{"id":1045,"date":"2014-12-29T21:46:03","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T02:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=1045"},"modified":"2014-12-29T21:46:56","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T02:46:56","slug":"cave-of-john-the-baptist-mysterious-subterranean-chambers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=1045","title":{"rendered":"Cave of John the Baptist &#8211; Mysterious Subterranean Chambers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of our GoddessChristians members &#8212; his name is Klaus M. from Germany &#8212; just sent this awesome photo of a newly discovered &#8220;John the Baptist&#8221; cave in the Holy Land with mysterious subterranean chambers. John Baptizer used to hang out in the desert as you recall, teaching the mysteries and initiating\/baptizing people who came in throngs to hear him. He was arrested because of a beautiful princess Salome&#8217;s intoxicating dance of the seven veils, but that&#8217;s another story. He hid deep in this cave, trying to avoid Herod&#8217;s soldiers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1046\" style=\"width: 144px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/JohnBaptistCaveInTsuba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1046\" src=\"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/JohnBaptistCaveInTsuba.jpg\" alt=\"John Baptizer who ordained Jesus with water beginning the Apostolic Succession\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This site, on Israel&#8217;s Jordan River, is believed to be the cave where John the Baptist hid from Herod&#8217;s soldiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The subterannean chambers and tunnels connected to the cave seem to lead down into Mother Earth. Our German cousin says, &#8220;Did John venerate an old Earth Mother? One of the Mothers who went to the underworld to save Her beloved? Inanna did that, as did Ishtar, Isis, Demeter\u00c2\u00a0 &#8211; and last but not least Mary Magdalene!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We teach in our <a href=\"http:\/\/northernway.org\/school.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mystery School<\/a> lessons that John the Baptizer, who initiated Jesus with the water-rite, and also Jesus himself were probably well aware of God-the-Mother AND God-the-Father. There is an often forgotten verse in the Greek Bible aka New Testament that has Sophia,\u00c2\u00a0Christian Goddess of Wisdom,\u00c2\u00a0and co-Creator saying, &#8220;And I Sophia will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute.&#8221; Luke 11:49<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps both John the Baptizer and Yeshua the Anointed (aka Messiah) were initiates of the full Godhead, of the Creators Divine Mother and Ancient of Days Father God.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of our GoddessChristians members &#8212; his name is Klaus M. from Germany &#8212; just sent this awesome photo of a newly discovered &#8220;John the Baptist&#8221; cave in the Holy Land with mysterious subterranean chambers. 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