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Category: Book
Author: Acharya S
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
Studio: Adventures Unlimited Press
Manufacturer: Adventures Unlimited Press
Label: Adventures Unlimited Press
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 430
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 0932813747
Dewey Decimal Number: 230
EAN: 9780932813749
ASIN: 0932813747
Publication Date: September 1999
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Controversial and explosive, The Christ Conspiracy marshals an enormous amount of startling evidence that the religion of Christianity and Jesus Christ were created by members of various secret societies, mystery schools and religions in order to unify the Roman Empire under one state religion! This powerful book maintains that these groups drew upon a multitude of myths and rituals that already existed long before the Christian era and reworked them into the story the Christian religion presents today-known to most Westerners as the Bible. Author Acharya makes the case that there was no actual person named Jesus, but that several characters were rolled into one mythic being inspired by the deities Mithras, Heracles/Hercules, Dionysus and many others of the Roman Empire. She demonstrates that the story of Jesus, as portrayed in the Gospels, is nearly identical in detail to those of the earlier savior-gods Krishna and Horus, and concludes that Jesus was certainly neither original nor unique, nor was he the divine revelation. Rather, he represents the very ancient body of knowledge derived from celestial observation and natural forces. A book that will initiate heated debate and inner struggle, it is intelligently written and referenced. The only book of its kind, it is destined for controversy.
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 Nothing New Under the Sun.... October 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In college over 15 years ago now I took a course on comparative religions that outlined many aspects of the similarities between various dieties around the globe and talked about the Virgin Birth Cults and the Resurrection cults that existed hundreds of years before Jesus was said to exist. I have also covered Joseph Campbell's take on global myth and meaning as well. What this author is saying has been known by scholars and historians for a long time and its nothing new! I like it, and I think debunking myth is important to spiritual awakening so this is very Zeitgeist too! But we have to be very careful now not to throw the baby out with the bath water either. Hold on to your rosary, mala. etc ...
The Zeitgeist movie and this book too are pointing out sme truths that need to be exposed now. BUT just because Jesus is related to Krishna, and Horus, and so on does not mean that "the story" was not from an original source or that there is no spiritual truth to aspects of the story. There is Christ Consciousness, or Krishna Consciousness - it does not make either of them a lie to say they are just the same thing...call it chi, prana, ki, or di (druids) its all about SOURCE ENERGY.
I reiterate that think The Christ Conspiracy is very good, but we need to be careful not to throw the baby out with the bath water. This is nothing new. We have known for a long time that pagan ceremonies and other things were tacked onto to the bible story and other things as well were "stolen" or "borrowed" by the Christian sect. THe oldest reigion in the world is VEDISM (VEDIC) see the Upanishads, which preached compassion - love as the answer, and strains of this run throughout every major religion on all the continents. These stories and teachings were of course, no question, re-languaged, re-worded, and borrowed, and manipulated for social control of course - but the underlying truth of some aspects of the spiritual teachings are no lie. The truth is with in what resonates with you at your conscious level (Tolle). You are the truth, sat nam - this comes from Sansckrit. I am not religious, but spiritual and believe that these teachings from the parables of Jesus to Horus to Kwan Yin, these are trying to point to the sacred. So maybe we have been worshipping HORUS all this time in the name of Jesus, but at least it gets us thinking about our higher selves, the alpa and the omega - there are truths embedded in the lie and the mythology. The Christians do a great diservice to us all in forcing their interpretation on it, their perspective, its not complete - its only one part of the story - how they see - like all perspectives it is limited to its approach. But there is truth at the core, there is TRUTH in a spiritual sense and you can access it anytime - you don't need a book, a professor, or a guru, its in your DNA. Follow Your Bliss - SATCHITANANDA OM SHANTI OM.
 In Defense of this Great Book June 7, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Acharya is a scholar well-versed in comparative religion, mythology, and classical antiquity. The evidence she sites, together with her piercing yet surprisingly restrained commentary, prove unequivocally that Jesus Christ is a myth founded on previous myths. Her passage on "The Myth of Monotheistic Judaism" is fascinating, proving conclusively that early Judaism was, in fact, polytheistic pantheism.
At first, Acharya's dense commentary on astrotheological scholarship may seem suspicious, as were the brief passages about proto-religion and ancient global civilization. However, an open-minded textual analysis of this work has made me realize two things:
1. Acharya is very restrained and respectful in her commentary. The reader has no reason to feel preached to by her. As an author, she is well aware of the fact that some of the issues she's raising are outside of mainstream scholarship, are controversial, and are even occasionally incompatible with the current paradigm in archaeology (as she readily admits in her last two chapters). Therefore, I find her thought-provoking and very well-researched work to be highly sincere, honest, and largely convincing.
2. Acharya may appear to be overstating some proto-religious connections, especially astrotheological, at first glance, but she is not the first nor is she the only commentator on comparative religion to raise the significance of this issue. In fact, her conclusions are very well-founded. It's not as if she's saying that the entirety of Christianity, or of any religion, is one hundred percent astrological. But, there is ample evidence to support the position that Christianity and several other religions are, to a great degree, founded upon astrotheological symbolism, allegories, and inspiration. There can be no doubt.
Some reviewers seem to have been put off by any complex discussion of astrology in the first place, perhaps assuming Acharya is some kind of hardcore "New Age" astrologer. This is not at all the case; she's simply cataloguing, very carefully, the fact that astrology is one of the primary esoteric meanings behind Christianity. There are many such esoteric meanings - so many, in fact, that we may never understand in full the various traditions, mythologies, and sciences upon which the world's major religions, past and present, are based.
Acharya should be commended for doing her part, further illuminating some very important and all-to-often overlooked facts at the root of Christianity and of religion in general.
This is a work of sheer genius.
Highly recommended.
The Christ Conspiracy - by Acharya S. May 29, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Have just completed reading this well-researched & well presented/expressed book: "The Christ Conspiracy", subtitled "The Greatest Story Ever Sold": and have [ONLY] the "Highest Praise" for its author [D.M. Murdock]! It, from my perspective/opinion is "... a literal journey..." taking the reader from "A to Z" defining [Essentials] "all-too-often" buried within indoctrinated religious rhetoric specifically designated to "continually-clutter" the minds of all people (especially the young) so that they will not be mentally-equipped to define "the real from the unreal" and, thus, tend to believe in the kind of "mythical flat-world philosophy" created/invented in times when the world/earth was confined within a "Horizon to Horizon, Four-Pillared Environ" where "mountains had voice"; and, where a "self-serving" priestly-class always eagre to officiate gleefully lived of the "avails of religious prostitution"! Since I've been researching the subject matter in this work for over three decades and thus have acquired boxes of data I was pleased to come across a Web-Site [...]!
This weekend I will also begin to read "Suns of God"; and later on: "Who was Jesus" -- both by the same Authoress!
Sincerely Ronald A. Malloy.
You don't have to agree... just read it as yet another point of view December 3, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I recently read a fiction thriller The Rozabal Line and found that many world religions have "gods, prophets, messengers or angels who [share] commonalities with Jesus Christ." The author mentions, among others, Osiris and Horus (Egyptian), Perseus, and Hercules (Greek), Mithras (Indo-Iranian), Baldur (Norse) and Quetzalcoatl (Aztec), all of whom existed in legend prior to Jesus, and each of whom shared something with - or contributed something to - the Christian Messiah, whether it be virgin birth, performance of miracles or resurrection after death. I am not a religious person, but I have always loved to read different mythologies and I found this fascinating. This prompted me to buy The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold and I was not disappointed. The material is fascinating and well-presented. At times, though, there is a little too much effort to be "sensational". Having said that, however, this is a book worth reading just to understand the figure of Jesus Christ as we understand it today. One does not have to agree with Acharya's viewpoint... simply treat it as one more point of view. Worth a read!
good read but a little scandalist July 20, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very good read, valuable information, but a lot of quotes from other scholars, most from back in the day. A lot of the information she passed on to us was a little presumptuous. There is a Mithraic scripture mentioned without giving the name (I cant find ANY Mithraic scriptures anywhere and I heared they used pictures)
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