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CRUCIFIXION OF THE PHOENIX BY GYEORGOS CERES HATONN "dharma" A PHOENIX JOURNAL CRUCIFIXION OF THE PHOENIX BY GYEORGOS CERES HATONN "dharma" A PHOENIX JOURNAL Page 2 COPYRIGHT POSITION STATEMENT AND DISCLAIMER The Phoenix Journals are intended as a "real time" commentary on current events, how current events relate to past events and the relationships of both to the physical and spiritual destinies of mankind. All of history, as we now know it, has been revised, rewritten, twisted and tweaked by selfishly motivated men to achieve and maintain control over other men. When one can understand that everything is comprised of "energy" and that even physical matter is "coalesced" energy, and that all energy emanates from God's thought, one can accept the idea that the successful focusing of millions of minds on one expected happening will cause it to happen. If the many prophecies made over thousands of years are accepted, these are the "end times" (specifically the year 2000, the second millennium, etc.). That would put us in the "sorting" period and only a few short years from the finish line. God has said that in the end-times would come the WORD--to the four corners of the world--so that each could decide his/her own course toward, or away from, divinity--based upon TRUTH. So, God sends His Hosts--Messengers--to present that TRUTH. This is the way in which He chooses to present it, through the Phoenix Journals. Thus, these journals are Truth, which cannot be copyrighted; they are compilations of information already available on Earth, researched and compiled by others (some, no doubt, for this purpose) which should not be copyrighted. Therefore, these journals are not copyrighted (except SIPAPU ODYSSEY which is "fiction"). The first sixty or so journals were published by America West Publishing which elected to indicate that a copyright had been applied for on the theory that the ISBN number (so necessary for booksellers) was dependent upon the copyright. Commander Hatonn, the primary author and compiler, insisted that no copyrights be applied for and, to our knowledge, none were. If the Truth is to reach the four corners of the world, it must be freely passed on. It is hoped that each reader will feel free to do that, keeping it in context, of course. Page 3 CRUCIFIXION OF THE PHOENIX ISBN 0·922356-14-9 First Edition Printed by America West Publishers, 1989 Published by PHOENIX SOURCE DISTRIBUTOR'S, lNC. P. O. BOX 27353 LAS VEGAS, NY 89126 Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE DEDICATION.................................................................................................... 9 QUOTE ........................................................................................................... 11 FOREWORD...................................................................................................... 13 CHAPTER 1 ...................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER 2 ...................................................................................................... 24 IN THE BEGINNING................................................................................. 24 PREPARATION FOR CREATION (THE WORD) .................................. 28 CHAPTER 3 ..................................................................................................... 30 CHAPTER 4 .................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER 5 ..................................................................................................... 45 CHAPTER 6 ..................................................................................................... 52 CHAPTER 7 ..................................................................................................... 58 CHAPTER 8 ..................................................................................................... 65 CHAPTER 9 ..................................................................................................... 75 CHAPTER 10 ................................................................................................... 83 CHAPTER 11 ................................................................................................... 90 CHAPTER 12 ................................................................................................... 96 CHANGE MY NAME ................................................................................ 101 CHAPTER 13 .................................................................................................... 104 SPACESHIPS ............................................................................................. 106 QUALIFICATION...................................................................................... 107 SPACE COMMAND INFORMATION ..................................................... 108 SAME TACTICS AGAINST ALL GOVERNMENTS IN THE WORLD 109 CHAPTER 14 .................................................................................................... 110 "ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO FOLLOW CHRIST" ............................... 110 THEN CURE AIDS IF YOU KNOW SO MUCH ..................................... 110 CHAPTER 15 .................................................................................................... 122 EDUARD A. MEIER (BILLY) .................................................................. 124 CHAPTER 16 .................................................................................................... 131 GALACTIC ALL-STARS .......................................................................... 131 THE HIGHEST COMMANDMENT ......................................................... 135 THE SEVEN ............................................................................................... 137 CHAPTER 17 .................................................................................................... 145 WHAT AND WHO IS THE PHOENIX? ................................................... 145 JESUS EMMANUEL SANANDA--AND CHRIST .................................. 145 WHY DOES EVIL "FIGHT" SO HARD? ................................................. 146 PHYSICAL PRESENCE ............................................................................ 147 ONENESS ................................................................................................... 147 CLARIFICATION OF BIBICAL "WORDS" ............................................ 148 SIGNS AND UPDATES............................................................................. 149 CHAPTER 18 .................................................................................................... 152 Page 5 TRUTH........................................................................................................ 152 LORD BUDDA:.......................................................................................... 152 LORD JESUS CHRIST (JMMANUEL): ................................................... 153 WHY TODAY? .......................................................................................... 153 HEAVEN OR HELL................................................................................... 155 WHY CONCERN YOURSELF WITH OTHERS' EXPERIENCES? ....... 155 EARTHLY CONFIRMATIONS ................................................................ 156 TRY THE INDIANS (ANCIENTS) ........................................................... 156 WHAT OF JMMANUEL JESUS CHRIST? .............................................. 157 MISSING LINKS........................................................................................ 157 ALL IS BUT ONE ...................................................................................... 159 WHAT OF LEGENDS?.............................................................................. 159 EVEN THE BUDDISTS RECOGNIZED THE ENTITY .......................... 161 CHAPTER 19 .................................................................................................... 163 LEGEND OF SAINT ISSA ........................................................................ 163 CHAPTER 20 .................................................................................................... 167 ORIGIN OF THE CASTE SYSTEM ......................................................... 167 JMMANUEL'S (ISSA, JESUS) PARABLE ............................................... 169 LORD KRISHNA ....................................................................................... 169 AND LET US HEAR FROM SAUL (PAUL)-HE DID THE BEST HE COULD, JOHN! ........................................................................................ 171 EQUALITY OF ALL MANKIND ............................................................. 172 ONENESS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY ................................................... 173 GOD AND WOMEN .................................................................................. 173 YOUR MOTHER IS COMING, ALSO ..................................................... 176 CHAPTER 21 .................................................................................................... 179 GOD THE MOTHER ................................................................................. 179 FATIMA PROPHECY................................................................................ 179 THE SUN MOVED .................................................................................... 180 SECRET MESSAGE .................................................................................
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