{"product_id":"not-in-his-image-gnostic-vision-sacred-ecology-and-the-future-of-belief","title":"Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eNot in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn Lamb Lash\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781931498920\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eChelsea Green Publishing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e41927th\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e464\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLash is capable of explaining the mind-bending concepts of Gnosticism and pagan mystery cults with bracing clarity and startling insight. . . . [His] arguments are often lively and entertaining.--\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eNot in His Image\u003c\/em\u003e John Lamb Lash explains how a little-known messianic sect propelled itself into a dominant world power, systematically wiping out the great Gnostic spiritual teachers, the Druid priests, and the shamanistic healers of Europe and North Africa. Early Christians burned libraries and destroyed temples in an attempt to silence the ancient truth-tellers and keep their own secrets. But as Lash reveals the truth cannot be hidden or destroyed.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot in His Image\u003c\/em\u003e delves deeply into the shadows of ancient Gnostic writings to reconstruct the story early Christians tried to scrub from the pages of history, exploring the richness of the ancient European Pagan spirituality-the Pagan Mysteries, the Great Goddess, Gnosis, the myths of Sophia and Gaia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong before the birth of Christianity, monotheism was an anomaly; Europe and the Near East flourished under the divine guidance of Sophia, the ancient goddess of wisdom. The Earth was the embodiment of Sophia and thus sacred to the people who sought fulfillment in her presence. This ancient philosophy was threatening to the emerging salvation-based creed of Christianity that was based on patriarchal dominion over the Earth and lauded personal suffering as a path to the afterlife. As Derrick Jensen points out in the afterword, in Lash's hands Jesus Christ emerges as the agent provocateur of the ruling classes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSometimes a book changes the world. Not in His Image is such a book. It is clear, stimulating, well-researched, and sure to outrage the experts. . . . Get it. Improve not just your own life, but civilization's chances for survival.--Roger Payne, author of \u003cem\u003eAmong Whales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief | John Lamb Lash | Paperback | 9781931498920 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks I 1790853","offer_id":68005366136984,"sku":"1790853","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81TvaCJR_uL.jpg?v=1794706453","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/not-in-his-image-gnostic-vision-sacred-ecology-and-the-future-of-belief","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}