Jesus the Secret Essene Healer

“JESUS, YOUR SPIRITUAL training has progressed amazingly

well since you arrived last year,” Simon said one day to Jesus.

Joseph the Healer has told that you are a bright and intelligent and

learning everything he is teaching you about healing. Joseph the Healer

has mastered herbs, Dead Sea salt, and other amazing plants in healing

many diseases. It is my hope that one day you will become one of the

greatest Essene healers of all time and help in many ways to keep our

community healthy.”

One day Joseph the Essene healer, and Jesus sat on a rock in his cave

on Mount Carmel. “Jesus, I have much to teach you regarding herbs,

magic mud, salts of the Dead Sea, and other plants that heal some of

the worst illnesses. In addition to learning magic drugs, I will attempt to

teach you the laying on of hands on a sick person and the faith you must

have in the Lord to work through you to heal.”

“I am most excited to learn, Brother Joseph,” Jesus replied.

From that day forward, Jesus trained as an Essene healer. He

learned how to help others in the Essene community that became ill,

using certain herbs that Joseph grew in a small garden outside his cave.

“Jesus, you know it was the angels, the Rephaim [watchers], that gave

the Essenes the herbs and roots of healing. We even use the salty mud of

the Dead Sea and rocks with special magnetic properties,” Joseph said.

“The angel Raphael watches over all diseases and wounds of humanity in

the Parables of Enoch,” Joseph commented. “You and I are but humble

servants of the angels that watch over us Essenes,” Joseph whispered.

“You will learn to use opobalsam, mandrake, madder, bitumen, sulfur,

stupteria, salt, soap, and the black mud of the Dead Sea to heal many

illnesses,” Joseph advised. “Jesus, look at these seeds. They come from

the

the opobalsam plant that the queen of Sheba gave as a gift to Solomon.

We make the seed into a wine-like substance of red color,” Joseph

commented. “Sometimes we also use the bark and the wood,” Joseph

went on to say. “What does this plant heal, Master?” Jesus asked. “Well,

it is a well-kept secret, but we use it for treating snake venom, eye and

ear diseases, shortness of breath, and headaches,” Joseph responded. “Be

cautious, Brother Jesus, for this drug is very, very potent and must be

used sparingly,” Joseph exclaimed. “I will show you in time how to use

the sap as well in the treatment of diseases,” Joseph said.

“We dry dates as a cure for spitting blood and also for eye salves,”

Joseph also stated. “We grow our own date trees here on Mount Carmel

and at our Qumran community by the Dead Sea. We use the dates for

medicinal uses as well as for eating,” Joseph went on to explain. “Palm

trees are one of our main crops here on Mount Carmel. Myrobalan, or

cherry plum, is another fruit we use, which we use with astringent wine.

It helps with healing of wounds, diarrhea, and menstruation. We also use

it as a cure for stomach problems,” Joseph went on to say. “The flowers

of Mother Earth provides us with many bees, which are useful for the

treatment of many illnesses,” Joseph stated. Jesus was amazed at the

extent of this healer’s knowledge. “Today we will go out to the eastern

shore of the Dead Sea and collect plants, such as the baaras, or mandrake.

Mandrake, you will see, can be used as a cure for eye diseases, urinary

infections, pains, nausea, and anxiety and sleep problems. The drug

is so good that it can induce a deep sleep that looks like death,” Joseph

remarked with a slight smile. “The mandrake plant is so powerful that

we must use a rod to dig up the potent roots,” Joseph said. “You must

be very careful, Brother Jesus, with this plant, for it is truly powerful and

deadly as the same time,” Joseph warned.

“One more plant, madder [rubia danaensis], is found in the southeast

of the Dead Sea, and we use it as a cure for jaundice, sciatica, and

paralysis,” Joseph pointed out. “Grab a stick and a few reed bags, and we

will travel to the dried-out lake today to collect the plants I have spoken

of,” Joseph said. The desert sun was already blazing hot as they set off to

the dried lakebed. “We can buy the bitumen from an Essene trader that

travels to the Dead Sea. He collects bitumen, a tar that rises to the surface

of the Dead Sea, madder, and mandrake, in case we cannot find any near

the dried lake. We can also trade for andarani, a special salt found on

the northwestern shores of the Dead Sea. I have an ancient scroll, which

our Essene scribes have copied, called the Sefer Ha-Rdfu’ot, or Book

of Remedies from Solomon, which I want you to read and memorize,”

Joseph stated. “I am most interested, Master Joseph.”

A few hours later, Jesus and Master Joseph arrived at the dried lake

a few miles from Mount Carmel. Here they would search for mandrake

plants. “Quick, Jesus, over here is a mandrake plant. Notice the shape

of the leaves,” Joseph pointed out. “Now let us work together with our

digging sticks!” Joseph shouted. “Stay away from the plant and help me

dig under the plant to get at the roots. We want the whole plant to get

the seeds and roots to use in our mixtures,” Joseph pointed out. They

both struggled, digging at the huge plant until they were able to uproot

it. Joseph took a rope and tied it around the plant and finally pulled it

out of the sandy clay ground. He and Jesus dragged it until they could

wrap a blanket around it and tie it off. Joseph threw the bundle on his

back, and they returned to the cave on Mount Carmel.

All that day, they covered their mouths with cloth and worked with

the removal of the mandrake seeds and roots. Nothing was wasted. The

bark was soaked in water, and the seeds were crushed and made into

a paste that they added water to and stored in clay jars. Jesus returned

home very tired that first day. It was just the beginning of a constant

collecting or trading for special medicinal plants that he and Joseph could

use for healing. One day when Master Simon passed by Jesus, he asked,

“Peace be with you, Brother Jesus. How is your healing ministry going?”

“Peace be with you too,” Jesus replied. “All is going well, and my

master Joseph is showing me all the secrets of Essene healing as given to

us by the angels.”

“My wife has had a pain in her head for several days. Can I drop by

and ask your master Joseph if he has a medicine that will take away her

pain?” Simon asked. “Of course, Master Simon, please come by Joseph’s

cave, and he will give you a medicine to cure your wife’s head pain,” Jesus

remarked.

As the months went by, Jesus was allowed to attend healings with

Joseph, using the many wonderful and secretive medicines they had

collected. One day a small girl of age seven was very sick, and her parents

were very worried, so they brought the little girl named Ruth to Joseph

and Jesus to be healed. Joseph did not use any drugs this time after

examining her eyes and feeling her pulse. He said a short prayer, asking

God and the angels to cure this child. Then as she stood in front of him,

he placed his hands on her shoulders and then her head and said, “I cast

thee out, demon. Go and leave this girl at once. Praise be to God. Amen.”

Then he poured some water over her eyes. The girl fell backward, and

her father caught her before she hit the ground. She stood up and looked

around, and Joseph asked her, “Are you all right, child of the light?” She

shouted, “I am well, Master, I am well, Father!” And she ran off down

the road, out of sight. “Go in peace, Brother,” Joseph said to the father.

After they left, Jesus asked Joseph, “Master, how did you do that? You

did not use any medicine.” “It was a process called the laying on of

hands,” Joseph responded. “What is this laying of hands?” Jesus asked. “It

is all about faith, Brother,” Joseph said. “The sick one must believe that

you have the power from God to heal for the laying of hands to work,”

Joseph commented. “One day you will be worthy, Brother Jesus,” Joseph

remarked. ‘With God’s help,” Jesus said. When Jesus returned home that

evening, he told his mother, Mary, and his brothers and sisters of the

remarkable laying on of hands and the curing of the young girl. “One day

I hope to be as good as Joseph the Essene,” Jesus said.

After several months went by, Joseph the Healer approached Jesus and

said, “Today we will learn of the mystical seven angels of the earth and

how the angels help us to cure the sick. Remember, we are the children of

the light, and we believe in the new covenant. Your faith will determine

how great an Essene healer you will become. We recognize thirteen

Sabbaths of the year, and with each Sabbath, we have songs dedicated to

that ceremony. Songs can help when healing. Some medicines will take

time to work, and you must sing softly the songs of the thirteen Sabbath

sacrifices and the prayers of the Angel of the Sun and the other angels

that protect us. Sometimes you will dream of a glimpse of the Merkava—

his majesty’s throne chariot—and, above it, God himself.”

“I will teach you the prayer the angels of the four elements,” Joseph

said one day to Jesus. “Let us pray,” Joseph prayed.

“Lord God Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, most clement and

merciful Father, send me your four angels—the Angel of Earth, the

Angel of Water, the Angel of Air, and the Angel of Fire—that your

will may be made manifest in me.

“May the Angel of Earth take all the wastes of my physical body and

give them to the earth that she may absorb them and send them back

to me in the form of health and purity. May she cleanse my whole

body so that life may flow abundantly through my veins and arteries.

May my whole being be free, light, and unburdened so that the

kingdom of God and his righteousness may be established on earth

and the golden age dawn among men.

“May the Angel of Water wash all stains from my heart. May selfless

love dwell in my heart, bringing me happiness, joy, and bliss. May

my heart be pure, transparent, and crystal clear so that the kingdom

of God and his righteousness may be established on earth and the

golden age dawn among men.

“May the Angel of Air purify my intellect with an influx of wisdom

and light. May my thought become lucid, keen, and radiant so that

the kingdom of God and his righteousness may be established on

earth and the golden age dawn among men.

“And may the Angel of Fire, who is none other than the Angel of the

Sun, sanctify my soul and my spirit. May absolute truth penetrate

my whole being. May my soul and my spirit know eternal life and

be a dwelling for divine creative omnipotence so that the kingdom

of God and his righteousness may be established on earth and the

golden age dawn among men.

“Amen, amen, amen.”

At the end of the first year of training as an Essene Healer, Jesus had

memorized the many herbs and plants and how to preserve and prepare

them for the curing of the sick. Joseph, the Essene master, was very proud

of his pupil’s progress. “You know, Jesus, you walk well in the sight of

God,” Joseph commented. “Truly, you are blessed with a good memory

and a humble demeanor worthy of an Essene healer.”

One day a mother brought a sick boy to Joseph the Essene Healer,

and Jesus, the Essene Healer’s assistant. Her son had an eye swollen shut

from some disease or bug. “Joseph, what do you think caused the eye

infection?” Jesus asked. “I do not know, Brother Jesus, but let us prepare

some opobalsam solution.” Jesus ground up the seeds and added a little

water to make a paste. He gave it to Joseph, who put the paste on the

swollen eye. “Bring him back to us tomorrow to see if the eye does not

open or improve,” Joseph instructed the woman. “Thank you, Healer,

and peace be with you,” the woman responded. She led the little boy

back home.

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