Gnosis - The Secret of Solomon’s Temple Revealed

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submitted by Dwayne Sheffield, author of Embracing The Contradiction

"the ride is spiritually exhilerating"

It has been a while since I’ve read such refreshing and documented material as I have in reading Philip Gardiner’s book, Gnosis / The Secret of Solomon’s Temple Revealed. Philip leads gently, at first, into the workings and underpinnings of esoteric philosophy and its use in sacred writ throughout known history.

Winding his way through the "Serpent" and how it is thread through ancient allegory and metaphor is a flash back to some of his other works and books. The analogies he reminds us of throughout The Kundalini, The Shining, The Void - are truly inspiring.

His examination of Ancient Religious Text’ is not shy of hitting the mark of integrating the esoteric perception understandable in them all, and in layman sensibilities.

In chapter nine, "Solomon’s Secret’s", Philip, leaving his gentle persuasion ethics, adds a paragraph, The Journey To Enlightenment from "Confession of Faith" of a Polish Cabalistic Sect known as Soharites, 19 century. Taken from the New Baptist Magazine, April 1927. And from here on out, the ride is spiritually exhilarating.

At the end of the book Philip has added, in Appendix A, The Knowledge Dictionary for a comprehensive overview of the explanation of Coptic, Gnostic and other ancient and modern words from A to Z that is used in his book and other writings so the reader may have a complete understanding of what the words mean and how they are used.

To top all this off there’s a complete Bibliography and Index section that satisfies the entire experience of reading this book. I have traveled over 45 years in these realms and find nothing I can disagree with. This is a very good and easy read. Well written for the hungry and thirsty of wisdom and spiritual enlightenment.

Full Title: Gnosis - The Secret of Solomon’s Temple Revealed

Author: Philip Gardiner
Publisher: New Page Books
ISBN: 1564149099
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