The Gospel of Mani

Secret Sayings   Jackson Snyder

Mani was an early and very influential cult leader and messiah who founded a movement known as Manicheism. These fragments are from  The Book of Mysteries, The Coptic Psalm Book, and The Gospel of Mani (a commentary on the gospel of Jesus).  Mani was influenced by  The Lost Gospel of Peter and  The Gospel of Thomas.

The old men of gray hair will be instructed by little children; six year-olds will teach sixty year-olds.

Know what is in front of your face and what is hidden will be revealed.

I came to redeem you from death and destruction. I will give you what you have not seen with your eyes, have not heard with your ears, have not grasped with your hands.

Blessed are the persecuted, for they will rest in light. Blessed are the hungry and thirsty, for they will be satisfied. 

They will deliver me up and crucify me; on the third day will I rise from the dead. Go to Galilee this afternoon, and tell the news to Simon and the others.

Mary, Mary - know me but do not touch me. Stop the tears from flowing and know that I am your master. Only do not touch me, for I haven't seen my Father's face yet. Your God wasn't stolen from you, as your small thoughts lead you to believe. Your God did not die, but mastered death! I am not the gardener! I have given life and received life eternal. But I now appear to you because I have seen the tears in your eyes. Throw your sadness away from me to wandering orphans. Start rejoicing now and tell the eleven. You will find them gathered on Jordan's bank. The traitor persuaded them to once again become fishermen as once they were and to lay down their nets that caught people to life!

Say to them, 'Rise up! Let's go! Your brother calls for you!' If they scorn brotherhood with me, tell them, 'Your master calls.' If they disagree with that, tell them, 'It is your Lord.' Use all your skill to bring the sheep in to the shepherd. If you see that they have lost their wits for grief, draw Simon Peter away and say to him, 'Remember what I spoke to you about privately on the Mount of Olives: I have something to say but no one to say it to.'

Jesus stands among us; he winks at us secretly and says, "Repent, so that I may forgive you your sins".

I am close to you, like clothing.

He that dies will live; the humble will be lifted up.

Blessed is the one who knows her own soul.

Whoever works to come to that world of peace must collect his soul in the sign of the gods in paradise from now on.

The one who sees himself on the outside only becomes small and makes others small.

The one who has compassion on his soul will weep and lament, pray and implore, and beg remission of sins.

Where love is little, all deeds are imperfect.

What good is it for a man to say, "I have power in my members," when he creates corruption by eye, ear, and senses?

Every time you gather for begging for remission of sins, forgive - seek pardon from one another. The one who doesn't forgive is not forgiven.

The Odes of Shalomé (The Odes of Solomon)

Shalomé of the Cross was the daughter of Mary and sister of Yahshua of Nazareth. She is mentioned several times in the New Testament Scriptures as a witness to the crucifixion. The Egyptian Scriptures portray her as a person much more important than a mere onlooker. In them, she is a fervent disciple who harbors and nurtures her brother as she learns the Way of the True Worshipper. To this same Shalomé tradition has attributed forty-one songs composed in the Aramaic language of the holy family. Her spiritual insight has much in common with that of the Beloved Disciple and the Teacher of Righteousness. Yet Shalomé has more to offer than a religious comparison of darkness and light. Her songs comprise a young woman’s unique and often mystical vision of the ‘divine feminine,’ love both mundane and ethereal, and hope that reaches far beyond the boundaries of earth and sky.

The Authentic Peter: The Preaching of Simeon Kefa from the Journal of T. Flavius Clemens (Clement)

THE AUTHENTIC PETER: Ever wonder why Simon Peter only got a couple short letters in our Scriptures? Wouldn’t someone have recorded Peter’s AUTHENTIC acts and preaching? Of course his preaching was recorded! By Clement, an affluent Gentile convert, at the command of James the Just. So why would the Church Fathers bury the preaching of their first pope since Clement was their second pope? Because Peter's teachings are HEBRAIC. This volume is one-of-a-kind, containing teachings on many subjects, including deliverance, healing, true worship, and lost doctrines. We dispensed with churchy language in restored the original Hebraic names and titles of people, places and concepts - and a full GLOSSARY.