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PRE-COLUMBIAN ISRAELITESOF THE ANDES

ANDSEPHARDIC

COLONIZATION IN ANTIOQUIA

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"And the Mayab of the Andesbe then the cradle

of the new civilization."("The Flight of the Feathered Serpent")

... One of these Mysteries is that of the arrival of "the sonsof Israel" at the Cordillera of the Andes and the followingcolonization in the Andean Mountains and Mounts andValleys of Antioquia by Sephardic Jews for the resurgenceof stream of Early Gnostic Christianity as in Antioch of

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Syria in other times.

- Prologue -

The Mayab of the Andes is Spiritual and Individual. It is not a groupof people. Nor have we to go and live on a mountain, mount or in aparticular region or be followers of people to become part of thePeople of Israel of the spiritual part.

Esoterically, the Andean Mountains or Mounts are "The ThreeMountains": the journey along the Esoteric Path of Christification.

Wherever we are on the Planet, without leaving home, the city orcountry where we live, if one works with The Three Factors of theRevolution of the Consciousness, the individual, particular Path of theMayab is being formed there, inwardly, spiritually, within each Being.

We owe all the Sacred Gnostic Teachings to our Venerable MasterSamael Aun Weor and to our Venerable Master Rabolú and of whichVenerable Master Thoth-Moisés bears faithful testimonies.

The Three Factors of the Revolution of the Consciousness and theInitiatic-Esoteric Path of The Three Mountains have never beenunveiled to Humanity. This Mission has been entrusted to the Avatar ofthe New Age of Aquarius our V.M. Samael Aun Weor the Fifth Angelof Apocalypse and to the Prophet Elijah reincarnated in our V.M.Rabolú, and of whom V.M. Thoth-Moisés the Prophet Mosesreincarnate bears faithful testimonies.

Venerable Master Samael Aun Weor who is the true Avatar ofAquarius has his Egyptian Resurrected Body and He is a completelyChristified Liberated Master; and nowadays He is not a known personwho is acting publicly or leading groups of people in Mexico,Colombia, or Peru, etc. He continues Working in Father's Great Work,helping all poor Suffering Humanity with his Resurrected Body withinthe Fourth Dimension, and He will come at the end, just as it is writtenabout the Fifth Angel in the Book of Revelation of St. John.

Venerable Master Rabolú is a Master who also achieved Christificationand total Liberation and He will not reincarnate again in these endtimes. So was it declared to us by the Master, personally, in 1996.

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Venerable Master Rabolú is still Working continuously in Father'sGreat Work from the Higher Dimensions, helping all poor SufferingHumanity, as the Prophet Elijah did in past times.

V.M. Thoth-Moisés, through the person of his Bodhisattva, is onlybearing testimonies of Their Teachings.

Jesus of Nazareth or Yeshua "the Divine Rabbi of Galilee" is ourSupreme Messiah (Anointed One or Christ), the Only Begotten Son ofGod, of the Absolute Heavenly Father, our True God.

"23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in theirsynagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, andhealing all manner of sickness and all manner of diseaseamong the people. 24 And his fame went throughout allSyria: and they brought unto him all sick people that weretaken with divers diseases and torments, and those whichwere possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick,and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. 25 Andthere followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee,and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea,and from beyond Jordan." (Matthew 4: 23-25).

- I -Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai

was the Reincarnationof the Prophet Moses's Soul

The Mysteries of our Father who is in Heaven are inscrutable. Weunderstand them as He, according to his Holy Will, reveals theirunderstanding and their fulfillment to us, which must lead us to "afountain beyond the summits of the [Andean] mountains, instead ofleading to the sea." Along that current the Holy Apostle Judas ofKerioth lives and serves "so that others also rise up the river ofdestiny".

"... destiny is not and has never been in the hands of men,

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but in the will of the Great Hidden Lord in the Highest andMost Sacred of the Mayab, beyond the summits of theAndean mountains." ("The Flight of the FeatheredSerpent")

One of these Mysteries is that of the arrival of "the sons of Israel" atthe Cordillera of the Andes and the following colonization in theAndean Mountains and Mounts and Valleys of Antioquia by SephardicJews for the resurgence of the stream of Early Gnostic Christianity asin Antioch of Syria in other times.

"Antioch [of Syria] becomes the center from wheremethodical consistent propaganda is made. Among thisgroup of Jews and Gentiles who believe that Jesus has beenJews' Messiah, the Greek word "Christ" is used for the firsttime, which is the literal translation of Meschiaj (Messiah)and since then the nameless believers have been calledChristians."

(...)

"... Among these doctrines, gnosis featured prominently inAntioch, its philosophical school is a mixture ofChristianity, Oriental and Jewish beliefs."

"Gnosis had its importance during the early years ofChristianity and found many disciples in Antioch. It was areligious philosophical doctrine that sought God's natureand attributes with the intervention of magic; other sectsclaimed to have an intuitive knowledge of the divineattributes." ("De los Judíos en la Historia de Colombia" porDaniel Mesa Bernal, "Jews in the History of Colombia" byDaniel Mesa Bernal).

It was in Antioch of Syria where our Lord Jesus The Christ's Flockbegan to be called with the name Christians: "... and the disciples werecalled Christians first in Antioch." (The Acts of the Apostles, 11:26).

The spiritual stream of early Christians from Antioch of Syria wasvery especially contained in the poetic and "markedly optimistic"language of Salvation of the "Odes of Solomon" with content about

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Essenic and Gnostic doctrines of an antiquity that dates back to theyear 70 of our Christian Era.

The Odes of Solomon are one of the oldest testimonies of EarlyChristianity Communities.

"The Odes of Solomon", containing "a Gnosis in broad sense", rangefrom an Essenic Gnosis or Knowledge, rooted in the dawn of EarlyChristianity, to its new flowering and fruition in the Christian Gnosisand, later, in the Valentinian Christian Gnosis.

The "Odes of Solomon" are regarded by scholars as one of the greatestdiscoveries "for the knowledge of early Christianity"; "the oldestCollection of Christian Hymns"; "a Gnostic Hymnal of the secondcentury"; containing "a Gnosis in broad sense"; or written by anauthor belonging to the Qumran Essene Community and integrated inthe bosom of Early Christianity.

"Recently further parallels have been noticed, especiallywith the Gospel of Truth [of the Gnostic Master Valentine]and the Hodayot [Hymns], the Thanksgiving Hymns of theQumran Community."

The Christian Gnosis of Valentine and the Valentinians continuedthrough Shimon ben Yohai's esoteric language of Kabbalah in theZohar and Isaac Luria's teachings of Kabbalah (Sixteenth Century,1534-1572).

The explanations transmitted by Isaac Luria to his Disciple HayyimVital about the "En Soph" or Holy Infinite (the Infinite Father), hiscontraction, concentration or withdrawal in Himself and His emanationof the first Light, have many similarities with Gnostics' (Valentinians')concepcions of Early Christianity about the Absolute or Pleroma, Hiswithdrawal (of the Supreme Being, the Inaccessible God, the AbsoluteFather) in Himself from the exact central point of His Infinite Lightand His first emanation: "The Small Idea": Jesus, as it is stated, forexample, in "The Books of Jeu" ("Book 1 of Jeu") mentioned by Jesusthe Christ our Lord in the "Pistis Sophia", which indicates that theywere written in an earlier time, although coming from the sameGnostic Esoteric circle.

Isaac Luria's Kabbalistic Doctrine is "deeply related" to the Gnostic

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Doctrine of true Gnostic Christians of Early Christianity that has itshighest and fullest expression in "The Books of Jeu" and the "PistisSophia".

Isaac Luria was born in Jerusalem in 1534, some 40 years after theJews were expelled from Spain. For many years he dedicated himselfto studying Shimon ben Yohai's teachings contained in The Zohar,which he was able to understand thanks to what was spirituallyrevealed to him by the Prophet Elijah, teachings that He transmitted tohis Disciple Hayyim Vital and to other Disciples in Safed, Galilee.

Rabbi Shimon ben Yohai was the reincarnation of the Prophet Moses'sSoul, and Rabbi Isaac Luria was the reincarnation of Shimon benYohai's Soul.

Rabbi Hayyim Vital was the reincarnation of the Prophet Elijah's Soul.

Shimon ben Yohai's and Isaac Luria's teachings prepared theresurgence of the stream of Gnostic teachings in the New Age ofAquarius which began on February 4, 1962.

Isaac Luria, explaining what is written in the section of the Zohar(Ray"ah Mehemna, Bereishis 25b; 253), tells Hayyim Vital that Aaronthe Priest was (at the time of the Exodus) Moses' Interpreter (AsMoses was of "uncircumcised lips").

And that "In the End of Days", Moses "will return" and will be of"uncircumcised lips" again. But the Prophet Elijah (Eliyahu), who willbe reincarnated, "will be his Interpreter", as Aaron was Moses'interpreter.

The Prophet Moses was Enoch or Metatron Sar Hapanim Reincarnate:

"103" "... none but you may use Metatron Sar Hapanimsince your name [MoSheH] is intimated in the initials ofhis, for the initial letters of the words Metatron SarHapanim are Mem shin hei, which spell Mosheh (Moses)."(The Zohar, Parashat Pinhas, Volume I.)

The French Kabbalist, Abbot Eliphas Levy, referring to "the coming ofthe Messianic era", wrote in "Major Arcana and Key of Solomon" in1860:

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"Enoch will appear in the year two thousand of theChristian era. Then, Messianism, of which he will have tobe the precursor, will flourish on earth for one thousandyears. These forecasts are the result of all the propheciesand of all the qabbalistic calculations…"

(Moses's Soul was the Reincarnation of the Soul of Abel, Seth,[Enoch], Noah and Shem: "In the beginning, Moshe [Moses] wasHevel [Abel], who was the son of Adam HaRishon. Later, he (Hevel)reincarnated into Shais [Seth], then Noach [Noah], and after that, intoShem son of Noach." [...]. "Noach reincarnated into Moshe,...". IsaacLuria, "Gates of Reincarnation").

The Hebrew Prophecies announced that, in the end times, the ProphetElijah and the Prophet Moses would be reincarnated and that theProphet Elijah would be like Aaron and as the Precursor of the ProphetMoses:

"In the future in the generation of Moshiach [in these LastDays], Moses' Soul will return in a Reincarnation to teachTorah to Israel. The Messiah [Moses or Shiloh] will also bepeaceful and not very eloquent [i.e. most of the "People"will not listen to him] as (happened to) Moses; and Eliyahu[Elijah, Elias] the prophet will be a "translator" for him.Eliyahu (Elijah) will be the Reincarnation of Pinchas, theson of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the High priest,..."

"The Zohar says (Ray'ah Mehemna, Bereishis 25b; 253)that even though Moshe Rabbeinu was the teacher of all ofIsrael, his interpreter was Aharon HaKohen, as it says, 'Hewill be a mouth for you' (Shemos 4:16), since Moshe had a'heavy mouth' and 'heavy tongue.' In the 'End of Days' inthe generation of Moshiach, Moshe will return to teachTorah to Israel and will still be of 'uncircumcised lips.'However, Eliyahu, who will 'chai,' will be his interpreter,and this is the sod of the posuk, 'Pinchas the son of Elazarthe son of Aharon HaKohen' (Bamidbar 25:11). This is as itis written, 'If [one is drawn] to scoffers, he will scoff'(Mishlei 4:37): when they will need a translator for Moshe,Eliyahu who will be 'chai' will translate and be Moshe'sinterpreter."

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"The word for 'scoff' can also mean intrepret; Pinchasbecame Eliyahu." ("The Gate of Reincarnations","Thirty-Sixht Introduction", by Isaac Luria.)

"However, this time his interpreter will be Eliyahu, whowill live again. Actually, he is Pinchas ben Elazar benAharon HaKohen, the brother of Moshe Rabbeinu. This iswhat it means, 'If (one is drawn) to the scoffers, he willscoff, but (if one is drawn) to the humble he will find favor,'that is, to the interpreters." ("The Gate of Reincarnations",by Isaac Luria.)

- II -From Safed to Amsterdam

From Amsterdamto the Andes of Colombia

The Gnostic Christian Stream flowed from Palestine to Antioch ofSyria and from there, like in other places, it received a warm receptionfrom Kabbalists of Safed in Galilee, very especially Isaac Luria'steachings transmitted in the writings by his Disciple Hayyim Vital,reaching the circles of Christian and Jewish Mystics of Amsterdam,Holland, wherein he had many followers.

In Amsterdam, Menasseh ben Israel (Manoel Dias Soeiro, 1604-1657),Portuguese Jew, was integrated into a wide circle of Jewish andChristian friends, being called for that reason, "the father of Judeo-Christian friendship".

In the seventeenth century there were many Jewish converts inHolland.

Menasseh ben Israel studied Shimon ben Yohai's and Isaac Luria'steachings of the Kabbalah.

Sephardim of Portuguese origin, who in some way came to know thestudies of Jewish Mysticism carried out in the Kabbalistic circles ofAmsterdam and who were part of the first Jewish settlers arrived in

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South America, some of them having settled themselves in themountains of old Antioquia (*1), Colombia, undoubtedly conveyedthis knowledge to their descendants, enclothing it with names,costumes and traditions adapted to the way of being of their time. The"memories" of those esoteric teachings of the Torah were deposited inthe Paisas' (*2) subconscious and in their genetic memory, althoughthey had already lost the memory of them, due to the need that forcedthem to appear not as Jews before other settlers who were not ofSephardic origin, remaining hidden by the veil of symbolism in manyof their customs and traditions.

(*1) Here we use the words "old Antioquia" as a referenceto identify the possible territory in the cordillera whereAaron Levi met a group of Israelites who were alreadythere long before Europeans' arrival and obviously longbefore that part of the territory within the cordillera wasgiven the name of Antioquia.

(*2) "Paisas" is a word that encompasses the native ofAntioquia, Caldas, Quindio, Risaralda, Libano (Tolima) andother Departments of Colombia where there wasAntioquian colonization.

The writer Eduardo Santa who was born in Libano, TolimaDepartment, widely develops "el fenómeno" de "La ColonizaciónAntioqueña" ("the phenomenon" of "The Antioquian Colonization") inhis book so titled.

It must be taken into account that Antiochian territory map haschanged several times: 1580, 1644, 1760, 1800, 1813, 1824, 1830,1847, 1851, 1856, 1863, 1886, 1905, 1908, 1910, 1926, 1960…

A great deal of Antioquians' religious traditions and customs are bothSephardic and Christian, although rooted in ancient Israelite traditions.

From the Andes of Colombia the fountain and sprout of the tree ofEarly Gnostic Judeo-Christianity have sprung up again: there thehuman persons of the Three Messiahs announced in the Essene Textsof Qumran were born.

With Jews' expulsion from Spain and Portugal in the late fifteenthcentury, a new dispersion was originated not only to the Holy Land,

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Egypt and elsewhere in Europe, but also to America.

Jews' expulsion from Spain in 1492 coincided with the "discovery ofAmerica" in that same year.

From the early days of conquistadors' arrival to the Indies after calledAmerica, a large number of Portuguese Jews arrived to these lands."These were deep-rooted in the Mosaic law and their religious faith.They were a nucleus closer than the Spanish".

Many Spanish Jews were forced to move to Portugal before theyemigrated to America: Argentina, Brazil, the Andean region, theCaribbean Islands and lands, etc.

By the year 1882 and thereafter, some "Words ascribed to judgeManuel Antonio del Campo y Rivas" became renowned, we quotesome textual paragraphs of them in the way of writing of that time:

"We have already said that [marshal] jorge Robledo, one ofthe lieutenants of Belalcazar..., founded the cities ofAnserma..., Cartago, Arma and Antioquia..."

"The marshal, who manifested a very striving spirit in allhis undertakings, brought many gypsy families, i.e. ofEgyptian origin; as gypsy in our Romance is but thetransformation of that same word. He left fourteen familiesin Antioquia or Santa Fe, that were moved by Juan deCabrera to the other side of the great river of Santamarta orCauca, four in Cartago, then, in Arma and Anserma, he leftnone, and the other fews in the plains of Buga..."

"But gypsies, they all moved down to Aburra Valley…"(Medellín).

"We said that gypsies or Egyptians had settled themselvesin the Aburra valley, and there they have increased innumber throughout that vast country; the villa de laCandelaria of Medellín being founded with them... As youshould know that these gypsies are Jews established fromthe time of the Pharaohs in Egypt..."

"...The marshal gave them the land of Aburra as far as the

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hill called Buritica [*] that now borders on the civilGovernment of Popayan..."

* [according to the official website of Buriticá in Antioquia,Colombia, the municipality of Buritica (bordering south onSantafé de Antioquia) is located at a distance of 93kilometers from Medellín].

"Almost all the people who live in that region are from thegypsies we talked about and their mingling with indigenouswomen, for the marshal indeed forced his soldiers to getmarried with indigenous women..."

These words have arisen many controversies, which some ascribed tothe aforementioned "Judge of the Kingdom of Guatemala, AssistantDean of the Royal Audience of Guadalajara in the Kingdom of Galicia,Viceroyalty of New Spain and collegiate of San Bartolome deBogotá..." Others argue that they were wrongly ascribed to him, giventhat no document was found that confirms their authorship.

In any case, among those who accompanied Jorge Robledo fromCartagena to colonize Antioquia, there were Jewish converts.

Tradition about Gypsies' Egyptian origin is very old and, althoughsomeone has tried to assign them an Hindustan origin, their ReligiousLaws have many parallels with the Hebrew Torah.

In "La Biblia en verso by Ignacio de Luzán [1702-1754] (257unpublished octaves)..." in "The National Library of Madrid", anancient manuscript is preserved "under the codex Mss. 2528..." In oneof its verses, it is written:

"XXXV - THE BUSH THAT MOSES SAW"

"Oh Moses, barefoot He worships the holy Deity hidden inthe fire that was burning the bush.

Don't be afraid, ambassador sent to the Gypsy palace 21,for this flame you see will made your words powerful."

"21. Gypsy or gipsy, gipcyan = Egyptian."

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Gypsies revere Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Elijah, JesusThe Christ our Lord and the Virgin Mary.

A Gypsy Flamenco Christmas carol called "la Virgen Gitana", isdedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Our Venerable Master Samael Aun Weor Clairvoyantly describes theVirgin of Carmel "Mary, the Divine Mother of Jesus of Nazareth" with"Gypsy eyes":

"Indeed, Mary was not that worldly beauty painted in all thewatercolors. With the eyes of the Spirit we onlycontemplate a brunette virgin, burned by the desert sun.Before our astonished spiritual eyes, slender bodies andprovocative faces of feminine images are blurred away,replaced by a simple young woman, small in stature, with aslim body, small oval face, blunt nose, protruding upper lip,Gypsy eyes, and wide forehead."

Gypsies also worship "Saint Sarah Kali", wrongly interpreted as thenegative aspect of "Kali" by those unaware of their sacred traditions.

"Kali" has two aspects: the Positive Heavenly Kali's aspect is ourDivine Mother KUNDALINI, the Serpent that Moses lifted up in thedesert. Kali's negative aspect is "the abominable organKundartiguador", the dark evil infernal serpent.

"In India, Kali the Divine Mother Kundalini is worshipped,but Kali in her black, fatal aspect is also worshipped. Theseare the two Marys: the white and the black." (VenerableMaster Samael Aun Weor's Teachings.)

"Christ is always the Son of the Divine Mother Kundalini.She always conceives her Son through the work and graceof the Third Logos. She is always Virgin; before the birth,during the birth and after the birth. Among the Egyptians,the Virgin is Isis; among the Hindu, Kali (in her positiveaspect); among the Aztecs, Tonantzin. She is Rhea, Cybele,Maria, Adonia, Insoberta, etc., etc., etc." (Venerable MasterSamael Aun Weor's Teachings.)

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The Virgin "Saint Sarah Kali" of the Gipsies represents Kali's Positiveaspect, the Divine Mother Kundalini.

The Virgin "Saint Sarah" of the Gipsies represents Abraham's Wife,Sarah, and Brahma's Wife, Saraswati.

As for the first cities founded by Jorge Robledo bearing the names ofCartago and Antioquia in Colombia, these names evoke ancient storiesand great events with deep imprints left on the memory of the Jewishand Christian People of Israel.

A Cartago City district in Valle del Cauca Department in Colombia iscalled "Modin". In relation to the name "Villa de Medellín", that someascribe to the "Count of Medellín" (of Jewish origin), others ascribe itsorigin to "Villa de Medein" or "Modin" of the Priest Matityahu and hissons the Maccabees.

In Antioquia, Colombia, there are many names of Hebrew origin thatwere given to a large number of towns.

Biblical names are very common among Antioquians. Their way ofspeaking has much in common with the Sephardic accent. Thetreatment of "Usted" and "Vos" is almost generally used until thepresent day.

"The familiar form of address does not exist amongSephardim and practically it was not used in Antioquia."[...] "It has been said that the way Antioquians speak andtheir accent are present in some Sephardic communities..."("De los Judíos en la Historia de Colombia" por DanielMesa Bernal, "Jews in the History of Colombia", DanielMesa Bernal).

Traditions and customs of Sephardic origin are preserved by familytradition. Antioquian bread is the traditional and original "arepa",handmade with corn and water, without yeast and salt, flat or round, orthe bread corresponding to the "Matzah", the unleavened bread andwithout yeast of the People of Israel of the night of Exodus in the"Pesach" celebrations or "Jewish Passover". The preparation to make"arepas" is called "la masa" [dough], phonetically similar to the word"the Matzah". The corn for our "Matzah" is left to soak in waterovernight before cooking to be further processed in dough in the

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manual "grinding machine (mill)".

"Hanukkah" celebration in Antioquia, Colombia, was perpetuated inthe traditional "Festival of Lights" or Day of the "Little Candles" onDecember 7 and 8 every year, in "remembrance" of the celebration of"The Eight Days of Milah" or "The Eight Days of Hanukkah" (TikuneiZohar, 13) to commemorate the Covenant of the Alliance.

"Eight"... days after the celebration of our "Hanukkah" or "Chanukah"and before the "manger" with its humble Sukkah (Booth or hutwherein the "Small and Beautiful Savior" will be "born"), thetraditional "Novena de Aguinaldos" [Christmas Novena] by Franciscanfriar Fernando de Jesús Larrea, born in Quito to Colombian father andEcuadorian mother, which are inspired "by Medieval Christmascarols", begins in many households.

In "Compendium and description of the West Indies", written aroundthe year 1629 (published in 1948), Antonio Vásquez de Espinosa said:

"... It is no slight evidence in favor of our thesis that whenthey conquered the Provinces where at present the city ofAntioquia has been founded, in the new Kingdom [ofGranada], the local King (or Cacique) was named Isac andhis wife ludit (Judith)."

In the book "De los Judíos en la Historia de Colombia" ("Jews in theHistory of Colombia"), the writer Daniel Mesa Bernal says:

"There is the common belief that during the Conquest andColonization many converted Jews arrived from Portugal asfar as the Mountain (as they used to call Antioquia). LuisEduardo Agudelo Ramírez believes that "Therefore,whether people of Antioquia have few or much in commonwith Jews, it was due to the heritage of this first century,resulting not so much from Andalusians, former Basquesfrom Extremadura, but rather from Portuguese Jews orChristians of Lusitanian origin, who were none other thanSephardic refugees in Portugal after the expulsion fromSpain, still awaiting for an objective analysis of their secrethistory and their real influence on the new Americansociety.".

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Antioquians' Hebrew origin is in dispute according to genealogicalstudies. But we must consider that the Israelites who arrived inAntioquia used to change their names and "surnames" to protectthemselves against the tribunals of Inquisition, possibly destroying anydocument where their former names appeared. One example is thesurname "Acosta" which formerly was "de Acosta".

In the book "Cherokee DNA Studies Real People Who Proved theGeneticists Wrong", written by "DONALD N. YATES and TERESA A.YATES", they say:

"Chief Black Fox [*1], my ancestor, was a Scotsmandescended from Blacks and Foxes. I believe all thesefamilies were Scottish crypto-Jews. They were heavilyintermarried, generation after generation."

"I ran a search for matches on Bowles DNA in the Y-STRHaplotype Reference Database. There were 17 matches inEurope—Albania, Berlin, Budapest, Bulgaria, Bydgoszczin northern Poland, Cologne, Colombia (2), Freiburg,Latium, Pomerania, Stuttgart, Sweden, Tyrol, Umbria,Warsaw and Westphaia. A "one-off" mutation producedFreiburg and Lombardy. The picture that emerged was onethat closely echoed the distribution pattern for the Gothicinvasions that repeopled Italy, France and Spain. To thecontrary, the predominant matches in our Melungeonsurname study have led to the Iberian Peninsula and toplaces like Antioquia, Colombia, where Marranos [*2] andcrypto-Jews emigrated. Here was a Jewish haplotype that,historically speaking, seemed to have traveled out ofScandinavia and the Baltic region, passed through Italy toSpain and Scotland and migrated on to the Americas, whereit mingled with the Indians."

*1: Cherokee Chief Black Fox (c. 1746-1811).

*2: Among Jewish converts or "Crypto-Jews" ("Hidden Jews")slanderously called "marranos", it was customary to change names andsurnames.

In Colombia, Paisas are even today given the term of "Berracos" withlabial "B", although in Castilian it is written with labiodental "V".

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"Verraco" is a name that stands for "Wild Boar".

In the Far East the Wild Boar is one of the symbolic forms ofincarnation of Hindu Lord Vishnu, called "the Varaha Avatar" or "theBoar Avatar".

In Spain and Portugal there are megalithic monuments called"Verracos" ["Boars"] with zoomorphic shapes of bulls, wild boars, etc.

"Vettones'" Culture of Celtic origin is also called "Boars' Culture".

In the Anglo-Saxon epic poem called "Beowulf", translated intoSpanish, the word "Boar", which was the animal sacred to the NorseGod Frey, is mentioned several times.

"... Frey is the God of Sun and Rain, and the patron of bountifulharvests... He is also the Ruler of the Elves.".

"Frey (Frode, is) the harvest and Boar God,...".

In "THE YOUNGER EDDAS OF STURLESON", the Boar of Frey is"named Gullinbursti [Gold Mane] or Slidrugtanni..."

Venerable Master Samael Aun Weor calls the current...

"... 'Maha-Manvantara' or Great Cosmic Day the 'Maha-Manvantara of the Boar', a completely Sanskrit word..."(Venerable Master Samael Aun Weor).

"... Vishnu [...] in his first Avatara [assumes] the form of aboar, in order to raise the earth on the surface of the watersof space." (H. P. Blavatsky, Volume V of "The SecretDoctrine").

To the Paisas of Colombia the epithet "Berraco" ["Boar"] is notoffensive; on the contrary, it has positive meanings.

The Crypto-Jewish consciousness of the Soul of Antioquia was able toturn the offensive epithet "marranos" applied to the converted Jews bythe Inquisition into the complimentary epithet (not in academicCastilian but in the traditional one of the Paisas) "verraco" or

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"berraco" ["boar"] spoken and written by the Paisas with labial "b",but written in Castilian with labiodental "v", perhaps as a kind ofsubconscious "Crypto-Jewish" rebellion against its meaning inCastilian with "v" as it appears in the academic dictionaries of Spanishlanguage.

Despite the denial of several writers, including those from Antioquiaand other departments of Colombia, of a strong Jewish heritage amongAntioquians, "Several Israelis have defended the Jewish influence onthe Paisas. Let us remember Isch Ivri, Itic Croitoru Rotbaum, JulioGuberek, Paul Link, Alberto Gerchunoff and Simon Wiesenthal, amongothers" ("De los Judíos en la Historia de Colombia" por Daniel MesaBernal: "Jews in the History of Colombia", by Daniel Mesa Bernal.)

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The Hope of Israel

The following narrative is taken from the work "The Hope of Israel",written in Amsterdam by "Menasseh Ben Israel" (Wise very LearnedPolyglot Hebrew of Portuguese origin, Commentator of Holy Booksand Talmud), and dedicated "... among others, to Rabbi Joseph daCosta, Deputy Parnassim of Kahal Kadosh of Israel."

The work contains the narrative of the Jew "Aharon Levi" (who calledhimself Antonio de Montezinos) of the encounter with approximately300 "sons of Israel" in the Cordillera Mountains of Old Antioquia inColombia by the year 1642.

It was believed that this encounter happened in a territory divided byLa Miel River that runs between the present Departments of Antioquiaand Caldas, Colombia. At that time the territorial boundaries were notdefinitively established and many changes have occurred since then. Inany case, the encounter must have taken place at the banks of one ofthe rivers of the Cordillera Central of the Andes, formerly populatedby Indigenous Pijao, Panche and Nutabe, among others.

Chronicler Fray Pedro Simon in Volume V, Chapter XLI, of his"Historical Notices of the Conquest of Tierra Firme in the Western

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Indies", describes an Indigenous Christian woman Pijao "white-skinned face, tall body, thin and looking no older than fifty,... her namewas Anica,...", whom the Pijaos of Cacique Calarca called "BotaAnica" or "Mother Anica".

"Relation of [Aharon Levi, alias,] Antony Montezinus":

"In the 18th of the Month of Elul: the 5404 year from the Worldscreation, and according to common compute, in 1644, Aaron Levi,otherwise called Antonius Montezinus came into this City Amsterdam,and related to the Sieur Menasseh ben Israel, and other cheifetains ofthe Portugal Nation, Inhabitants of the same City, these things whichfollow."

"That it was two years and a halfe, since that he going from the PortHonda [on the west bank of the Magdalena river, in presentDepartment of Tolima in Colombia] in the West-Indies, to the Papianjurisdiction [in the present Department of Cauca], he conducted someMules of a certaine Indian, whose name was Franciscus Castellanus,into the Province of Quity, and that there was one in company withhim and other Indians, whose name was Francis, who was called by allCazicus. That it happened that as they went over the MountainesCordilleræ, a great tempest arose, which threw the loaden Mules to theground. The Indians being afflicted by the sore tempest, every onebegan to count his losses; yet confessing that all that and moregrievous punishments were but just, in regard of their many sins. ButFrancis bad them take it patiently, for that they should shortly injoyrest: the others answered, that they were unworthy of it; yea that thenotorious cruelty used by the Spaniards towards them, was sent ofGod, because they had so ill treated his holy people, who wer of alothers the most innocent;..."

Indigenous Francisco then spoke to Montezinos about the help thatthey would receive "via hidden people..."

Some time later, and having traveled to the City of Cartagena inColombia, Montezinos was taken prisoner by the Inquisition.

In prison he promised himself, if he would be freed from there, hewould go back to the same place where he talked with the IndigenousFrancisco, "he sought out Franciscus beleeving that hee would repeatto him againe what he had spoken; he therefore being set at liberty,

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through Gods mercy went to the Port Honda, and according to hisdesire, found him...".

We include the following paragraphs of the book "The Hope of Israel"written by "Menasseh Ben Israel":

"... But I having curiously examined what ever hath hitherto been writupon this subject doe finde no opinion more probable, nor agreeable toreason, then that of our Montezinus, who saith, that the first inhabitantsof America, were the ten Tribes of the Israelites, whom the Tartariansconquered, and drove away; who after that (as God would have it) hidthemselves behind the Mountaines Cordilleræ [of the Old Departmentof Antioquia]. ... as also other people of the East-Indies came by thatStreight which is between India, and the Kingdome of Anian. But thatpeople, according to our Montezinus, made warre upon thoseInhabitants the Israelites, whom they forced up [the AboriginalIsraelites of the Andes of Colombia] unto the mountaines, and thein-land Countries, as formerly the Brittaines were driven by the Saxonsinto Wales... I see not anything that comes nearer truth..."

The Indigenous Cacique Francisco, after testing Montezinos to know ifhe was sincere, led him through a very difficult and thoroughlydangerous journey by foot, across the Cordillera Mountains of OldAntioquia in Colombia for over a week, starting from the Port Honda,located on the west bank of Magdalena river, in present Department ofTolima, Colombia.

"They being thus accoutred, travelled the whole weeke, unto theSabbath Day; on which day they resting, the day after they went on, tillTuesday, on which day about eight a clock in the morning, they cameto a River as bigge as Duerus [possibly "la Miel" River, in the presentboundaries between the Departments of Antioquia and Caldas], thenthe Indian said, Here you shall see your Brethren, and making a signewith the fine linnen of Xylus, which they had about them instead of aGirdle; thereupon on the other side of the River they saw a greatsmoke, and immediately after, such another signe made as they hadmade before; a little after that, three men, with a woman, in a littleBoat came to them, which being come neare, the woman went ashore,the rest staying in the Boat; who talking a good while with the Indian,in a Language which Montezinus understood not; she returned to theBoat, and told to the three men what she had learned of the Indian;who always eying him, came presently out of the Boat, and embraced

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Montezinus, the woman after their example doing the like; after which,one of them went back to the Boat, and when the Indian bowed downecourteously, and talked a good while with him. After that, the Indianbid Montezinus to be of good courage, and not to looke that theyshould come a second time to him, till he had fully learned the thingswhich were told him at the first time. Then those two men coming oneach side of Montezinus, they spoke in Hebrew, the 4th.ver. of Deut.6.SEMATH ISRAEL, ADONAI ELOHENU ADONAI EHAD; THATIS, HEARE O ISRAEL, THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE GOD.Then the Indian Interpreter being asked, how it was in Spanish, theyspoke what followes to Montezinus, making a short pause betweenevery particular:"

"1 Our Fathers are Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Israel, and theysignified these foure by the three fingers lifted up; then they joynedReuben, adding another finger to the former three."

"2 We will bestow severall places on them who have a minde to livewith us."

"3 Joseph dwels in the midst of the Sea, they making a signe by twofingers put together, and then parted them."

"4 They said (speaking fast) shortly some of us will goe forth to see,and to tread underfoot; at which word they winked, and stamped withtheir feet."

"5 One day we shall all of us talke together, they saying, Ba, ba, ba;and we shall come forth as issuing out of our Mother the earth."

"6 A certaine Messenger shall goe forth."

"7 Franciscus shall tell you somewhat more of those things, theymaking a signe with their finger, that much must not be spoken."

"8 Suffer us that we may prepare ourselves; and they turning theirhands and faces every way, thus prayed to God, DO NOT STAYLONG."

"9 Send twelve men, they making a signe, that they would have menthat had beards, and who are skillfull in writing."

"The Conference being ended, which lasted a whole day, the samereturned on Wednesday, and Thursday, and spake the same things

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againe, without adding a word; at last Montezinus being weary thatthey did not answer what he asked them, nor would suffer him to goeover the river, he cast himself into their Boat: but he being forced outagaine, fell into the River, and was in danger to be drowned, for hecould not swim; but being got out of the water, the rest being angry,said to him; attempt not to passe the River, nor to enquire after morethan we tell you; which the Indian interpreted to him, the rest declaringthe same things both by signs, and words."

"You must observe, that all those three dayes the Boat, stayed not inthe same place, but when those foure who came went away, other fourecame, who all as with one mouth, repeated all the fore-mentionedparticulars, there came and went about three hundred."

"Those men are somewhat scorched by the Sun, some of them wearetheir haire long, downe to their knees, other of them shorter, and othersof them much as we commonly cut it. They were comely of body, wellaccoutred, having ornaments on their feet, and leggs, and their headswere compassed about with a linnen cloath."

"Montezinus saith, that when he was about to be gone, on Thursdayevening, they shewed him very much courtesie, and brought himwhatever they thought fit for him in his journey, and they said, thatthemselves were well provided with all such things, (sc. meats,garments, flocks, and other things) which the Spaniards in India calltheir owne. The same day, when they came to the place where theyhave rested, the night before they came to the River, Montezinus saidto the Indian; You remember Francis, that my Brethren told me, thatyou should tell me something, therefore I entreat you, that you wouldnot thinke much to relate it. The Indian answered, I will tell you what Iknow, only doe not trouble me, and you shall know the truth, as I havereceived it from my fore-fathers; but if you presse me too much, as youseeme to doe, you will make me tell you lyes; attend therefore I pray,to what I shall tell you. Thy Brethren are the Sons of Israel, andbrought thither by the providence of God, who for their sake wroughtmany Miracles, which you will not beleeve, if I should tell you what Ihave learned from my Fathers; we Indians made war upon them in thatplace, and used them more hardly then we now are by the Spaniards;then by the instigation of our Magicians (whom we call Mohanes) [*][priests] we went armed to that place where you saw your Brethren,with an intent to destroy them; but not one of all those who wentthither, came back againe; whereupon we raised a great Army, and setupon them but with the same successe, for againe none escaped; which

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hapned also the third time, so that India was almost bereft of allinhabitants, but old men, and women, the old men therefore: and therest who survived, beleeving that the Magicians used false dealing,consulted to destroy them all, and many of them being killed thosewho remained promised to discover somewhat that was not knowne;upon that they desisted from cruelty, and they declared such things asfollow:"

"That the God of those Children of Israel is the true God, that all thatwhich is engraven upon their stones is true; that about the end of theWorld they shall be Lords of the world; that some shall come who shallbring you much good, and after that they have enriched the earth withall good things, those Children of Israel going forth out of theirCountry, shall subdue the whole World to them, as it was subject tothem formerly; you shall be happy if you make a League with them."

"Then five of the chiefe Indians (whom they call Cazici who were myAncestors, having understood the Prophesie of the Magicians, whichthey had learned of the Wise men of the Hebrewes, went thither, andafter much entreaty, obtained their desire, having first made knownetheir minde to that woman, whom you saw to be for an Interpreter, (foryour Brethren will have no commerce with our Indians) and whosoverof ours doth enter the Country of the Brethren, they presently kill him;and none of your Brehtren doe passe into our Country. Now by thehelp of that Woman we made this agreement with them."

"1 That our five Cazici should come to them, and that alone at everyseventy moneths end."

"2 That he to whom secrets should be imparted, should be above theage of three hundred Moones, or Months."

"3 And that such things should be discovered to none in any placewhere people are, but only in a Desart, and in the presence of theCazici; and so (said the Indian) we keep that secret among our selves,because that we promise our selves great favour from them, for thegood offices which we have done to our Brethren, it is not lawfull forus to visite them, unlesse at the seventy months end: Or if therehappens any thing new, and this fell out but thrice in my time; First,when the Spaniards came into this Land; also, when Ships came intothe Southerne Sea; and thirdly, when you came, whom they longwished for, and expected. They did much rejoyce for those three newthings, because that they said, the Prophesies were fulfilled."

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"And Montezinus also said, that three other Cazici were sent to him byFranciscus, to Honda, yet not telling their names, till he had said, youmay speake to them freely, they are my fellowes in my Function ofwhom I have told you, the fifth could not come for age, but those threedid heartily embrace him; and Montezinus being asked of what Nationhe was, he answered, an Hebrew, of the Tribe of Levi, and that God[Adonay] was his God, etc. which when they had heard, they embracedhim againe, and said; Upon a time you shall see us, and shall not knowus; We are all your Brethren, by Gods singular favour..."

[*] The "Mohanes" were the Priests or Spiritual Guides of the ancientIndigenous Pijao of the Cordillera Central in Colombia.

After having made a long exposition on the places of the Planet where"The Lost Tribes of Israel" might have taken refuge, Menasseh benIsrael says later in his book:

"SECT. 23. Hitherto we have shewed that the ten Tribes are in diversplaces, as in the West-Indies, in Sina; in the confines of Tartary,beyond the river Sabbathion, and Euphrates, in Media, in theKingdome of the Habyssins; of all which the Prophet Isaiah is to beunderstood, in Isa. 11. 11, [when dealing with the coming of theMessias, he says,] It shall come to passe in that day, that the Lord shallset his hand the second time to recover the remnant of his people,which shall he left from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, fromEthiopia, from Elam, from Sinear, from Hamath, and from the Islandsof the Sea." (11. "And it shall come to pass at that time, that the Lordshall use a second time His might to redeem the remnant of His people,which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pattros,and from India, and from Elam, and from Babylon, and from Hamath,and from the islands of the sea." (Targum of Isaiah, XI: 11)."(...)"

"... Hamath, there are many Hamaths mentioned in the Scripture, manyunderstand it of Antioch; [and so says the Chaldee Paraphrase.]"

Menasseh ben Israel remarks:

"... no opinion more probable, nor agreeable to reason, then that of ourMontezinus,..."

(Menasseh Ben Israel in "ORIGEN DE LOS AMERICANOS esto esEsperanza de Israel." Madrid, 1881). [Menasseh Ben Israel, "The Hopeof Israel"].

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The narrative of Montezinos, who himself asserted its veracity untilthe last days of his life, seems unlikely to some people, arguing thatthere is no evidence or that it is unscientific. But these arguments donot prove that his narrative was not true.

At that encounter in the Cordillera (Central) of the Andes, the Israelitesmentioned by Montezinos did not speak either Montezinos' Hebrew orSpanish. Montezinos "understood not" what they said. The IndigenousFrancisco was the interpreter for both, which would mean that eitherthe Israelites spoke Indigenous Francisco's language or Franciscoknew something of the Israelites' language unknown to Montezinos,who spoke more by signs and gestures than words, although they saidfew words in Spanish learned from the Indigenous Francisco "theIndian Interpreter being asked, how it was in Spanish,..."

How did the Hebrews of the Cordillera of the Andes and Montezinos,who was Jew, not understand each other in their language?

Ancient Hebrew Language was lost. Even at the time of theBabylonian Exile, the Books of Moses were rewritten by Ezra... assince long time the Original Books were already "lost" or hidden..."and in the transmission they did not remain intact" as they weredistorted...

The Indigenous Francisco bore witness that the Israelites of thatCordillera of the Andes wrote everything on stone: "all that which isengraven upon their stones is true;..."

The language spoken by "the sons of Israel" of the Andes, if it wasHebrew, was an unknown Hebrew to the Jew Aharon Levi orMontezinos "an Hebrew, of the Tribe of Levi,..."

How did the "sons of Israel" come to the Cordillera of the Andes?What traces did they leave behind them? Why did they not reappear?etc., are queries that some have made to question the veracity ofMontezinos' testimony, not considering that the ancient inhabitants ofwhat is today called America spoke about communications, even overlong distances, through caves, caverns, tunnels, pathways and citieswithin the Earth...

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Tolima (in the Cordillera Central of the Andes of Colombia) havereported that this region was already inhabited by Aboriginals morethan twelve thousand years ago.

The Indigenous (Pijao?) Francisco gave Montezinos a hint that those"sons of Israel" were already there when Indigenous arrived "in thatplace": "we Indians made war upon them in that place, and used themmore hardly then we now are by the Spaniards."

It is possible that the "sons of Israel" were referring to the HiddenWorld Within the Earth as their place of origin in the following words:

"4 They said (speaking fast) shortly some of us will goe forth to see,and to tread underfoot; at which word they winked, and stamped withtheir feet."

"5 One day we shall all of us talke together, they saying, Ba, ba, ba;and we shall come forth as issuing out of our Mother the earth."

Another evidence (not far off) of the coming from within the Earth ofthe "forefathers" of the Indigenous Aborigines of the Cordillera of theAndes, whose priests were called "Mohanes", can be found inChronicler Fray Pedro Simon's following words:

"... indians who are called Pijaos in this Kingdom (onwhom we will dwell at length in our third part) say thattheir forefathers were born in the center of the earth, andthat they came to this world through the mountains locatedbetween Cacataima river and Anaima valley." ("NoticiasHistoriales de las Conquistas de Tierra Firme en las IndiasOccidentales" [Historical Notices of the Conquests of theTierra Firme in the Western Indies] by Fray Pedro Simon ofthe Order of St. Francis of the New Kingdom of Granada","Part Two", edition of "1891").

The "Mohanes" of the Indigenous People to whom IndigenousFrancisco (possibly an Indigenous Pijao) belonged were also"Mohanes" or Pijao Priests whose ancestors came from within theEarth through the mountains.

Going back to the colonization and expansion of the descendants of thepeople who settled in the Andes of Colombia, "people who" settled "in

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that region" of "The Villa de la Candelaria of Medellín", due to theirrapid colonization, many other centers were formed in different placesof Colombia, one of which we will briefly mention as related to theMessianic Hopes of the spiritual part of Israel of the Andes:

"... A significant number of settlers crosses the CordilleraCentral, penetrating into Tolima Department..."

[…]

"In 1851, there was already a small village known as Aldeadel Líbano [Tolima Department, Colombia], a hamlet thatwas colonized by Antioquians. Paisas who, by pick and ax,cut down precious-wood trees such as cedar, to build there asmall village of good-natured lands to which manyAntioquian families arrived little by little, factor thatconstitutes Paisa idiosyncrasy which characterizesLebanese people."(Del libro "La Colonización Antioqueña"de Eduardo Santa. From the book "The AntiochianColonization" by Eduardo Santa).

There, in the "Aldea del Líbano", Tolima, Colombia, transformed intoa City years later, the Human Person of our Venerable and BelovedMaster Rabolú or the Prophet Elijah reincarnate (who was the GreatMatityahu of "Villa de Modiin" or "Medein" in others times) was bornwith strong Sephardic genetic inheritance from Antioquia, whosemelting pot of Indigenous people, Jews, Gypsies, Basques "andtornadizos moors and moorish" [tornadizos: turncoats, renegades] wasgradually formed in Villa de la Candelaria of Medellín (Villa deMedeiin, Modeiin o Modiin?), Antioquia, in the Cordillera of theAndes in Colombia.

The Human Person of V.M. Thoth-Moisés' Bodhisattva and hisBeloved Wife Gloria María del Socorro Vélez de Palacio, also wereborn there, in Villa de la Candelaria of Medellín.

Colombian Poet Jorge Isaacs, author of the Novel "María" and borninto an Israelite family, in his Poem "La Tierra de Córdoba" ["TheLand of Cordoba"], extols Antioquian women's beauty where he says:

"... your daughters are beautiful and pride of Israel."

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Elijah and Moses are, according to one key [of interpretation], the TwoWitnesses of the Apocalypse, the Two Lights on both sides of the"Golden Candelabrum" of Seven Branches or Menorah which,integrated into a whole, form a Nine-Branched Candelabrum orHanukiah, whose Feast or Festival of Lights is celebrated by traditionin Modeiin or Medeiin; and with a great display of Lights in Villa de laCandelaria in Medellín, in all Antioquia and the rest of Colombia.

The name "Antioquia" was given to this department in the Andes ofColombia in remembrance of "the disciples" of the Apostles of ourLord Jesus the Christ who began to be called Christians first at Antiochof Syria.

From the Andes of Colombia, the "Tikkun" or Restoration of thespiritual part of Israel of the Andes begun and, from there, a new"Tikkun" or "Restoration" of the Spiritual Temple of the Holy One,Blessed Be, and of the Holy Shekinah also begun through all that issymbolized and represented by the Menorah or Candelabrum of SevenLights, with Two more Lamps on both sides that represent the TwoWitnesses, Elijah and Moses, integrating to shape the Hanukiah, orCandelabrum of nine lighted lamps, to enlighten with the Light ofChrist, the Son of Man who is in the midst of the seven goldencandelabra, the Occult Wisdom of the Holy Torah.

In 1917, in the "Neighbourhood Egipto [Egypt]" of Santafé de Bogotá,Cundinamarca departament, in Colombia, the Human Person of ourVenerable and Beloved Master Samael Aun Weor's Bodhisattva, "TheLion of the Tribe of Judah", the Warrior Priest King Messiahannounced in the Essene Texts found in the caves surroundingQumran, was born.

In 1926, in "El Líbano", Tolima department, in Colombia, "colonizedby Antiochians", the Human Person of our Venerable and BelovedMaster Rabolú's Bodhisattva, the Ruler King Messiah announced inthe Essene Texts found in the caves surrounding Qumran, was born.

In 1951, in Medellín, Antioquia department, in Colombia, the HumanPerson of V.M. Thoth-Moisés' Bodhisattva, the Prophet King Messiahannounced in the Essene Texts found in the caves surroundingQumran, was born.

Then, Our Venerable and Beloved Master Judas of Kerioth'sannouncement in "The Flight of the Feathered Serpent" is being in part

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fulfilled, where He says:

"And the Mayab of the Andes be then the cradle of the newcivilisation".

Likewise, the beginning of "The Hope of Israel", the spiritual part ofIsrael of the Andes, of Latin America, is also being fulfilled.

"Only through the Great Arcanum can we be saved andreceive the name of the Father on the forehead. The peopleof Zion are the people of Israel (God's spiritual people).These people are formed by all those who practice sexualmagic (people of chastity)." (Venerable Master Samael AunWeor's Teachings in "The Message of Aquarius").

"Actually, here Latin America, that is, the Andes, is calledto become the Cradle of Civilisation, that is, of the Spiritualpart, it is called to accomplish a great mission, as wasaccomplished by this..., in Israel, over there, in Egypt... [*]"(Venerable Master Rabolú's Teachings).

[*] - "Ah!, yes, Israel in Egypt, Moses and all of Them..."

Shimon ben Yohai, explaining Patriarch Jacob's prophecy in the Bookof Genesis, 49: 10 esoterically, says in The Zohar (we place someexplanations of ours in brackets):

"... 'The sceptre shall not depart from Judah nor the ruler'sstaff from between his feet', 'the sceptre' referring to theMessiah of the house of Judah [the Warrior Priest KingMessiah, 'the Lion of the Tribe of Judah', Venerable MasterSamael Aun Weor, 'the Initiator Word of the New Age ofAquarius'], and 'the staff' to the Messiah of the house ofJoseph [the Ruler King Messiah, the Prophet ElijahReincarnate, our Venerable Master Rabolú]. 'Until Shilohcometh': this is Moses [the Prophet King Messiah, V.M.Thoth-Moisés], the numerical value of the two namesShiloh and Moses being the same." (The Zohar).

The study and practice of the esoteric teachings contained in the Zohar

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(studying them with "sharp eye" because there are adulterations andinterpolations that were introduced throughout time) and in the light ofVenerable Master Samael Aun Weor's, Venerable Master Rabolú'sGnostic teachings and V.M. Thoth-Moisés' testimonies, contain thekeys that allow us to become "Sons of Israel" of the spiritual part,since whoever incarnates Tiphereth, who is the Son of Man, theInterior Inner Christ, becomes an Israelite in one's soul and heart.

Shimon ben Yohai, situating his prophetic teachings in a future, thoughfulfilled before (one of the forms of prophetic interpretation that canalso be found in the Essene Texts from Qumran), referred to theSupreme Messiah's arrival in those times:

"... the Messiah has revealed himself in the land of Galilee.And all who are diligent in the study of the Torah —andthere shall be few such in the world— will gather roundhim." (The Zohar).

The previous words, in an Interpretation, refer to our Lord Jesus TheChrist, the Supreme Messiah who revealed Himself "in the land ofGalilee".

In these end times, the eschatological "Galilee" is Latin America, thelands from where the Three Messiahs sent by the Supreme Messiahwho is our Lord Jesus The Christ, the Only-Begotten Son of theAbsolute Heavenly Father, our Father who is in Heaven, sprouted.

We have finished writing this Study with the Help of God on Friday,Shabbat Eve, July 19 and on Shabbat Day, July 20, 2013.

- New revision and enlargement completed, with the Help of God,on September 19, 2015, on Shabbat Day -

We Love all Beings, all Humanity. Every Human Being is also Humanity.

"May all Beings be Happy!""May all Beings be Blessed!""May all Beings be at Peace!"

With all my Heart for all Poor Suffering Humanity Luis Bernardo Palacio Acosta

Bodhisattva of V.M. Thoth-Moisés

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