Hey Jonathan Certainly the people on flight 93 saved many lives through thier heroic actions. I doubt they intended any Thelemic advertisement, and perhaps we...
Icybrethovhecate Just because something is exotic and esoteric doesn't mean it is "Gnostic". We need to be a bit critical of certain sources when talking about...
pmcvflag <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Icybrethovhecate Just because something is exotic and esoteric doesn't mean it is "Gnostic". We need to be a bit...
... Valentinian ... of ... possible ... appreciated. ... possibility that the Valentinian tradition did, in fact, go back to the esoteric teaching of Paul. The...
Hey Mer248lina ... line. Could you please elucidate why neither the mandaeans nor the Yezidis are 'technically' gnostic groups.<<< Well, perhaps it is easier...
Melek Taus is definetly Lucifer, I don't know what your talking about. His name is Melek Taus(black peacock) because he is "as proud as a peacock" and he's a...
Ah comon man, where have you been studying? JoS? the color blue? The Yezidi say Melek Taus (btw, Melek does not mean black, it means king) is the demiurge, but...
Hey Icybrethovhecate ... about. His name is Melek Taus(black peacock) because he is "as proud as a peacock" and he's a sun-god(a peacock with spreaded tail ...
... Years ago I gave a lecture entitled the Gnostic Paul. All I did was go through his letters and pick out the most Gnostic statements. I have been a fan...
pmcvflag <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Hey Mer248lina ... line. Could you please elucidate why neither the mandaeans nor the Yezidis are 'technically'...
... http://www.judstud.se/img/events/Melek%20Taus.jpg ---take a look This depiction of Melek Taus shows his tail feather eyes extending out in a solar symbol...
read Ptolemy's Valentinian System. It has a lot of references to the writings of Paul. Actually, I'd reccomend all Ptolemy's writings for a comparison of...
Could you give a few recommended titles and/or authors? --Michael ... references to the writings of Paul. Actually, I'd reccomend all Ptolemy's writings for...
Ptolemy "The Valentinian Speculation", and Ptotlemys "Letter to Flora" are couple or excellent books. I would also read the Velentianin commentary on the...
Thanks for the links. The ebay link didn't work (I did paste the entire URL). Never heard of the Other Bible. What might that be? --Michael ... document I...
Hey Michael The so called "Other Bible" is just a collection you can most likely find at any larger bookstore. As with the "Gnostic Bible" it should be seen in...
Is the "Gospel of Judas" available on-line? ... From: pmcvflag To: gnosticism2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 2:20 AM Subject: [Gnosticism2] Re:...
... most likely find at any larger bookstore. ... Sorry. Still confused. I haunt the local Borders. Never have seen anything like what you describe. Are you...
... Hello, William. You can download both the English and Coptic versions from this webpage: http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/lostgospel/document.html Cari...
... Hi, Michael. _The Other Bible_ is edited by Willis Barnstone, http://web.whittier.edu/barnstone/OTHERBIBLE.HTM who also was one of the editors of the more...
Apparently we've been having some serious technical difficulties regarding ability to post. Last week I tried to resend a message Michael attempted to post....
Hello. My previous comments and inquiries have been largely oriented toward interpretation of Valentinian and Sethian metaphysics. Recently, I have been...
Steve, I think you may have a point there. I was just at a lecture last night by a professor of New Testament Greek that dealt with Revalation in a contextual...
I was wondering what might have happened. Thanks. Sometimes you get less than what you pay for. The workings of Ya-Hoo are even more mysterious than ancient...
Indeed. I still remember Festus (Ken Curtis) on Gunsmoke saying "yay-hoos." I've always pronounced it "yah-hoo" but have been know to refer to it as...
I was wondering if there's a significant difference between _The Gnostic Bible_ and _The Other Bible_, both by Willis Barnstone. And also wondering about...
... Michael, _The Other Bible_ contains selections of literature (among them some Gnostic writings) from Judeo-Christian traditions that were not included in...
Hi, Michael. I might have managed to chime in earlier, but I'm having some computer difficulties at the moment (on top of everything else), and my emergency...
