Coat
of Arms of the Administrative Capital City of the Order
Administrative Capital
City: Essenia
Meaning
of name: "Those who
expect".
Building date of the Temple of the Essenes: 4 March
2020 to 4 March 2030
The Planting of the Trees for food and also those for wood to be used in its
construction: 2019 to 2022
"And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on
that side, shall grow all trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade,
neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth
new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued
out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and
the leaf thereof for medicine." - Ezekiel 47:12
Location: The "City
in the Hills and the Plains", Principality of the Good News, South America
The City were those activities in which there is the application of
the Healing Arts. It is were there are those that by injury, or by
old age, or by mental derangements are given particular attention by
those in the "City in the Hills and the Plains."
This "City in the Hills and the Plains" is where the Teachings of
Christ, and those activities which bring, which make for the better
understanding to Peoples of many lands, as to a Union of Thought for
the conservation of power and strength towards the making of All
lands better and safer for man's indwelling. “How beautiful on the
mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that
publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that
publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!”
- Isaiah
52:7
“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that
keepeth the law, happy is he.” - Proverbs 29:18
Territorial Area Size: 300 Hectares
Total Number of Waterfalls: 2
Total Number of Rivers
and Streams: 5
The Royal Road, build during the Empire
of Brazil era, remains intact at both ends of Essenia
Essenia
Principality of the Good News, South America
Essenia is a Beautiful
area of 300 Hectares in a valley between 2 mountain ranges. The
property has 5 rivers, 1 lake, and 2 waterfalls, including the
largest waterfall of the area.
The water is crystal clean and of a pleasant temperature for bath
year round. The Principality of the Good News is a Private Natural
Protection Area, of which the Hospitallers Order Of The Good News
owns a great part of it. The Principality of the Good News is a
Practical Christian Community, situated in the heart of the Chapada
Diamantina, Bahia. A Pristine Area of Oustanding Natural Beauty.
The area where Essenia is located is called Chapada Diamantina,
Bahia.
"Therefore whosoever
heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto
a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a
rock.
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them
not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon
the sand:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it."
- Matthew 7:24-27
"For he looked for a city
which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." -
Hebrews 11:10
"In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel,
and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a
city on the south." - Ezekiel 40:2
"Hence when there was
proclaimed of the son of Elizabeth that he had through the prayers,
the activities of those consecrated souls, become one capable in the
flesh of
renouncing the priesthood and to become as an outcast that there
might be made known what had been promised by those of old, that he
should be as the voice of the one crying
in the wilderness: "Prepare ye the way, for the day of the Lord Is
at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty." -
Isaiah 13:6
"As it is written in the
book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying: The voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his
paths straight. Every valley shall be filled,
and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked
shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; And
all flesh shall see the salvation of God." - Luke 3:4-6
The Rivers of Essenia
The Waterfall of Essenia
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Area de Proteção
Natural
Essenia, Principado da Boa Nova
Aspectos Relevantes
A Estrada Real atravessa toda a área da Serra da Essenia,
ligando os antigos distritos garimpeiros com caminhos calcados de
pedras, conservados até hoje. A paisagem serrana do Pico da Essenia
e Itobira, entremeados por florestas e vastos campos rupestres, seja
pelos belíssimos campos de altitude. Cachoeira das Andorinhas, da
Essenia, do Melado, do Mocotó, existem outras mais.
Política Ambiental
A Ordem Proíbe:
1. Desmatamento, transporte e venda ilegal de madeira
2.
Caça e comércio ilegal de aves e mamíferos
3.
Queimadas
4.
Garimpo
5.
Agricultura sem manejo preservacionista
6.
Toda a actividade que leve ao efeito de erosão do solo
7.
Captação irregular dos cursos de água
8.
Ocupação de brejos, beiras de rios e encostas
9.
Contaminação do solo e curso de água
10.
Lançamento de esgotos a céu aberto
11.
Depósito e queima irregular do lixo
The Mountains of Essenia
Health Towns
A clean nation is a
progressive nation, and a progressive nation is a ruling nation.
“That it is healthier to
live in the country than in large towns, is a plain matter of fact
which experience renders familiar to all. But it is only with in a comparatively short period that any attempt
has been made to investigate the causes of this effect; though
without such an investigation it is obviously impossible to devise
any means at all likely to be effectual in improving the health of
towns.
If we would arrive at an intelligent view of the subject, we must
carefully consider the phenomena which are engendered in the course
of years by the impregnation of the soil of cities with substances
which are deposited there in the shape of refuse, or gradually
accumulate from various sources.
Everything that comes into contact with man partakes more or less of
the character of clothing, and is similarly affected by the action
of those causes which are in constant operation wherever men are
collected together.
Clothes, as we all know, require to be frequently washed and
changed; and if we cannot cleanse and renew the soil upon which we
tread, and the emanations from which are constantly rising about us,
we ought at least to endeavour to maintain its natural purity as far
as lies in our power. Let the soil be impregnated with organic matter of various kinds;
let it receive water enough to moisten it, but not enough to cleanse
it; let this water be charged with a solution of sulphate of lime,
which, by its combination with the organic substances buried in the
soil, will give rise to the most mephitic and poisonous gases; let
the ventilation which might have carried off these deleterious
emanations be impeded; let light, which facilitates the slow
combustion of organic substances, be prevented from often reaching
the ground; and we have combined" all the conditions necessary to
render the soil a pest-house of infection, a dreadful swamp under
the show of splendour, whence silently go forth day and night the
treacherous agents of so many diseases, which are in reality nothing
but the natural and necessary results of this concealed corruption.
The usual causes of the accumulation of those substances which tend
to render the soil of large towns prejudicial to health, are, the
necessity we are under of using organic substances for food, and the
various consequences of that use, the employment of these substances
in manufactures, the domestic animals which live among us, and the
human corpses which were formerly, and are sometimes even now, if the
statements in the public press are to be believed, buried in the
heart of towns, and, wasting away by decomposition, after a number
of years form a large mass of putrid matter. In towns lighted by gas, that is to say, in all towns of any
extent, there is an addition al cause of infection, and one which, if
not counteracted, may become, in time, productive of immense
mischief.
This is the development of vapours which, after being carried along
with the gas in the pipes, issue through the escapes, and spread in
the earth, giving it a fetid smell that betrays itself when there is
any digging for repairs, make trees wither and perish by poisoning
the roots, and taint the water in wells. It is obvious from the above remarks, that the means of preventing
the soil from getting into an unhealthy state must consist mainly in
endeavouring to diminish, as much as possible, the quantity, of
organic substances which penetrate into the earth.
The most customary and simple plan is, to pave the streets with
stone.
Independently of the advantages of this plan on the score of
convenience for traffic, and the prevention of the formation of ruts
and puddles, it evidently diminishes the permeable portion of the
soil, since it is only through the interstices between the stones
that anything can reach the earth beneath. Among other means of accomplishing this important object, the
following deserve special mention.
There should be numerous water-plugs frequently, if not constantly,
open, so as to pour into the gutters a body of water sufficient to
carry off all the filth from the houses before it has time to sink
into the soil. Sewers and drains should be plentifully laid down and
kept thoroughly watertight.
To prevent the dispersion of the vapours and fluids engendered by
the gas, some recommend that the gas-pipes should be placed inside
the sewers. It is alleged that such an arrangement would render the
repair of escapes more convenient, but on this point there is some
room for a difference of opinion. Cemeteries should be placed not merely quite out of the town, but
also below its level; for if the water which runs through the soil
finds its way by subterranean imbibition to the soil of the town, it
is evident that the evil, against which we are anxious to guard,
will be secretly gaining ground.
Every species of manufacture which gives out much organic matter
ought to be removed to a distance from the town, or carried on close
to a stream of water, powerful enough to carry off everything of
this sort at once.
Lastly, the strictest vigilance should be exercised over all
gardens, markets, and other places where organic substances are
likely to accumulate.
But, besides resorting to such preventive measures as the above, it
is of the greatest importance to employ suitable means for
counteracting the infection which already exists in the soil. It is
a fact, to which we can no longer shut our eyes, that in almost all
our considerable towns the soil is more or less infected. In this, as in other cases, prevention is better than cure.
The first step should be to let the oxygen of the atmosphere have
free circulation wherever there are organic materials capable of
becoming injurious to health by decomposition.
It is well known that oxygen, especially when aided by the influence
of light, has a tendency to convert organic matter into water,
carbonic acid, and nitrogen, by a slow combustion, which, from the
moderation of its action, involves no sort of danger. Thus, oxygen
is a powerful agent, which destroys the sources of infection
whenever it is brought into contact with them. Besides, the air, by penetrating freely into every hole and corner,
has a tendency to dry the earth, the streets, and the walls of the
houses. Hence, not only ought the streets to be of sufficient width,
but the yard s at the back of the houses should' be large enough to
admit the fresh air to that side as well as the other, for if this
is not the case the work of purification is only half done.
The next means to be employed consists in the use of wells, a means
which has never yet received a fair trial, but which, with proper
management, is capable of being turned to good account. A single
experiment by a skilful engineer may suffice to demonstrate this.
Having sunk a well in an old farm-yard, the soil of which had been
long impregnated with the manure to a considerable depth, he could
not get any water from the well at all fit to drink, though the
water of another well, situated at a little distance above this, was
excellent. However, by dint of working the well, and using the water
from it for purposes of cultivation, he at last succeeded in
completely changing its condition.
The water gradually lost its colour and its smell, till in the
course of a few years it became quite fit to drink. It is evident
that, in this case, the well performed the part of an emunctory. It served to wash the body of the soil by means of the water which
was drawn down to it, dissolving and bringing with it the animal
substances through which it passed.
This action is naturally very slow, and depends upon the quantity of
rain -water imbibed by the earth, and flowing down to the interior
of the well; but it cannot be denied that, in general, when there
are many wells in a town, they contribute to the gradual
purification of the soil, especially if, at the same time, the
preventive measures above indicated be adopted. But here an important observation suggests itself with regard to
paving, and that is, that the paving, which in some degree prevents
the soil on which towns are built from being penetrated with
infectious matter, in the same degree prevents it from being
cleansed by the rain which falls upon it, and would otherwise sink
into it.
This was remarked by the sagacious Franklin, who, in his will,
observed that the soil of towns being paved and covered with houses,
the rain is carried off, instead of penetrating the earth and
renewing and purifying the springs; in consequence of which the
water from the wells becomes worse every day, till in old towns it
is not fit to drink.
There is evidently no other means of remedying the evil than to have
pure water laid on from without; but at the same time it is
desirable not to abandon the use of wells wherever they can be sunk,
because of their valuable action as emunctories, when the
subterranean water that gradually accumulates in them is
occasionally exhausted? A third resource, and one which is likely to be more effectual than
any other, consists in the raising of plantations near the town.
As an eminent engineer observes, if the utility of trees in
preventing the impoverishment of sloping ground, and mitigating the
evil effects of violent or continuous rain, is undeniable, they must
be no less serviceable in constantly counteracting the unhealthiness
produced, or on the point of being produced, in populous towns by
organic matter and the excessive dampness of the soil.
The roots of the trees, by spreading out in all directions within
the soil, relieve it of the moisture, charged with organic an d
saline materials, that it has imbibed. At the same time the more
distant portions of the roots, by virtue of the law of capillary
attraction, give back to the earth a portion of the water with which
they are overcharged; and thus, if the trees are sufficiently
numerous and suitably arranged, a subterranean circulation is
established. Hence we have here self-acting emunctories, far more efficient than
wells, because they can be multiplied to a greater extent.
It has been ascertained by experiment that a sunflower, placed in a
glazed flower-pot covered with a sheet of lead, so as merely to let
the stem come through, will evaporate as much as twenty-eight pints
of water in the course of only twelve hours. What, then, must have
been the quantity if the experiment had been made upon a tree?
At the same time that the water is thus drawn off, it is purified. The pure liquid is diffused through the atmosphere, and contributes
to freshen and improve the air. The salts and organic substances are
absorbed by the roots, and serve as nourishment to the tree; so
that, by this happy combination, the very deleterious substances
themselves are employed to sustain the agents destined to counteract
them.
But in proportion to the efficacy of this measure in promoting the
health and improving the aspect of towns, is the necessity of
careful consideration with regard to the number and arrangement of
the trees in different quarters, the choice of such as are suitable
for the irrespective positions, and the steps to be taken in order
that the roots, as they extend, may meet with sufficient nourishment
without ever passing through beds impregnated with substances that
are deleterious, or deprived of the oxygen of the atmosphere.
Unless these precautions are adopted, the success of the method must
be greatly impaired, if not altogether nullified, because the
plantations cannot thrive.
Surely if anything were needed to convince even the most obtuse and
inert of the urgent necessity of prom pt and vigorous measures of
some sort, the recent outbreak of that dreadful pestilence which is
now making such fearful havoc in almost every portion of the globe,
is more than sufficient for the purpose.” - in “The Illustrated
Magazine of Art”, Vol. 4, No. 23, 1854.
The Essenia Temple
Three concentric square courts: the
inner court, the middle court, and the outer court. In the midst of
the inner court stands the Temple, and the various buildings
connected with it. Temple Compound sizes: The square outer court is
800 metres on a side. The total area of the Temple compound is 65
hectares. The Temple compound is surrounded by a moat of 50 metres
wide. For where many are gathered together, there may the
understanding come for the making of the at-oneness of the
individual with the Creative Forces in its activities. "Where two or
three are gathered together in My name, There I will be in the midst
of them." - Matthew 18:20
Shekhinah
In each town and city of
the Order there is a place for the gathering of the Citizens of the
Order, which is called Shekhinah. This place is for: Civic Religious
and Cultural Events, and for the Reading of the Scriptures in
Public. A place were those who gathered to listen, to interpret, to
seek, not only physical but mental and spiritual relief and
understanding.
"And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel,
the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that
ye may learn them, and keep, and do them." - Deuteronomy 5:1
"And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the
sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and
unto all the elders of Israel. And Moses commanded them, saying, At
the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of
release, in the feast of tabernacles, When all Israel is come to
appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose,
thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. Gather
the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger
that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may
learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words
of this law: And that their children, which have not known any
thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye
live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it." -
Deuteronomy 31:9-13
"Till I come, give
attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine." - I Timothy
4:13
"And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and
cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law."
- Joshua 8:34
Ezra Reads God’s Law to the People
"And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into
the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra
the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had
commanded to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the
congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with
understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. And he read
therein before the street that was before the water gate from the
morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that
could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto
the book of the law." - Nehemiah 8:1-3
"On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of
the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the
Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever." -
Nehemiah 13:1
"And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of
Judah and of Jerusalem. And the king went up into the house of the
Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people,
both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the
book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord." -
2 Kings 23:1-2
"And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as
his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and
stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of
the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the
place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he
hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty
them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and
sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were
fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this
scripture fulfilled in your ears." - Luke 4:16-21
“But Israel shall be saved
in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed
nor confounded world without end.” - Isaiah 45:17
“Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east,
and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and
to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my
daughters from the ends of the earth; Even every one that is called
by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him;
yea, I have made him.” - Isaiah 43:5-7
“Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and
in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee,
and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth,
to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; That thou mayest say to
the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew
yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be
in all high places. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall
the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall
lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. And I
will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.
Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and
from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. Sing, O heavens;
and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains:
for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his
afflicted." - Isaiah 49:8-13
“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my
help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He
will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not
slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor
sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right
hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy
soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from
this time forth, and even for evermore.” - Psalm 121
"Who shall ascend into the
hill of the Lord? or who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath
clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto
vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from
the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is
the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob.
Selah." - Psalm 24:3-6
Lift up thine eyes unto the hills of the Lord. For from Him
cometh strength. Trust not in thyself, but in the good, the Lord,
the love of the Lord that thou may show unto thy fellow man. Lift up
thine eyes unto the hills of the Lord from whence cometh thy help!
The hill? Thine temple within! The voice? The voice of thine own
conscience as it meets with thy God within. For He hath promised to
meet thee there, and He will hear when ye enter in.
“Bend Thy Head, Oh Ye
Children of Men! Give Heed Unto The Way As Is Set Before You in That
Sermon On The Mount, in That on Yon Hill This Enlightenment May Come
Among Men, For Even as The Voice of The One Who Stood Beside the Sea
and Called All Men Unto The Way, That Those That Would Harken Might
Know There Was Again a Staff in David, and The Rod of Jesse Has Not
Failed, For in Zion Thy Names Are Written, And In Service Will Come
Truth! Come, my children, and
know in whom thou hast believed, for He is able to keep thy needs,
thine wants, thy desires, in the palm of His hand. Walk in His ways,
that thine going in and coming out through This plane may come
nearer, and nearer the way of the Cross, for though the cross may be
heavy, in Him Is that that makes it light. Just those little words,
here and there. Grow in grace, in knowledge, In understanding, that
thy ways may be one with the Creative ways, and ye shall know the
Truth, and the Truth shall Make you free!" - Michael, Lord of the Way
Frequent Asked Questions
1. When Will the Essenia Temple be build?
This Temple is a Promises,
is a thought, a dreamed by many, in the time that predated the
preparations for the first coming. Yes, Are we not the same! Know
thy family. The Essenian Temple will is being built at present, the
land has been acquired, trees for the construction have bee planted,
the soil, the water and the stone for same is plentiful, the wood is
plentiful in equal manner.
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