The Nazarites (also spelled Nazirite) were a sect of very early Judaism -- so early that it seems they were perhaps something from 'out of Egypt'. Mention is made of them as early as the Book of Numbers, in Chapter 6. They seem to be tied with the priestly lines of Aaron (Cohanim) -- the brother of Moses, and Melchizedek (Tzedokites). Before all you Setian types out there start wrinkling your noses, read on. Things are not what they seem....

Anyone could join the Nazarites. There were no restrictions as to gender, tribe or social status. Those who joined made vows to separate themselves from certain worldly things and to consecrate his or herself to the service of the Lord for a prescribed period of time. These times are usually given as 30 days (one moon) or multiples thereof (60 days, 90, etc.) Once a person gave him/her self to the service of the Lord, vows were taken to abstain from drinking wine, or having anything to do with the 'vine'. They didn't even eat grapes or raisins. They did not cut their hair or beards, during the time of their service. Once their service was done, they went to the Temple with both a yearling he lamb and yearling ewe lamb for a sin offering, and a ram for a peace offering. When he/she is finished making offerings, they go to the door of the tabernacle and shave their heads. Their 'hair of the head of separation' is then put in the fire as part of the peace offering.

And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleaved wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven...and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. [Numbers 6:19-20]

A Nazarite will also cut his hair if he has unintentionally sinned and begin a period of penance in which his hair will grow back. If a Nazarite has intentionally sinned, his head is shaven and he is banished from the group for life.

There are only three Nazarites for life mentioned by allusion to the hair cutting vow, or specifically in the Bible. These are the Judges Samson and Samuel (Old Testament), and John the Baptist (New Testament). But there are more. In truth, there was a core group that were also Nazarites for life. These were some of the men who were known as the prophets. We are told that Elijah is "a hairy man", and that his spiritual heir Elisha is bald -- as if he had once separated himself from the Nazarites. Jesus was also a Nazarite from birth, but some clever soul changed the wording a bit and made him "the Nazarene" -- a man of Nazareth...which, as a city did not exist at the time of Jesus's birth on the Roman tax rolls. This is an effort to mask this fact.

In the Lamentations of Jeremiah, it is said that the Nazarites of Zion were....

purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire:

Then Jeremiah goes on to say that they have become something else in the fallen days of plagues, famines and corruption....

Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets; their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

The description of what they were fits nicely with the description of Noah as an infant --

And his body was white as snow and red as a rose; the hair of his head as white as wool and his long curly hair beautiful....And his father, Lamech, was afraid of him and fled and went to Methuselah his father; and he said to him, "I have begotten a strange son. He is not like an ordinary human being, but he looks like the children of the angels of heaven to me, his form is different and he is not like us... [The Book of Noah]

The description of what they became sounds fairly demonic, doesn't it? Faces black as coal; they don't come out during the day on the streets; they have withered away in their bodies.

As I have stated elsewhere in these many articles, I believe that the prophets, judges and certain kings were the Nazarites, and I believe that the Nazarites were the Watchers. That their 'purpose' in life could be compared in modern times to both a 'watch-dog commission' and a 'secret society'...maybe even the CIA. Or, as Andrew Collins called them, the 'Celestial Mafia'. Like their modern counterparts who use 'smoke and mirrors', psi-wars and disinformation, the core group of the Nazarites were weilders of great magics and knowledge. They were enlightened souls, who knew the secrets of the universe and communed with the Universal Consciousness. They had achieved gnosis or supreme knowledge. Thus, they were called 'wise serpents'. They worked on both the right and left handed principles of Judgement and Mercy, but because Man is such a weak, back-sliding creature, the flaming sword of Justice was used far more often than the principle of Mercy. Fire was the great purifier, and Jesus was said to have 'baptized by fire'. He said, "I come with a sword."

This all leads to the bleeding heart of the matter....

A TALE OF TWO BROTHERS