THE ESSENES OF EIN GEDI

“On the west side of the Dead Sea, but out of range of the noxious exhalations of the coast, is the solitary tribe of the Essenes...”

“Lying below the Essenes was formerly the town of Engedi...” “Next comes Masada...” – Pliny the Elder, Natural History (Book V) [10]

Pliny, a geographer, indisputably located the Essenes in the mountains overlooking Ein Gedi, 25 miles South of Qumran. He even anchors it to Masada just to the South and that is the Southern tip, not near Qumran. This is affirmed in mass scale archaeology called “The Essene Find” in Ein Gedi. This included a very ancient temple identified as a Chalcolithic Temple, c. 4th millennium B.C., which was not built by the Essenes but likely part of their compound in the mountains matching their religion. Also, archaeologists discovered a synagogue with many symbols identifying these Essenes as the secret cult throughout history fitting to everything we know about the Essenes who never lived in Qumran.

They were obsessed with peacocks as they worship the Peacock Angel (Persian) identified by many as the Nephilim deity known as Asmodeus. They etched swastika on the wall, very prominently display an 8-pointed star of Ishtar on the floor in tile, etc. They even offer what appears a very freemasonic warning on the wall. There is no actual coherent data placing Essenes in Qumran and shame on any “scholar” saying so.