A lone walker on a country road under tall autumn trees
Old leather-bound books, a lit candle and a brass magnifying glass
The Milky Way rising over the dark silhouettes of pines
Old clay jars leaning together against a rough stone wall
A farmer driving a team of draft horses pulling a plough across a spring field

The Mystery School · Course Eleven

Hidden Books and Hidden Men

Seven flip-book lessons at the edges of scripture, read with care.

The book of Enoch

A book outside the canon

Quoted in Jude, kept in Ethiopia, found in the caves of Qumran.

The watchers

The sons of God

An old and puzzling story, read with humility.

The Dead Sea Scrolls

The jars in the cave

The oldest Bibles in the world came to light in 1947.

Hidden treasure

Treasure hid in a field

Read at your own pace, then bring your journal to the fire circle.

Begin Lesson INew here? Start with Course One

Course Eleven · Hidden Books and Hidden Men

Seven flip books at the edges of scripture, read with care: Enoch who walked with God, the Book of Enoch, the Watchers, Melchizedek, the Dead Sea Scrolls, how the Bible was gathered, and the treasure hid in a field. What is known, what is tradition, and what is uncertain, told plainly. If you are new, you may wish to begin with Course One.

A lone walker on a country road under tall autumn treesLesson IEnoch Walked with GodAnd he was notOld leather-bound books, a lit candle and a brass magnifying glassLesson IIThe Book of EnochA book outside the canonThe Milky Way rising over the dark silhouettes of pinesLesson IIIThe WatchersThe sons of God and the giantsA small cup of red wine and bread on a dark wooden table beside an open BibleLesson IVMelchizedekKing of righteousness, priest for everOld clay jars leaning together against a rough stone wallLesson VThe Dead Sea ScrollsThe jars in the caveAn older man reading at a long table in a quiet libraryLesson VIThe Canon and Its EdgesHow the Bible was gatheredA great spreading tree in a green Michigan farm field, barns beyondLesson VIIHidden TreasureThings new and old