De essenen maakten brood van ontkiemde gemalen (rauwe) granen, waarvan ze koeken maakten welke ze in de zon op stenen lieten drogen.
In het Esseense evangelie van de Vrede is e.e.a. te vinden over voeding, ook over melk:
Quote:
"So eat always from the table of God: the fruits of the trees, the grain and grasses of the field, the milk of beasts, and the honey of bees. For everything beyond these is of Satan, and leads by the way of sins and of diseases unto death. But the foods which you eat from the abundant table of God give strength and youth to your body, and you will never see diseases For the table of God fed Methuselah of old, and I tell you truly, if you live even as he lived, then will the God of the living give you also long life upon the earth as was his."
Quote:
And the herbs which come after rain, these eat in the month of Thebet, that your blood may be cleansed of all your sins. And in the same month begin to eat also the milk of your beasts, because for this did the Lord give the herbs of the fields to all the beasts which render milk, that they might with their milk feed man.
Heb de stukjes over druiven(sap), vijgen, en amandelen even weggelaten. :mrgreen:
Hier nog een stukje uit het Esseense evangelie van de Vrede. Dit stuk moet niet letterlijk genomen worden denk ik. Het zaaien en oogsten wat hier aangehaald wordt lijkt meer op de 'wet van oorzaak en gevolg', het zaaien nu in de materie (de stof) en het oogsten in het 'hiernamaals'.
Quote:
And Jesus continued: "God commanded your forefathers: 'Thou shalt not kill.' But their heart was hardened and they killed. Then Moses desired that at least they should not kill men, and he suffered them to kill beasts. And then the heart of your forefathers was hardened yet more, and they killed men and beasts likewise. But I do say to you: Kill neither men, nor beasts, nor yet the food which goes into your mouth. For if you eat living food, the same will quicken you, but if you kill your food, the dead food will kill you also. For life comes only from life, and from death comes always death. For everything which kills your foods, kills your bodies also. And everything which kills your bodies kills your souls also. And your bodies become what your foods are, even as your spirits, likewise, become what your thoughts are. Therefore, eat not anything which fire, or frost, or water has destroyed. For burned, frozen and rotted foods will burn, freeze and rot your body also. Be not like the foolish husbandman who sowed in his ground cooked, and frozen, and rotten seeds. And the autumn came, and his fields bore nothing. And great was his distress. But be like that husbandman who sowed in his field living seed, and whose field bore living ears of wheat, paying a hundredfold for the seeds which he planted. For I tell you truly, live only by the fire of life, and prepare not your foods with the fire of death, which kills your foods, your bodies and your souls also."
De Rozenkruisers hadden een gedachtegoed dat deels is gebaseerd op de essenen, en dronken ook (rauwe) melk.