(Greek Εσσηνοι or Εσσαιοι) A spiritual society active two thousand years ago in the Middle East.
"The system of teaching which was adopted by Jesus was the
system of the Essenes. Certainly, the Essenes were one hundred
percent Gnostics." - Samael Aun Weor, The Revolution of Beelzebub (1950)
"Previously, we were the mystical Essenes of
Palestine. So, we are not improvising opportunist doctrines. We
were hidden for twenty centuries, but now we are returning once
again to the street in order to carry on our shoulders the old, rough,
and heavy cross." - Samael Aun Weor, The Major Mysteries
"The philosophy of Sexual Alchemy has its principles in
the school of the Essenes, in the school of Alexandria, in the
teachings of Pythagoras, in the mysteries of Egypt, Troy, Rome,
Carthage, Eleusis, as well as in the wisdom of the Aztecs and
Mayas, etc." - Samael Aun Weor, The Aquarian Message
The Holy Primeval Christian
Gnostic Church, to which we have the privilege of belonging,
preserves in secrecy the primeval rituals used by the Apostles. These were the rituals of the Christians that met in the catacombs
of Rome during the time of the Caesar Nero. These are the rituals
of the Essenes, a humble cast of great initiates to which Jesus the
Christ belonged." - Samael Aun Weor, The Perfect Matrimony