Bruce Michael
Well-Known Member
I posted a snippet about this on a thread started by Postmaster about Augustine.
It's too important a movement to ignore.
The Christian tradition runs that one Scythianus (it is usual at one stage of initiation to take on the name of one's country- Scythia) or Skythianus, a Saracen who lived at the time of the Apostles, "introduced the doctrine
of Empedocles and Pythagoras into Christianity." (Empedocles taught
the doctrine of the four elements and ended his life by jumping into Mt. Etna.)
Scythianus had a disciple "Buddas, formerly named Terebinthus." Terebinthus is thought to be a corruption of "Tere Hintu" Buddha's title "Lord of the Hindus."
Buddas was said to have written four books: Of Mysteries, The Gospel, The Treasure and Heads.
When Buddas died after being hurled off a cliff by a demon while he
was performing mystic rites, a woman at whose house he lodged took over
his property. This woman later bought a slave boy aged seven, named Cubricus. The Parthian royal family of which Cubricus was related, was overthrown in 224, so this fits in fairly well time wise. Cubricus later of course, took the name of Mani.
Buddha had passed on years before, but the reference is probably to
the absorption into Christianity of the spiritual treasures of Greece and Buddhism. The Buddha played an important part in the Christian Mystery.
According to Dr.Steiner, Gautama's Nirmanakaya was experienced by the
Shepherds watching their flocks by night.
As to the future mission of the Manichaeans, I would suggest consulting
Rudolf Steiner's works
-Br.Bruce
It's too important a movement to ignore.
The Christian tradition runs that one Scythianus (it is usual at one stage of initiation to take on the name of one's country- Scythia) or Skythianus, a Saracen who lived at the time of the Apostles, "introduced the doctrine
of Empedocles and Pythagoras into Christianity." (Empedocles taught
the doctrine of the four elements and ended his life by jumping into Mt. Etna.)
Scythianus had a disciple "Buddas, formerly named Terebinthus." Terebinthus is thought to be a corruption of "Tere Hintu" Buddha's title "Lord of the Hindus."
Buddas was said to have written four books: Of Mysteries, The Gospel, The Treasure and Heads.
When Buddas died after being hurled off a cliff by a demon while he
was performing mystic rites, a woman at whose house he lodged took over
his property. This woman later bought a slave boy aged seven, named Cubricus. The Parthian royal family of which Cubricus was related, was overthrown in 224, so this fits in fairly well time wise. Cubricus later of course, took the name of Mani.
Buddha had passed on years before, but the reference is probably to
the absorption into Christianity of the spiritual treasures of Greece and Buddhism. The Buddha played an important part in the Christian Mystery.
According to Dr.Steiner, Gautama's Nirmanakaya was experienced by the
Shepherds watching their flocks by night.
As to the future mission of the Manichaeans, I would suggest consulting
Rudolf Steiner's works
-Br.Bruce