Impressions from readers
Name: Randi Robertsen Wood
Subject: Your Jesus novel
Dear Strephon,
I have just visited this site and discovered that you are out with a new book. Interesting! By coincidence we have just co-organized a lecture in Oslo titled "The Emmanuel Keys to 'The da Vinci Code' and the Secret of the New Universe and the Diamond Body". Ananda, the young man you met in Oslo in 1993, was the lecturer. Are you interested in him giving this lecture in Holland? In November he gave a 2,5 day seminar for 80 people and the feedback was very positive.
My compliments on this site! I drew a card and it was dead-on! Hope you are doing well. Love from Kjell, my man, and me. Randi
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Name: Mitchell Herron
Subject: The Jesus Novel
Hello: Came across your site while searching for the teachings of Jesus and I am, out of my own history of looking for the truth of his life,in accord with seeing him as the teacher you depict. But where does one find a church, or group, that has his teachings as its' foundation without the post-Jesus, Paul and Peter re-construction?, sort of a First Church of Jesus The Prophet. If you know of anything like it, I'd appreciate your telling me of it. He, Jesus, is to me so under appreciated as the man and guide he was. Thank you for your work. Mitchell
Comment from Strephon
Dear Mitchell Herron,
I certainly appreciate your concern in finding a group that is Jesus and pre Christian. The group I originally had my training and personal experience with has this website. However, our main leader is dead now and the present people, her students are less involved in this area. They do still offer the Basic Records Seminar in the summers for 16 days residence in a country retreat center with a question asking method for looking at the key historical texts, then other processes, like working in art expression and journal work to explore being personally related to what the key Jesus teaching evoke for you and how you can apply them to yourself and life. The emphasis is on your personal work and interpretation, but also sharing together peoples experiences with the Jesus texts and the issues. So a variety of viewpoints are explored together without any strong attempt to come to "right answers."
I would recommend this for you, though I don't know how the present leadership works.
www.guildsf.org
I may, recognizing yours and others interest, put up on the site a good study course for working at home on your own, or even organizing a study group for three or four working together.
Good luck in your journey. It will be exciting when I get the Jesus novel done in a year or so to see this real Jesus "in action."
Good journeys,
Strephon Williams
