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V6V 1N2 Tel: (1) 604 448 7100; Fax: (1) 604 270 7161; www.raincoast.com Text © 2002, 2017 Laura Anne Duffy-Gipson (aka Claire Heartsong) Previously published by LightRiver Media/S.E.E Publishing (ISBN: 978-0-9844863-1-1) The moral rights of the author have been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted or otherwise be copied for public or private use, other than for ‘fair use’ as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews, without prior written permission of the publisher. The information given in this book should not be treated as a substitute for professional medical advice; always consult a medical practitioner. Any use of information in this book is at the reader’s discretion and risk. Neither the author nor the publisher can be held responsible for any loss, claim or damage arising out of the use, or misuse, of the suggestions made, the failure to take medical advice or for any material on third-party websites. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-78180-908-2 in print ISBN 978-1-78180-953-2 in ePub format ISBN 978-1-78180-952-5 in Kindle format Interior images: Claire Heartsong This book is dedicated to the return of the Divine Mother, Birthing the compassionate Christ in every heart. May all beings know freedom and union. May all beings be at peace. In the Oneness I AM Om Contents Map of Biblical Palestine Acknowledgements Foreword by Virginia Essene 1. A Letter from Anna of Mount Carmel 2. Anna Comes Forth Near Bethlehem 3. The Essenes of Jerusalem and Mount Carmel 4. Anna’s Initiations in Egypt 5. Alexandria 6. Anna’s Return to Mount Carmel 7. Hismariam’s Ascension 8. Anna Reveals the Resurrection Mysteries 9. Matthias and Joseph of Arimathea 10. Anna’s Light Conception Initiation 11. The Meeting of Anna and Joachim 12. Anna and Joachim’s Children 13. Mary Anna’s Conception and Birth 14. Mary Anna’s Childhood 15. Anna’s Vision on the Mount 16. Mary Anna and Joseph ben Jacob 17. Yeshua’s Light Conception 18. Joachim’s Departure 19. Yeshua ben Joseph’s Birth 20. The Visitation of the Magi 21. Egyptian Sojourn 22. Rite of Passage on Mount Sinai 23. The Homecoming 24. Yeshua’s Childhood 25. Mary Magdalene and Mariam’s Childhood 26. Yeshua in Britain 27. Yeshua Returns from Britain 28. Yeshua Reports His Journey to India 29. Yeshua Meets Babaji 30. Joseph ben Jacob’s Ascension 31. Yeshua’s Egyptian Initiations 32. The Great Pyramid Initiation 33. The Way Is Prepared 34. Yeshua’s Sayings 35. The Power of Yeshua’s Healing 36. A Message of Hope 37. The Storm Gathers 38. The Last Supper 39. In Gethsemane 40. The Secrets of Calvary 41. Raising the Immortal Christ Body 42. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit 43. The Passage of the Holy Grail Afterword from Claire Appendix A: Relationship Chart Appendix B: Chronology Chart Appendix C: Glossary of Etheric Terms Anna, the Voice of the Magdalenes About the Author Join the Hay House Family Acknowledgements My eternal gratitude to the Father–Mother of Life, who hearing my childhood cries continues to answer my prayers: ‘Who am I?’ ‘What is my purpose here in this strange land?’ ‘How do I return Home?’ ‘Open me to love and wisdom so that I may bring compassion to myself and others!’ To Anna, Yeshua, Mother Mary, and the Councils of Light, I AM yours in service to the upliftment of all life, as we continue to collaborate in Oneness. My innermost heart ever acknowledges the eternal Friend and Beloved on the inner planes whose company and nondual embrace sustain me. I wish to acknowledge my parents, who are no longer available for hugs, and my brother for being a constant support. My four daughters and seven grandchildren are precious jewels shining in my maternal heart. A warm thank you to my life partners and beloved friends who have gifted me with your love and presence. Heartfelt gratitude to my large spiritual family for all the championing encouragement and tangible support which has manifested this book into the earthplane. Thank you, dear Virginia Essene (who has since passed on), for following your inner guidance and choosing to publish Anna’s messages in 2002. We are all fortunate at this time to have Anna’s story being told through a new format and expanded outreach. Immense gratitude to Hay House Publishers in the UK! Thank you for hearing the call and bringing your collective creativity and resource together for this purpose. And thank you for always inviting my input. A heartfelt thank you, dear friend, for calling Anna forth in this form. May her words of love bring you deep inner peace and her life of wisdom inspire your way. May you realize your own nondual nature which you will find Anna always pointing out. Who you truly are is beyond your limited intellect, so please pause often, go within, and find an expansive warmth in the centre of your heart space. Allow your heart of love to open to all that is showing up in your ordinary life in this and every here and now. In this effortless way, you’ll realize the enlightenment you seek has been here all along! Blessed journey without distance! Thanks to one and all! Foreword There are those among us who serve as celestial historians and storytellers, bringing to light inner perceptions long hidden within the human psyche, as well as information that helps explain our life on Earth with its mysteries great and small. If it is higher consciousness you seek, we invite you to bring your spiritual nature and an open mind as we go journeying into nontraditional concepts that continue to influence human lives today. Anna was first introduced by S.E.E. Publishing Company – part of the nonprofit SHARE Foundation. She was an extraordinary, powerful woman, who light conceived her daughter, Mary, and taught her the Essene way of life so Mary could fulfil her role as mother for the expected Messiah, Jesus. Although readers of the Edgar Cayce materials may know something of the Essenes and Anna’s spiritual importance to Mary, her grandson Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and others, one must wonder why bibles and history books rarely mention her essential role. How is it possible that Anna has been forgotten or ignored by two major religions for so long? It is for this reason that we introduce you to Anna and a small, secretive group of Jews who deliberately created a holy community of light servers capable of supporting the divine plan known as ‘the greatest story ever told’. In looking at Judaic literature for an answer, we find that it totally ignores the vital role Anna played in those profound biblical times before the birth of Jesus. Whether earlier mainstream Jews rejected the importance of the entire Essene group at large, or just Anna because she was a woman, is not known. Perhaps, like the Roman Catholic Church that eventually sainted Anna as St. Anne, they were both merely ignorant of her true role in the Holy Land events of 2,000 years ago. Unbelievably, the recent Catholic Encyclopedia dismisses Anna with the following comment: ‘Of the mother of Our Lady nothing is certainly known: even for her name and that of husband Joachim we have to depend upon the apocryphal Protevangelium of James which, though in its earliest forms is very ancient, is not a trustworthy document.’ Although officially sainted, Anna’s importance seems greatly diluted within the Roman Catholic Church until later in the 6th century when the Emperor Justinian I dedicated a shrine to her. Then in the early 700s, Pope Constantine is said to have introduced devotion to her in the church in Rome. Further silence about her life continues until the 14th and 15th centuries when her popularity seems to have brightened again. This touching appreciation of Anna is artistically expressed by world famous artist, Leonardo Da Vinci (1425–1519), in his drawing entitled: ‘The Virgin and Child with St. Anne and St. John the Baptist’ now in the National Gallery in London. In this group portrait, Anna is shown just behind her daughter Mary’s side, with Anna’s hand obviously pointing upward to a sketch of the Holy City, perhaps acknowledging her recognition of the family’s spiritual source as well as the importance of the baby Jesus and John the Baptist.