything, and from them I understood as I saw, but not for this generation, but for a remote one which is for to come."
Are WE the generation for whom this book was written? What was Enoch told and what did he see?
"The Book of Enoch was extant centuries before the birth of Christ and yet is considered by many to be more Christian in its theology than Jewish. It was considered scripture by many early Christians. The earliest literature of the so-called "Church Fathers" is filled with references to this mysterious book. The early second century "Epistle of Barnabus" makes much use of the Book of Enoch. Second and Third Century "Church Fathers" like Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Origin and Clement of Alexandria all make use of the Book of Enoch. Tertullian (160-230 C.E) even called the Book of Enoch "Holy Scripture". The Ethiopic Church even added the Book of Enoch to its official canon. It was widely known and read the first three centuries after Christ. This and many other books became discredited after the Council of Laodicea. And being under ban of the authorities, afterwards it gradually passed out of circulation.
At about the time of the Protestant Reformation, there came to be a renewed interest in the Book of Enoch which had long since been lost to the modern world. By the late 1400's rumors began to spread that somewhere a copy of the long lost Book of Enoch might still exist. During this time many books arose claiming to be the long lost book and were later found to be forgeries.
The return of the long lost Book of Enoch to the modern western world is credited to the famous explorer James Bruce, who in 1773 returned from six years in Abyssinia with three Ethiopic copies of the lost book. In 1821 Richard Laurence published the first English translation. The famous R.H. Charles edition was published in 1912. In the following years several portions of the Greek text surfaced. Then with the discovery of cave 4 of the Dead Sea Scrolls, seven fragmentary copies of the Aramaic text were discovered."
***Before someone asks, this book was NOT written by Enoch. We first learn of Enoch in Genesis 5, but it leaves us with questions. Hebrews 11 has the answers and Jude quotes Enoch! How did Jude come to know the words of Enoch? They are not in the Bible. The answer is The Book of Enoch... A book which is actually quoted by Jude in the New Testament. What is the Book of Enoch and where did it come from?
Enoch was the grandfather of Noah. The Book of Enoch chapter 68:1 says, "And after that my grandfather Enoch gave me all the secrets in the book and in the parables which had been given to him, and he put them together for me in the words of the book of the parables."
Download the ZIP file containing the entire Book of Enoch below and find out what Rome and the "Religion" of Christianity doesn't want you to know!!! ===>
The Book of Enoch (ECC ver. 1.1 Updated 05Nov01)
=> http://66.201.79.149/tylersword/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=319
The Books of Enoch: Including Aramaic Fragments of Qumran Cave 4
