Sreekesh Puthuvassery
Author | Independent Researcher
Introduction
The most sacred book in the Western religious tradition, the Bible, did not begin as a literal document. It was not originally meant to be read as a history book or as a moral rulebook to control masses. The earliest Christian texts were deeply esoteric, symbolic, and mystical. They conveyed profound truths about consciousness, inner transformation, and the divine spark within each soul. However, through political manipulation, institutional dogma, and spiritual suppression, a great conspiracy was born — one that turned these inner mysteries into outer events, and the path to liberation into a system of lifelong submission.
1. The Bible Was Once an Esoteric Manual, Not Literal History
The original Christian writings were mystical in nature. They did not present Jesus as a historical figure demanding blind faith, but as a symbolic embodiment of the divine spark — a path to be realized within. The Gnostic gospels (such as Thomas, Philip, Mary, and Judas) are evidence of this. These texts taught that the “Kingdom of God” was not a faraway place but already within, accessible through self-knowledge (gnosis) and awakening from illusion.
Take this line from the Gospel of Thomas:
“If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you.”
Such statements imply inner liberation, not religious obedience. But this radical message didn’t sit well with those in power — and that is where the conspiracy begins.
2. The Council of Nicaea: A Political Coup Disguised as Faith
In 325 AD, Roman Emperor Constantine convened the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumenical council of the Church. The official reason was to unify Christianity, but the deeper motive was political control. The empire needed one doctrine, one book, and one God to ensure loyalty and obedience.
This council selected which gospels were canonized and which were banned. Over 30+ original scriptures — especially those that emphasized inner transformation and personal divinity — were discarded. The surviving texts were those that:
♧ Encouraged fear of sin and divine punishment
♧ Elevated Jesus as the only divine being
♧ Promoted priesthood, ritualism, and hierarchy
♧ Reinforced a “God-above, man-below” structure
Thus, the mystical Christ was replaced with a literal savior — and salvation became externalized and dependent on the Church.
3. Myth Was Frozen as History — Liberation Became Dogma
Every religion has myth — symbolic stories used to communicate hidden truths. But the Church froze myth into history, demanding literal belief in what were once inner allegories.
The story of Jesus's death and resurrection, for instance, originally symbolized the ego’s crucifixion and the awakening of the divine Self. It was about inner transformation, not a one-time cosmic event. But by historicizing this myth, the Church made it a unique, non-replicable event — and forced people to worship the man, not embody the process.
Christ was no longer a state of consciousness, but a figure of worship.
4.The Demolition of Gnosis – Direct Experience Became Heresy
The Gnostics, early Christian mystics, taught that true salvation came from gnosis — direct, intuitive knowledge of one’s divine origin. They saw the material world as an illusion (maya or prison) created by the Demiurge, a false god or corrupt architect who distracts souls from higher truth.
This was unacceptable to the Church. Why?
Because Gnosis bypasses authority.
No priests. No rituals. No popes.
Only inner work and self-realization.
To protect their rising political empire, the Church branded Gnostics as heretics, burned their writings, and spread the idea that seeking personal spiritual knowledge was a sin. Spirituality was outsourced to the Church — and the individual’s divine potential was buried.
5. Demonizing Darkness, Femininity, and Sacred Sexuality
In Gnostic and esoteric traditions, darkness symbolized the womb of the cosmos, the primal mystery. The Divine Feminine, such as Sophia (Wisdom), played a central role in creation and enlightenment. The path to God was through integration of both light and dark — conscious descent into the inner void to emerge reborn.
But the Church demonized darkness.
It associated it with sin, evil, and the Devil.
They removed all traces of the Divine Feminine, banned texts where Mary Magdalene was seen as a spiritual equal to Jesus, and replaced spiritual balance with patriarchal dominance. The sacred sexual energy, seen by mystics as a divine force, was recast as shameful and sinful. Celibacy, suppression, and guilt were weaponized to control the body and soul alike.
6. Hell, Sin, and Salvation — Invented to Create Fear
The original mystics did not teach eternal damnation. "Hell" was a metaphor for spiritual ignorance and separation from divine truth, not a fiery pit. But fear is a powerful tool.
So the Church built an afterlife system of:
○ Sin = inherited corruption
○ Salvation = only through Church sacraments
○ Hell = eternal torture for disobedience
This model created psychological slavery. Even thinking differently became dangerous. And anyone outside the Church was damned.
7. The Role of Paul – From Mysticism to Propaganda
While the historical figure Paul may have had genuine mystical experiences, his writings were later edited or reinterpreted to support institutional authority. His epistles shifted Christianity’s focus from inner realization to sin management, grace, and obedience.
Pauline Christianity became the weaponized version — full of guilt, control, and rigid moralism — while the original path of awakening was erased.
8. Neo-Christianity: Faith Without Fire, Worship Without Wisdom
Modern Christianity, especially in its institutional and evangelical forms, is far removed from its mystical roots. It teaches:
○ Blind faith, not experiential truth
○ Emotional guilt, not conscious self-inquiry
○ Worship, not transformation
○ Obedience, not liberation
This creates a spiritual system where even questioning is feared, and walking alone at night as a woman is unsafe, despite "God's love" being preached everywhere. At the same time, courts and laws are often exploited in the name of religion, leading to misuse of divine rights and punishment of good men under false pretexts — an extension of the same imbalance that replaced divine truth with institutional power.
Christ Is Not a Man — Christ Is a State of Being
The Bible was once a coded map of spiritual evolution. The “Jesus story” was a mirror of the inner alchemy — ego death, descent into inner darkness, and rebirth as divine awareness. But a massive conspiracy turned this inward process into a literal, historical religion.
It changed:
○ Myth into event
○ Gnosis into doctrine
○ Wisdom into obedience
○ Liberation into submission
The truth? You are the temple. Christ is within. The real heresy is not rebellion — it's forgetting who you are.