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- Category: Gnosticism
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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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Re: First thought:: Gnosticism, Masonry
Mark, thank you very much for the references. Yes, it does appear that even without the benefit of the later Nag Hammadi findings, Albert Pike did have some
Posted - Sat Nov 7, 2009 7:07 pm
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Re: First thought:: Gnosticism, Masonry
Cari, I was curious to see what Pike wrote related to this forum, and found the following: "To Philo the Jew, as to the Gnostics, the Supreme Being was the
Posted - Thu Nov 5, 2009 5:50 pm
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Re: Gnosticism/Masonry
Greg, I'm really enjoying this conversation; and while I've never really thought about why a/o how it was that we (Masons and myself, for example) could have
Posted - Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:55 am
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Re: Gnosticism/Masonry
Terrie, I am sure, from the brief communications we have had, that I can understand why they would want you to take part in the conversation and discussion of
Posted - Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:02 am
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Re: First thought:: Gnosticism, Masonry
... Terrie, that is fine, of course. I've been reading everyone's contributions, and I'd be interested to know if anyone has read Pike's take on this "Supreme
Posted - Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:54 am
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