The annals of an important monastery of the Essene sect, located only about twenty miles from Jerusalem, have recently been discovered. |
An Essene, but one that was seldom in the cenoby, more often to be met on the hills with his flocks. |
And of course the man carrying the pitcher may have been a member of the Essene faction, whose men eschewed marriage and carried their own water. |
We have stated Christ may have been an Essene either by birth or by conversion. |
It seems, for example, that the pre-Christian Essene communities were based on Ashram traditions and principles. |
The first Lon event in Belgium that took place on September 21st 1999 at Essene was a big success. |