Levi H. Dowling (1844-1911) is responsible for writing a heretical, anti-Christian gospel that is based on the teachings of Theosophy. Dowling's false gospel is reported by some to have served as a handbook in the Jesus Freak movement in the late 1960's and early 1970's. The clear aim of Levi Dowling's heretical work is to supplant the Holy Bible as the Word of God.
Dowling claimed to be a Christian for much of his life, according to statements made by his wife Eva. She describes him as a dedicated Christian worker who produced Sunday school materials, served as the pastor of a church, and was a Chaplain in the US Army. According to the introduction to Dowling's phony gospel, he claims to have received the text from the Akashic records.
No written manuscripts are known to exist of the fabled Akashic records. It is said to be a library of all knowledge with is stored in air in the Sanskrit language. One is supposed to access the record through special extra-sensory powers. Dowling claims to be one such person who was able to access the non-existent records. It is interesting to note that the word 'Sanskrit' means "self-made".
Levi Dowling used paraphrased excerpts of the New Testament Gospels, particularly Luke, mixed in with the leaven of Kabbalah. In addition to numbering the chapters he assigned a Hebrew letter to each one, in aleph-bet order. He also hastens to use the Greek name "Jesus" for the name of the Christ child. No explanation is given as to why the author blends Hebrew and Greek into a document that is supposed to be a direct translation from Sanskrit to English.
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