In spoznali boste resnico in resnica vas bo osvobodila. (Jn 8,32)

Jakob Lorber was born on July 22, 1800 on the left bank of the River Drau amidst vineyards, in the Village of Kanischa, in the Parish of Jahring, where his father Michael Lorber labored on his small farm. It was not by coincidence that Jakob Lorber grew up in an impoverished rural environment, ...

Gottfried Mayerhofer was born in Munich in 1807, the descendant of a notable German family. When Prince Otto of Bavaria became King of Greece, Mayerhofer went with him as an officer of the Greek royal service. In 1837 he married the daughter of a wholesale merchant and they moved from Athens to Trieste when her father’s business relocated. He dedicated himself to his favorite studies– music and painting, and in the course of time, he became interested in religious and spiritual matters. In Trieste, he encountered the writings of the New Revelation and his inclination to the religious and spiritual was richly nourished by reading the works of Jakob Lorber. ...

Engel was born in St Petersburg, Russia. His father was Karl Dietrich Engel (1824–1913), a violinist who in 1846 became Konzertmeister (leader) of the orchestra of the Imperial Russian Theatre. Leopold Engel went to Germany, finally settling in Dresden where he wrote extensively on the Faust legend. He became a follower of mysticus Jakob Lorber (1800–1864) who wrote ten volumes of "inspired" teachings. In 1891 Engel himself heard an "inner voice" which commanded him to write an 11th volume of Lorber's work, The Great Gospel of John. During the 1890s he became involved with Theodor Reuss in reviving the Illuminati in Germany, setting up an irregular masonic lodge which they called the Ludwig Lodge. This and several other lodges they were active in were not recognised by any of the regular German Grand Lodges. This association came to an end on 3. July 1903 with Engel's expulsion along with his friend Siegmund Miller. ...

Swedenborg’s theological writings were originally written in Latin and published between 1749 and 1771. Over the years they have been published in many different editions and translated into many different languages worldwide, and often collections of Swedenborg’s writings are published under an entirely different title. ...

Sadhu Sundar Singh in English ...

Now they arrived at Golgotha. As if drawn by a magic power they came to Jesus, the Master! The whole mount Jesus’ words as He once more witnessed of His work and of the eternal love.... ...

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