Sacred Journey. M.K. Welsch

       … in first India, then Persia, then Egypt: for “My son shall be called from Egypt.”

       5749-2

      Grounded in a thorough knowledge of Jewish law via the instruction he had received at home before his twelfth birthday, Jesus leaves the household of Joseph and Mary and is placed in the care and ministry of the priests and leaders of the Brotherhood. From the age of twelve to about fifteen or sixteen, Judy taught him the prophecies in her home at Mount Carmel. But at a certain point the young man had gleaned what he could from his Essene teachers and began his education abroad—first in Egypt for a short period, then in India for three years followed by studies in the area later called Persia. (Approximately one year was spent in travel and another year spent studying with various masters in Persia.) Cayce says it was from Persia that Jesus was called back to Judea at the death of Joseph. (5749-7) The culmination of all of this schooling was a second stint in Egypt a few years later, which marked the final step in his development as a teacher.

      In all of his studies he was registered under the name Jeshua. This name and its variant, Joshua, of which the Greek form is Jesus, are contractions of Jehoshua, which means “Help of Jehova,” or “Savior.” His lessons overall were broad-ranging and demanded enormous amounts of personal discipline. In India he explored “those cleansings of the body as related to preparations for strength in the physical as well as the mental man … ” and in Persia “ … the union of forces as related to those teaching of Zu and Ra … ” (5749-2) Egypt was the capstone however. There he delved into all the teachings that had been part of the ancient Temple of Sacrifice and Temple Beautiful and the “ … after actions of the crucifying of self in relationships to ideals that made for the abilities of carrying on that called to be done.” (5749-2) In other words, he learned how to set an ideal and overcome self. The Bible alludes to the fact that Jesus was called “Rabbi” or teacher, a title accurately describing his educational achievements. The readings also comment that “hence in all ways of the teachers {Jesus} was trained.” (5749-7) They go on to explain that he became distinguished for learning and was an authoritative teacher of the law as well as a Master of the teachings of the East.

      Jesus’ cousin, the messenger John, was with him during a portion of the time he spent in Egypt, although John was in one class and Jesus in another. It was while Jesus was in India that John, at the age of seventeen, had first gone to Egypt for his own dedication and preparation. Jesus and John studied together in Heliopolis, which had schools of astronomy and philosophy, and was located about six miles northeast of what is now modern Cairo—not far from the Great Pyramid. His second sojourn in Egypt represented the period when Jesus would attain the final degree needed to complete his formal training before publicly launching his soul mission and work.

      According to Edgar Cayce, scholars in Egypt during that era had gathered together and unified the teachings of many lands. Egypt was the center from which there was to be a “ … radial activity of influence in the earth—as indicated by the first establishing of those tests, or the recording of time as it has been, was and is to be—until the new cycle is begun.” (2067-7) Jesus and his cousin were there “ … for the periods of attaining to the priesthood, or the taking of examinations … passing the tests there … through which one attained to that place of being accepted or rejected by the influence of the mystics as well as of the various groups or schools in other lands … ” (2067-7) The most important and decisive trials were conducted inside the Great Pyramid.

Great Pyramid