BISHOP LEWIS S. KEIZER, M.Div., Ph.D.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., 1973
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA; G.P.A. 3.8
Dissertation: The Eighth Reveals the Ninth: Tractate 6 of Nag Hammadi Codex VI (Academy of Arts and Humanities, 1974)
M.Div., 1968
Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA G.P.A. 3.8
B.S., 1965
Portland State University; Baccalaureate in Science with General Studies in Humanities
California State Single Subject Teaching Credential in Geosciences, 2002
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; G.P.A. 4.0
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS:
1968-71 Episcopal Church Foundation Full Fellowship
1967 Episcopal Church Committee Scholarship Award
1966 Burns and Alumni Award for Excellence in First Year, AnglicanTheological College, British Columbia, Canada
1959 National Merit Scholarship Award
1958 National Honor Society Competition Finalist
PAST MEMBERSHIP IN LEARNED SOCIETIES:
Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
Center for Hermeneutical Studies, Berkeley
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Scholar, International Corpus Hellenisticum Nova Testamenti
ORDINATION AND CONSECRATION
Deacon
Protestant Episcopal Church, by Bishop Carmen of the Diocese of Oregon, 1968
(Three years of graduate seminary studies leading to the M.Div. degree from the
Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, with concurrent studies at Harvard
Divinity School and Harvard University.)
Resigned from the Episcopal Church in 1975 to accept independent Holy Orders.
Priest
Independent Church of Antioch, by Presiding Bishop Adrian Spruit; 1975
Independent Bishop
Consecrated by Bishop Adrian Spruit, who had received all eighteen Lines of
Succession from English Bishops of the Corporate Reunion; 1975. Subconditional
Consecration to exchange lineages with Bishop George Boyer, Sanctuary of the Gnosis
(London), who was consecrated by Richard, Duc de Palatine, who held all extant Lines of
Apostolic Succession; 1993.
RESEARCH AREAS, PUBLICATIONS, AND COURSES TAUGHT IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES:
OLD TESTAMENT AND SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM
Monographs
- Exhaustive Bibliography for the Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha (AAH Press, 1973)
- Heterodox Judaism and the Sect of John the Baptist in the Background of John’s Gospel (1966, reprinted 1997 Home Temple Press)
- Sepher Ha-Razim and its Tradition: An Inquiry into the Interrelation of Jewish, Greco-Egyptian, and Chaldaean Magico-Mystic Practice in the Roman-Hellenistic Period (Privately 1973; republished Home Temple Press, 1999)
Courses Taught at U.C. Santa Cruz and U.C. Extension, 1969-2000
- Introduction to the Old Testament Literature (One quarter, undergraduate)
- Studies in the Old Testament Literature: The Prophets (One quarter, undergraduate)
- Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (One quarter, undergraduate)
- Merkabah, Hekhaloth, and Kabbalistic Mysticism (One quarter, University Extension)
LANGUAGE RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Textbook
- Simplified Coptic Grammar With Comprehensive Texts and Glossaries (Duplicated 1969 for U.C.S.C. classes; published 1998, Home Temple Press)
Monographs
- Keys of the Master (A dictionary of Aramaic terminology used in the teachings of Jesus) (Home Temple Press, 1999)
- Papyrological Studies in the Writings of Clement of Alexandria (1967, reprinted 1998 Home Temple Press)
Language Classes Taught at U.C. Santa Cruz
- The Greek New Testament (A year of Koine Greek coordinated with NT studies) Coptic Language and the Nag Hammadi Literature (A year of Coptic grammar with readings)
- Studies in the Medieval Latin Alchemical Literature (One quarter translation and research as part of the Classics and History of Consciousness graduate programs)
- Readings in Hellenistic Greek (One quarter of readings from Greek Magical Papyri, philosophers, Josephus, etc.)
NEW TESTAMENT AND MAR YESHUA, THE MASTER JESUS
Monographs
- The Authentic Jesus: A Guide to Aramaic Idioms, Recent Research, and the Original Message of Jesus Christ (St. Thomas Press, 1983; Home Temple Press, 1999, revised in light of Jesus Seminar)
- The Gospel of Jesus Christ: The Simple Word of the Master Jesus (Translation and Paraphrase of Extant Dominical Teachings in Light of the Original Aramaic Language) (Privately 1984; republished Home Temple Press, 1999)
Courses Taught at U.C. Santa Cruz and U.C. Extension
- Introduction to the New Testament Literature (One quarter, undergraduate)
- The Early Christian Churches (One quarter, undergraduate)
- Mar Yeshua: The Unknown Jesus (Three quarters undergraduate, taught as one quarter The Gnostic Jesus in U.C. Extension classes)
- The Life and Teachings of Jesus (One quarter, undergraduate)
Books
- The New Humanity: The Forgotten Kabbalistic Teaching of Yeshua and the Evolution of Global Spirituality
- The Kabbalistic Words of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas: Recovering the Inner-Circle Teachings of Yeshua
- Yeshua: The Unknown Jesus
Seminars
- Introduction to the Authentic Aramaic Teachings of Yeshua
- The Initiatic Teachings of Yeshua Embedded in the Aramaic Core of the Gospel of Thomas
HISTORY, COMPARISON, PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGIONS
Monographs
- The Eighth Reveals the Ninth: A New Hermetic Initiation Disclosure Translation, edition, and interpretation of Tractate 6, Nag Hammadi Codex VI (Academy of Arts and Humanities Monograph Series #1, 1974)—Doctoral Dissertation.
Courses Taught at U.C. Santa Cruz and Currently at U.C. Extension
- Introduction to World Religions (Three quarters, undergraduate)
- The New Testament Greek Language and Literature (Three quarters, undergraduate; Koine Greek grammar and language studies as basis for study of New Testament Literature)
- Hellenistic Greek Language and Literature (Three quarters, undergraduate; intermediate Greek and classical Hellenistic texts relating to Christianity, Judaism, Gnosticism, and the mystery religions)
- The Coptic Gnostic Language and Literature (Three quarters, undergraduate; includes Coptic language studies using author's grammar book and glossaries)
- History, Comparison, and Phenomenology of Religions: Shamanism, Sainthood, and Mastery (Three quarters, undergraduate)
- New Testament Apocrypha (One quarter, undergraduate)
- The Western Mystery Tradition: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern (Three quarters, undergraduate; UCSC Extension)
- The Hermetic Sciences: Alchemy, Kabbalah, and Magic (UCSC Extension, Two Weekends)
- The Mystery Schools of Classical Antiquity (UCSC Extension Weekend)
- Mar Yeshua: The Unknown Jesus; also The Gnostic Jesus (UCSC Extension, Two Weekends)
POPULAR WRITINGS AND PUBLICATIONS:
- Writing the Five Gospels 2020
- The Gospel of Yeshua 2020
- Sparks of Gnosis (Spiritual Autobiography) 2015-2020
- My Life with Boats (My Life as a Sailor) (2020)
- The Pre-Christian Teachings of Yeshua 2015
- The Pneumatikon: A Twenty-First Century Introduction to the Soul, Reincarnation, and Spiritual Realities, 2014
- Incarnating the New Humanity: Practicing Yeshua's Lost Halakah of Spiritual Rebirth, 2011-2013
- Abbaun: The Authentic Aramaic Meaning of the Lord's Prayer, 2012
- The New Humanity: The Forgotten Kabbalistic Teachings of Yeshua and the Emergence of Global Spirituality, 2010
- The Kabbalistic Words of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas, 2009
- Yeshua, The Unknown Jesus, Biography of the Master Jesus (Historical Fiction), 2008
Astral Man to Cosmic Christ with Bishop Eugene Whitworth (iUniverse Press, 2000)
Initiation into the Grail Mysteries (Optional Cassette Tapes) with Bishop Timothy Storlie
(iUniverse Press, 2001)
Harmonic Intoning and Chanting: Instruction in Vocal Technique and Esoteric Principles
of Chakra Attunement, With Cassette Tapes (Home Temple Press, 1986, Revised 1999)
Mother Jennie’s Garden, Biography of Keizer's Teacher (Home Temple Press, 1999)
The Eighth Reveals the Ninth: A New Hermetic Initiation Disclosure (Academy of Arts
and Humanities Monograph Series #1, 1974)
The Authentic Jesus: A Guide to Aramaic Idioms, Recent Research, and the Original
Message of Jesus Christ (St. Thomas Press, 1983)
The Wandering Bishops: Apostles of a New Spirituality (Home Temple Press, 2001)
Formerly The Wandering Bishops: Heralds of a New Christianity (St. Thomas Press, 1983;
Academy of Arts and Humanities Monograph Series #2, 1976)
Initiation: Ancient and Modern (St. Thomas Press, 1981)
“Ministers: The New Breed,” Episcopalian (November, 1968)
“The Erotic Male: Men’s Stake in the Women’s Movement,” The Men’s Anthology (New
York, 1975)
“Christ and Women: A Refutation of the Anti-Feminist Heresy, “ St. Thomas Journal
(Santa Cruz, 1978)
Articles Published in The Esoteric Revue (Santa Barbara) and St. Thomas Journal ,
1978-1984:
“Initiation;” “Intuition: The Voice of the Soul;” “Silence;” “Blavatsky’s SECRET
DOCTRINE;” “Prolegomenon to an Interpretation of Swedenborg;” “Spiritual Groups
in the New Age: Cult or Ecclesia?” “A Theory of the Soul”
- Monographs written as a Seminary Student 1965-69
Heterodox Judaism and the Sect of John the Baptist in the Background of John’s Gospel
(1966)
Papyrological Studies in the Writings of Clement of Alexandria (1967)
Simplified Coptic Grammar With Comprehensive Texts and Glossaries (1969)
Sepher Ha-Razim and its Tradition: An Inquiry into the Interrelation of Jewish, Greco-
Egyptian, and Chaldaean Magico-Mystic Practice in the Roman-Hellenistic Period
(1973)
Selected Writings 1982-1998
- Ultrafundamentalism: Assault on Democracy (1982)
The Gospel of Jesus Christ: The Simple Word of the Master Jesus (Translation and
Paraphrase of Extant Dominical Teachings in Light of the Original Aramaic Language)
(1984)
Keys of the Master Concordance and Explanation of Aramaic Terms and Concepts
Used by the Master Jesus (Home Temple Press, 1987, 1999)
The Mysteries of Jesus Christ : A Commentary on the New Gospel of Jesus Christ (1985)
Priesthood in the New Age (1986)
Prophecies Concerning the New Church (1986)
Curriculum for the Home Temple
Curriculum for the Temple of the Holy Grail
Other Articles, Monographs, and Writings since 1987 too numerous to list - CAMPAIGN ARTICLES:
[WRITTEN 1994 AS CANDIDATE FOR CALIFORNIA STATE
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION]
The Keizer Plan for California School Reform
“Real School Reform”
“C.T.A. Plan Merely Wish-List”
“High Discipline Schools”
“Politically Correct Schools?”
PROFESSIONAL:
- 1998-CURRENT
Founding Director, The Wisdom Seminars www.wisdomseminars.org - 2000-2006
Teacher of Honors Integrated Sciences, Westmont High School, Campbell, CA - 1998-2001
University of California, Santa Cruz, Extension Division Faculty - 1998-2001
Consulting Academic Dean, Great Western University, San Francisco, CA - 1996-1998
Founding Headmaster, Teacher, POPPER-KEIZER HONORS HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH, Santa Cruz, CA. - 1995-1996
Founding Headmaster, CORNERSTONE HIGH SCHOOL, Bellingham, WA - 1977-1995
Co-Founder, Executive Director, Headmaster, Teacher, POPPER-KEIZER SCHOOL, Santa Cruz, CA (Mentally Gifted) - 1973-1976
Dean of Humanities, ACADEMY OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Seaside, CA - 1969-1973
Acting Assistant Professor of Humanities, Religious Studies, and Classics, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ, and Teaching Associate 1973-1977 - 1963-1965
Teaching Assistant PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC CLASSES TAUGHT:
University of California at Santa Cruz (Religious Studies, Classics) and U.C. Extension:
Introduction to World Religions; History, Comparison, and Phenomenology of Religions:
Shamanism, Sainthood, and Mastert; New Testament Greek; Studies in the Old
Testament Literature; Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament
(Intertestamental Literature); Primitive Christianity and the Christ Myth; Christian
Origins and the Historical Jesus; Gnostic and New Testament Apocrypha; Western and
European Esoteric Tradition; Coptic Language and the Nag Hammadi Literature;
Studies in the Latin Alchemical Literature; Hellenistic Greek Religious Texts; The Western Mystery Tradition;
The Gnostic Jesus; The Ancient and Hermetic Sciences--Alchemy, Astrology, and Kabbalistic Magic
High-School and A.P. (College Level) Curriculums:
Algebra I; Algebra II; Plane Geometry (Emphasis on Euclidian Geometry and Proof);
Trigonometry; Pre-Calculus; U.S. History; Western Civilization; English Literature and
Composition; World Religions; European History, French
Revolution to the Present; Twentieth-Century History; Shakespeare Plays: Tempest,
Hamlet, Othello, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet; American Literature; Latin
I-II; Greek I; Classical Studies; General Sciences; Physical Sciences; Earth Sciences; Physics;
Chemistry; Biology; A.P. Physics, A.P. Latin; Honors English Literature; Introduction to Internet Research
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INITIATED AND FOUNDED:
- 1975-1984
Conductor, Music Director, SANTA CRUZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA and NEW HASTINGS SYMPHONIC BAND - 1975
Founding Board, LEAGUE OF SANTA CRUZ THEATERS - 1974-1976
Founding President, STAIRCASE THEATER PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION - 1974-1976
Founding President, CENTRAL COAST EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIUM - 1974-1975
Founding Chairman, M.A. Program in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling (AAH)
ADMINISTRATIVE IN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS:
- 1979-1980
Board of Directors, CABRILLO MUSIC FESTIVAL - 1975-1976
Board of Directors, Local #346, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS - 1975-1976
Board of Directors, Personnel Manager, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION - 1972-1973
Served in Place of Chairman, Religious Studies Committee, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ
MEMBERSHIPS AND FRATERNAL ORDERS:
Presiding Bishop, International Synod of Home Temple Bishops
Master Mason, F.&A.M. and Venerable Master, Grande Loge Mixte de France (Paris)
Master Elus Cohen and S.I. IV, +OMCC+ (France)
Bishop and Vicarius Salomonis for the Pan-Sophic Rites of Freemasonry, +SG+ (London)
Knight Commander for United States, +OMR+ Chivalric (London)
Regionary Head of A:.R:.A:. (Rosicrucian), United States
And Others
MUSICAL ACTIVITIES:
CLASSICAL AND ORCHESTRAL:
Trumpeter with the Portland Symphony Orchestra (1960-61). Conductor and Music Director of the NEW HASTINGS SYMPHONIC BAND for seven consecutive summer seasons (1975-1981). Conductor and Music Director of the SANTA CRUZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA (1979-1986) for regular winter concert season; recorded sound-track to the new Shire Films educational version of Peter and the Wolf, which won honors at the Cannes Children’s Film Festival and was featured in the CBS Children’s Film Festival three years running (1987-1989).
Conductor, Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra (1979-1987)
Played jazz professionally in Portland, Oregon, during the early 1960’s. He established the jazz program at UCSC in 1970 while a faculty member in Religious Studies. He has performed with the PLUM FOREST traditional jazz band, JAKE STOCK AND THE ABALONE STOMPERS, BATHTUB GIN DIXIELAND BAND (Bellingham, WA), singer Marcia K’s STATE STREET JAZZ BAND (Las Vegas, NV), and at many festivals including the original Sacramento Jubilees.
During the 1980’s he performed all summer for the America’s Cup Races in Newport, Rhode Island, with JACK LONDON’s JAZZ BAND, then co-led the CALIFORNIA RHYTHM KINGS with trombonist Ed Zimbrick. Recently performed with Ed Zimbrick’s all-star TENTH AVENUE JAZZ BAND all over the world. Cornetist with three different weekly house bands at Savanna Jazz in San Carlos, CA. Cornetist with Toot Sweet and Silicon Gulch trad jazz bands. Keizer has concertized with such greats as Sonny Chris, Jimmy Pepper, Monk Mongomery, and done duo cornet or trumpet performances with such players as Bobby Hackett, Chet Baker, and Jackie Coon. Appeared as all-star guest artist at 1998 Edinburgh Jazz Festival in Scotland. Recordings: The Electric Cornet of Lewis Keizer (1998); Bathtub Gin Party Band Favorites (1996); Marcia K’s State Street Band (1995); and Tenth Avenue Jazz Band recordings 1998-2001.