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"Gnosis" means "knowledge"-- not simply the number of facts held in one's head, but a conjunction of knowledge with wisdom and perspective that culminates in spiritual insight.

"Gnosticism" is, specifically, a category derived to express the emphasis of "Gnosis" in the belief system held by any one of a number of inter-related, spiritual traditions of the Late Antiquities.

We will examine and discuss the history and nature of traditional Gnostics and many other related religious systems, including Manicheism, the Mandeans, the Cathars, Bogomils, Paulicians, Merkabah and Classical Hermeticism.

(The pic represents the Female Spiritual Principle offering fruit of the Tree of Knowledge to the first woman for the salvation of mankind, as portrayed in The Hypostasis of the Archons.)

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Valentinus & the Valentinians all Weekend on Aeon Byte!!! Valentinus & The Valentinians. Besides being a poetic genius and an ethereal philosopher, Valentinus was the Gnostic who allegedly almost became Pope and Posted - Sat Jul 4, 2009 1:52 pm	miguelconner Online Now Send Email
Re: New Gostic text... how do you think it fits in with the gnostic Great points! thanks ... From: Brian <humbleservant1god@...> Subject: [Gnosticism2] Re: New Gostic text... how do you think it fits in with the gnostic Posted - Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:47 am	Chris Heading chris_heading Offline Send Email
Woops! Forgot about the guest on Aeon Byte!!! Astral Guest-- Birger A. Pearson, author of 'Ancient Gnosticism: Tradition & Literature', 'Gnosticism, Judaism & Ancient Christianity' and one of the Posted - Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:52 am	miguelconner Online Now Send Email
Origins of Gnosticism all Weekend Long on Aeon Byte!!! Perhaps the most debated and intriguing topic in Gnosticism is where it began. Was it a Christian side effect? Did it originate from Persian or other pagan Posted - Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:51 am	miguelconner Online Now Send Email
Re: Criticism: Demiurgical and Higher ... Mark, you bring up a very interesting comparison that I hadn't consciously considered before. When I think of modern higher textual criticism, I tend to Posted - Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:21 pm	lady_caritas Offline
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