Gethsemane comes from two words in the Hebrew language. GATH, "a press," also "bitterness," & SHEMAN, "oil," (understanding and wisdom). Wisdom is always born of pain, that is, until the disciple has attained the high consciousness where pain has no power over him. The "diamond body" of the Adept is impermeable to pain and suffering and it is indestructible. Nothing can come in the way of the "diamond body." Christ Jesus inhabited such a body when he went to Gethsemane and the Way of the Cross. This was for the sole purpose of showing to mankind the Way of Wisdom.
Gethsemane is a place of personal sorrow, but becomes a place of sorrowing for the grief of the world. In the Garden of Gethsemane, its plants are watered by Christ's tears that are shed for the suffering of humanity, and for the helpless pain of the large amount of living creatures who cannot speak with a human voice. When one goes forward on the way towards high spiritual attainment, he becomes increasingly responsive to the sufferings of all living things around him. He feels every shooting pain as if it was his own hurt, and stores it deep within his heart.
The supreme lesson of Gethsemane is to learn to stand alone and say, "Not my will but, Thine be done." Many times we must follow Christ Jesus upon that lonely Mount, and drink of that cup, until the lesson has been learned. The disciple asks of one privilege, which is of sacrificing himself upon the altar of humanity, expecting no favors, no gratitude and no understanding. He desires only to live for service. This is an extremely high ideal, but it is one which all must accept as life's goal before they are fitted to attain ultimate liberation from Gethsemane. (http://rosiecrosse.tripod.com/chbwb3.htm - Bible: Wonder Book of the Ages).
In relation to the novel, Demian by Herman Hesse, "Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane" is obviously a biblical allusion. This allusion is found on page 133 of the novel, and in context this allusion is comparing Emil Sinclair to Jesus.
In the garden of Eadin, Adam and Eve ate the forbidden apple, in the novel Demian steals an apple. ... In the bible Jesus was killed on a wooden cross. When Jesus was killed on the cross, the entire world stopped and watched as so did the characters in novel over Demian. ... He finds solace from certain people like Max Demian, Pistorius and Fran Eva. ... Lady Eve is the mother of Max Demian. ...
This shares the same characteristics as Jesus mission. ... Not least was Jesus" sacrifice. Jesus paid the highest cost. ... In the garden of Gethsemane, we see a scared and frightened man, the human side of Jesus. ... Despite this though, like Jesus, Patrick continues to pursue his mission, "to a foreign people for the ineffable glory of the everlasting life which is in Christ Jesus."...
At conception Jesus accepted the human condition. ... This was clearly evident in the Garden of Gethsemane "Father, if you are willing receive this cup from me, yet not my will but yours be done" (Luke 22.42). ... Jesus is the "father's one perfect and unsurpassable word. ... Jesus is the inauguration of the New Covenant and the New Revelation, Jesus's presence has truly fulfilled God's revelation that stated centuries before him.... Ever since the beginning God's plan was to live in intimate relation with creation. ...
His name is Jesus Christ. ... Following Jesus' crucifixion, his disciples were devastated. They had forsaken him in the Garden of Gethsemane to save their own lives. ... Jesus' younger brother, James, didn't think Jesus was anybody special. ... "Very few scholars hold the view that Jesus never lived."...
Many trees grew in this garden, but there were two special ones. ... God was furious and kicked them out of the Garden of Eden, so they wouldn't eat from the Tree Of Life and live for eternity. ... He then walked to Mount Gethsemane to pray. ... He then greeted Jesus with a warm kiss. ... On either side of Jesus were two thieves. ...
Religion has apparently played a major role in Hurston's life, readily seen in "Sweat" with the references to a snake and Gethsemane. ... They depict her Eden, her garden. ... "Delia's work-worn knees crawled over the earth in Gethsemane and up the rocks of Calvary many, many times during these months" (Hurston 683). The garden of Gethsemane is where Jesus took his disciples to pray. ... Judas betrayed Jesus and led the Romans to him at Gethsemane before he was crucified (Matthew 28-29). ...
Philip Yancey's book The Jesus I Never Knew shows primarily his two views of Jesus. ... By doing so he tries to dispel the confusion found in Jesus' teachings. The book looks three aspects of Jesus. ... All four Gospels give detailed accounts of Jesus' death. Yancey quotes several modern authors on Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper and first communion with his disciples, and Judas's betrayal of Jesus; Jesus' personal struggle in the garden of Gethsemane and the disciples' failure to support him; his questioning before Herod and Pontius Pilate; hi...
Two such works are Demian by Herman Hesse, and The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. ... In Demian, Herman Hesse tells the tale of Emil Sinclair, a young boy who discovers an entire new world outside the life he shares with his family. ... The main person who influenced Emil's life was Demian. Representing a balance between good and evil, Demian was the type of person Emil aspired to be. ... Both Demian and The Lord of the Flies examine the results of the breakdown of one's world. ...
By using three important Christian parallels, Jesus verse the Devil, the twelve Disciples, and Jesus" death and resurrection, throughout the epic, the possible Christian story teller, builds a Christian depth to the story, Beowulf has a Christ-like behavior in his humility and charity. ... Like Satan who is jealous of the happiness and joy that Adam and Eve have in the Garden of Eden, Grendel is jealous of the happiness and joy in Heorot. ... In the Bible it tells us that Jesus has twelve main apostles, as does Beowulf, but his are warriors. ... The waiting is similar to the apostl...
