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	The Jesus Mysteries - SkepticWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In some cases, Freke and Gandy cite a claim in their main text and endnote it, but the source cited actually supports a different claim which is mentioned in the endnote but not the main text.
		Freke and Gandy give no citation to support the claim that "In Syria, Adonis' virgin mother is called Myrrh." Their claim is even contradicted in book 10 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Adonis was the offspring of Myrrha's incestuous union with her father [1] (See also [2] for a summary).
		Freke and Gandy attempt to argue that there is an archetypal myth of a pagan godman born of a mortal virgin mother, yet not only is their evidence is at best ambiguous, but most of the sources that they cite simply do not back up their claims, and other sources contradict them altogether.
	www.skepticwiki.org /wiki/index.php/The_Jesus_Mysteries (3411 words)

	Conversation for Exploration - Jesus & the Lost Goddess - by Timothy Freke& Peter Gandy
		PETER GANDY has an M.A. in classical civilization, specializing in the ancient Pagan Mystery religions.
		No strangers to controversy, Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy present startlingly original ideas about who the original Christians really were and what they actually taught.
		Drawing on meticulous research, the authors decode the extraordinary myths of Jesus and the Goddess to unlock the lost secret teachings of Christian mysticism, which promises happiness and immortality to those who attain the state of Gnosis or enlightenment.
	www.lauralee.com /frekegandy.htm (386 words)

	The Jesus Mysteries Orpheus Amulet
		The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy was first published in 1999 in the UK and soon received a US imprint as well.
		Freke and Gandy suggested that the amulet is evidence that Jesus was based on a pagan God, but, in fact, it is no such thing.
		Peter Gandy kindly replied that it was in second edition of Guthrie’s Orpheus and the Greek Religion discussed above as well as R Eisler’s Orpheus the Fisher, first published in 1920.
	www.bede.org.uk /orpheus.htm (2429 words)

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		Freke and Gandy are so selective and vague with their references that I could find a statement that totally contradicts their central thesis on the very page that they pointed to.
		Gandy did attempt to explain away this passage when it was presented to him but failed utterly and certainly could not say why he ever felt he could simply miss it out of his book.
		The authors, Peter Gandy and Timothy Freke, present this as evidence that Jesus was derived from the mystery religions.
	www.tektonics.org /books/jesmystrvw.html (2409 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Laughing Jesus: Religious Lies and Gnostic Wisdom: Books: Peter Gandy,Timothy Freke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Freke and Gandy manage to make a compelling case for an examination of the historical basis for a literal interpretation of scripture.
		This is the 3rd Freke and Gandy book i am reading and its clear that they know what their 'trump card' is; it's their attack on the historical existence of Jesus.
		Sadly Freke and Gandy have just over simplified things and selectively quoted just a bit too often for their thesis to hold any water at all.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Laughing-Jesus-Religious-Gnostic-Wisdom/dp/1400082781 (983 words)

	Amazon.com: The Jesus Mysteries: Books: Timothy Freke,Peter Gandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Written by two authorities on world mysticism and classical civilization, this astonishing book presents overwhelming evidence that Jesus is actually a mythical figure born of a pagan myth, and exposes the cover-up staged by the Roman church to hide this truth from the public.
		Freke and Gandy trace the legends of the pagan world and show how these myths and legends had a new life in the people who were writing the New Testament.
		Freke and Gandy miss the point that Luke was a late-comer, perhaps the only "educated" apostle (having been a Greek doctor) who also had been familiar with the mystery schools and Gnosticism before he joined with the apostles.
	www.amazon.com /Jesus-Mysteries-Timothy-Freke/dp/0722536771 (2183 words)

	Talk:Peter Gandy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gandy's degree info can be found here...I'm not sure how to put a note on the article but will look into it and add it soon.
		I am pretty sure Gandy's M.A. is British; American readers might not know that you can get an M.A. in Britain in a year (U.S. is typically 2-3 years).
		All I can say for sure is that I have not found any trace of Gandy (or Freke) in academic publishing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Peter_Gandy (709 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - The Laughing Jesus by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy
		According to Freke and Gandy, religiously inspired acts of violence, such as the attacks on 9/11, are nothing new.
		On page 131, Freke and Gandy write: "Most people have experienced at least brief moments where they have found themselves catapulted into the mystery of the moment." Describe a moment in your own life when you experienced this flash of perspective that made you aware of the hugeness and mystery of existence.
		Faith (as defined by Freke and Gandy as irrational belief in the face of the unknown) is the cornerstone of Literalist religion.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/laughing_jesus1.asp (1223 words)

	The Hermetica by Timothy Freke / Peter Gandy
		The Hermetica by Timothy Freke / Peter Gandy
		Now Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, two respected scholars of Western religion and philosophy, have done painstaking research to present a collection of excerpts that are easily understood by and relevant to, today's reader.
		Providing a fascinating introduction to the mystical philosophy of ancient Egypt and Greece that has shaped our world for five millennia, The Hermetica is a book for anyone interested in the first great Western civilization or in the knowledge of sacred traditions from all corners of the world.
	www.newvision-psychic.com /bookshelf/Hermetica.htm (702 words)

	0609807986 - The Jesus Mysteries by Timothy Freke; Peter Gandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Drawing on the cutting edge of modern scholarship, authors Tim Freke and Peter Gandy present overwhelming evidence that the Jesus of the New Testament is a mythical figure.
		Far from being eyewitness accounts, as is traditionally held, the Gospels are actually Jewish adaptations of ancient Pagan myths of the dying and resurrecting godman Osiris-Dionysus.
		Within a few decades, Freke and Gandy argue, we will likewise be amazed that the fabulous story of God incarnate -- who was born of a virgin, who turned water into wine, and who rose from the dead -- could have been interpreted as anything but a profound parable.
	www.biblio.com /isbn/0609807986.html (978 words)

	Laughing Jesus - Review
		Other issues raised: domestic camels are late (see here), the Yahweh/Asherah inscription (here)) and instead of argument by outrage Freke and Gandy can answer this (here) in response to their claims that God is brutal (try "merciful" instead!) Other objections (such as the early mention of the Chaldeans) can be answered generally with this argument.
		Freke and Gandy try to get around this by stating that only "some" gnostic views had this dying-and-rising Godman [56] while others didn't [160] It would have helped to provide the reader with documentation for these claims, as would sources for their claims relating the gnostics to the mystery religions.
		Our authors claim Peter never existed and Paul never said anything about meeting him (!) and just in case Galatians 2 is raised in objection it is asserted that this letter is merely a "clever [piece] of editorial tampering".
	www.tektonics.org /books/laughjesrvw.html (4411 words)

	Refuting the Jesus Myth
		Just recently the tradition was carried on in The Jesus Mysteries by Peter Gandy and Timothy Freke.
		So if, like Freke and Gandy, you can find a picture showing Bacchus on a cross dating from two hundred years after Jesus was crucified you can still claim that the Christians copied the pagans and not the other way around.
		The Jesus Mysteries - Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy: Unadulterated rubbish from the masters of the genre.
	www.bede.org.uk /jesusmyth.htm (3601 words)

	Stretching Thought: Pulling On Your Brain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Freke and Gandy succeed in bringing some important points about Christianity to the public in a readable, compelling book.
		Freke, along with his lifelong friend Peter Gandy, is the author of "The Jesus Mysteries," a radical new look at Christian origins that suggests that Jesus the man did not exist at all.
		Freke and Gandy pose the view that Jesus was a mythical character created in the mold of the mythological Osiris/Dionysus god-man character.
	www.stretchingthought.com /2003/04/09 (220 words)

	RandomHouse.ca \| Books \| The Laughing Jesus by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy
		Freke and Gandy’s exposition of Gnostic enlightenment is lucid and accessible; their critique of Literalist religion is damningly severe.” —Robert M. Price, professor of scriptural studies, Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary, and editor of The Journal of Higher Criticism
		Peter Gandy has an M.A. in classical civilization and is an internationally respected authority on the ancient Pagan Mysteries and early Christianity.
		Both Freke and Gandy live in England and are the authors of five previous books, including The Jesus Mysteries and Jesus and the Lost Goddess.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307238337 (455 words)

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		That various Gnostic groups were, according to Freke and Gandy, the original Christians, with positive personal and life attributes not found in the mainline church.
		Freke and Gandy lump them in with the Gnostics because they believe their Teacher of Righteouness provides the pattern of expectations met by the Jesus myth they invented to fulfill those expectations.
		Freke and Gandy's claim that a literalist group within the variety of approaches that was Chrisitianity at one time, took over and persecuted all other claimants to the title Christian into oblivion is indisputable if we are talking a few centuries after Christ.
	www.thoughtsandplaces.org /Journey2003/EarlyChristianity2.htm (2592 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Jesus Mysteries: Was The Original Jesus A Pagan God?: Books: Timothy Freke,Peter Gandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy demonstrate clearly and unambiguously that much of Christian belief and practice, rather than being (as the Church has always claimed) a vast contrast with the Pagan ideas of Greece and the Middle East 2,000 years ago, actually draws on those traditions.
		Impeccably researched and annotated, Freke and Gandy convincingly show that the literalist church is actually the heresy, and not the Gnostic faith which was so brutally suppressed by those who wanted power rather than communion with God.
		Freke and Gandy's illustration of parallels with pagan religions, in particular the 'mystery' religions is very striking.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Jesus-Mysteries-Was-Original-Pagan/dp/0722536771 (2092 words)

	Peter Gandy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peter Gandy has written extensively on world Mysticism and classical civilization, and in particular the mystery religions, having obtained an M.A. specializing in ancient pagan mystery religions.
		He is known mainly for his books co-authored with Timothy Freke.
		Their popular yet controversial works on Jesus argue for a Jesus as a mythical creation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Gandy (154 words)

	Amazon.fr : The Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original Jesus" a Pagan God?: Livres en anglais: Timothy Freke,Peter Gandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Freke (a philospher and author of books on spirituality) and Gandy (who is studying classical civilization) believe that first century Jewish mystics adapted the potent symbolism of the Osiris-Dionysus myths into a myth of their own, the hero of which was the Jewish dying and resurrecting godman Jesus.
		Freke and Gandy are familiar with a significant amount of recent biblical scholarship, though they rely mostly on Elaine Pagels!s work on the Gnostics.
		This book will obviously be controversial, but the authors are quite informed, as demonstrated by their extensive notes and bibliography.
	www.amazon.fr /Jesus-Mysteries-Original-Pagan-God/dp/0609807986 (521 words)

	The Official Graham Hancock Website: Forum
		Peter Gandy has an MA in Classical Civilisation.
		It is firmly based upon years of meticulous scholarly research and in our book we provide extensive references so that people can check our sources for themselves.
		Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy are the featured Authors of the Month at GrahamHancock.com for January 2002.
	www.grahamhancock.com /forum/freke_Gandy_jesusMysteries.php (555 words)

	'The Jesus Mysteries'
		Far from being turned off Christianity by their research, Freke and Gandy say their premise actually strengthened their faith.
		But most scholars agree that a man known as Jesus of Nazareth existed and was crucified around A.D. Freke and Gandy challenge that assumption, and also take on another major belief: the preeminence of the Roman Catholic belief system in early Christianity.
		Using the writings of Paul and early Christian history as a basis, Freke and Gandy attempt to prove that the Gnostics were the original Christians.
	www.sabbatarian.com /HeadlineNews/JesusMysteries.html (1284 words)

	2 Peter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		One translator writes of the Second Letter of Peter, "It refers to the apostles as 'our ancestors' as if they were dead and buried." So it is clearly not by Peter, but uses his name so that the apostle is seen as endorsing its anti-herasy message.
		Widely seen as fake and took a long time to become an established part of the canon of the New Testament.
		Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy The Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original jesus" a Pagan God?
	members.cox.net /deleyd/religion/2peter.html (82 words)

	Laughing Jesus/The End of Faith - explorefaith
		In The End of Faith, Sam Harris writes that the political commentators who called the suicide bombers of September 11th cowards got it wrong; in fact, they were men of perfect faith.
		In remarkably similar terms, Harris’s views parallel those of The Laughing Jesus authors Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy.
		While Sam Harris is filled with passionate intensity, Freke and Gandy are a good deal more playful (and less fearful of the future) than their counterpart.
	www.explorefaith.org /books/laughing.html (768 words)

	THE LAUGHING JESUS by Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy
		Click here to read a message from Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy.
		Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, authors of The Jesus Mysteries [090529, £6.35] and Jesus and the Goddess [120810, £6.35] return with a powerful indictment of religious fundamentalism and a passionate reinterpretation of Gnostic spirituality.
		They are the continuation of a long and bloody history of divinely sanctioned brutality, caused by mistaking bizarre old books for the Word of God.
	www.cygnus-books.co.uk /mind_body_spirit_books/laughing-jesus.htm (207 words)

	BabakFakhamzadeh.com :: Reading :: Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy - The Jesus Mysteries
		Some made more nonsense then sense, some were very difficult to get through but all were very interesting.
		Not only do Freke and Gandy, beyond any doubt, finally display that the whole story of that carpenter we all know is completely based on older stories, they also succeed in clearly proving the connection between all major religions of the Mediterranean that were practiced some 2000 years ago.
		Christianity, as we know it today, is NOT the original belief as taught in the stories of Jesus but a misinterpretation after the fact.
	www.babakfakhamzadeh.com /index.asp?item=48 (191 words)

	Jesus And The Lost Goddess, a RebeccasReads.com Book Review by Gail Evans
		Whether you embrace Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism or no formalized religion at all, Freke's and Gandy's research will be of benefit and value to the reader who has embarked on a spiritual search of any kind.
		Gandy has an MA in classical civilization specializing in the ancient mystery religions.
		More From Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy: The Jesus Mysteries: Was the ‘Original Jesus' a Pagan God?; The Complete Guide to World Mysticism; Hermetica: The Lost World of the Pharaohs.
	www.rebeccasreads.com /reviews/14relspi/14fret13_ge.html (366 words)

	Amazon.fr : Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians: Livres en anglais: Timothy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Timothy Freke (left) has a degree in philosophy, is the author of more than twenty books, and is an authority on world spirituality.
		Peter Gandy (right) has an M.A. in classical civilization, specializing in the ancient mystery religions.
		They have coauthored three previous publications: The Jesus Mysteries, The Complete Guide to World Mysticism, and Hermetica.
	www.amazon.fr /Jesus-Lost-Goddess-Teachings-Christians/dp/1400045940 (485 words)

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		Jesus & the Lost Goddess-Sc Peter Gandy & Timothy Freke
		Why Were the Teachings of the Original Christians Brutally Suppressed by the Roman Church?• Because they portray Jesus and Mary Magdalene as mythic figures based on the Pagan Godman and Goddess• Because they show that the gospel story is a spiritual allegory encapsulating a profound philosophy that leads to mythical enlightenment• Because they have the
		Two British researchers of classical civilization ask this controversial question, long familiar to scholars: why is it that you find so many of the same elements of Christianity and the life of Jesus in the rites of pagan religions of the Mediterranean and the myths of Osiris and
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