Neil Douglas-Klotz is an internationally known scholar in
the fields connecting religious studies (comparative Semitic
hermeneutics) and psychology as well as a poet and musician. He is
the author of Prayers of the Cosmos, Desert Wisdom, The Hidden
Gospel, and The Genesis Meditations and coauthor of The Tent of
Abraham with Sr. Joan Chittister and Rabbi Arthur Waskow. He is the
past chair of the Mysticism Group of the American Academy of
Religion and is active in various international colloquia and
conferences dedicated to peace and spirituality.
“Religion easily dies when it succumbs to rote. The Aramaic
translations of Klotz cut through the rote and bring us to the
deeper meanings of Jesus’s teaching that can still touch our
hearts, move our souls, and ignite our action.” —Matthew Fox,
author of Original Blessing
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“In this luminous offering, we discover the wisdom teacher this
burning world is yearning for: a native Jesus, deeply connected to
the earth and her wisdom, a Jesus long-ago silenced by the religion
founded in his name, a Jesus who speaks directly to the heart of
people of all faiths, and maybe especially to those of us who
cannot fit ourselves into the confines of a single tradition. Neil
Douglas-Klotz has distilled his decades of rigorous scholarship,
deep practice, and revolutionary insight into a potent elixir for
our times.” —Mirabai Starr, translator of Julian of Norwich: The
Showings and author of Wild Mercy
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“For more than 40 years, Neil Douglas-Klotz has been exploring the
mysteries of the Syriac and Aramaic languages to better understand
what Yeshua wanted and still wants to tell us. This patient work is
not in vain, it is necessary to bring us closer to this presence
and this teaching, which enlighten us, awaken us, heal us and save
us. Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus takes us step by step
towards the promised Beatitude, already everywhere and always
there, if we have eyes to see it, ears to hear it, a heart to know
it and to love it.” —Prof. Jean-Yves Leloup, author of The Gospel
of Thomas: The Gnostic Wisdom of Jesus and The Gospel of Mary
Magdalene
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“Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus returns us to the original
Aramaic of Jesus’s words, where the breath, the body, and the soul
are part of a living wholeness in which nature and the divine are
not separate. Here, language is a part of the creative flow of the
seasons and our inner being, awakening us to the Holy Wisdom that
is within. Neil Douglas-Klotz’s depth of study gives new life to
these great teachings, helping us to be in harmony with our
original nature, our own connection to Sacred Unity. An invaluable
book.” —Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Prayer of the Heart in
Christian and Sufi Mysticism
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“Neil Douglas-Klotz is a modern-day mystic, a visionary, and a
receiver of revelation. Revelations of the Aramaic
Jesus is a wake-up call for our time. This
book liberates and restores Yeshua’s original mission and
message as an invitation to everyone—devotees of all paths,
scholars, nomads, contemplatives, and activists alike—to journey
‘home’ to the source through a subtle and dynamic process of
gradual revelation.” —Chloe Goodchild, voice pioneer, founder and
author of The Naked Voice
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“The words Jesus spoke have become commonplace in translations from
languages not his own. Striking insights into his chronicled words
are revealed through Dr. Douglas-Klotz’s years of research into the
ancient Aramaic texts that recorded them, exceeding the limitations
of academia. Included here is the wisdom gleaned from experiences
of embodying the sounds and movements evoked by Jesus’s Aramaic
words. In this book, one discovers a synthesis and expansion of
Neil Douglas-Klotz’s work and considers what has been relinquished
by the practice of dismissing the power of the deeper meanings to
be discovered. It is a joy to couple further revelations with what
we already know and love in the Bible.” —Br. Joseph Kilikevice, OP,
Founder and Director, Shem Center for Interfaith Spirituality,
Illinois, USA
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“Douglas-Klotz is a man at the zenith of his spiritual,
intellectual, and heartfelt powers, drawing out from the rich
Aramaic meanings and practices to open the heart, offer dazzling
insights, and, most of all, set us free of the dogmas and doctrines
that prevent us from deepening our relationship with the Beloved.
This is a work of profound significance that has fed me and which I
will readily share with other seekers. In fearful times, where
faith and spiritual exploration are often reduced to rigid beliefs,
this book, and indeed Douglas-Klotz's whole body of work, comes as
a fearless breath of fresh air—a liberating voice in the
wilderness. All might do well to hear it for, whether the reader is
a Jesus follower or not, this work feeds the soul. Highly and
unconditionally recommended.” —Rev. Prof. Stephen G. Wright,
director of the Sacred Space Foundation, England, author
of Coming Home and Heartfulness
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“The great liberation theologian, Gustavo Gutierrez of Peru, says
it's not sufficient just to study theology. He says that to
liberate—‘to give life’—involves a hands-on ‘doing’ of theology; an
application of its insights in ways that can prepare a waiting
world for ‘kingdom,’ or, shall we say, ‘community come.’ By
invoking the depth of words that Jesus likely used, Neil
Douglas-Klotz reveals how sacred language is a trowel that opens up
a hidden archaeology. It reveals a buried treasure of great price.
It frees the gift half-understood that serves the soul's unfolding
in our times.” —Professor Alastair McIntosh, Scotland, author
of Soil and Soul and Poacher's Pilgrimage
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