No matter how sharp boundaries may seem, it's always possible to imagine a scale where "this" and "not this" mingle with tenebrous and attenuated fingers. Just...
They were the greatest heresy of the Middle Ages, arguably an offshoot of the ancient Gnostics that undermined the authority of the religious and political...
I'm new here, and shall not presume to know more than perhaps I ought, but would like to obtain a greater general understanding of this Group, what purpose it...
Dear Lady Carlita and Sir Chester , Hello , umm ... i was puzzled about this 'gnosis' I followed your link as above , and after reading it I became ...
Hello: I'd like to venture a somewhat different opinion as to what knowledge is. First of all, knowledge is inseperable from "being". That which knows, is. The...
Hello: I recently posted a brief "personal statement" on gnosticism. I know I ran roughshod over the innumerable differences between the various gnostics...
I have practiced mudar after spiritual baths, not knowing what it was until I for some reason became lead to the gnostic teachings. Yes, the church has...
Hello: I think anyone who studies ancient gnosticism does so in order to peek into the shadows. The Christian message has been refined and polished by...
The A to Z of Sophia, the Wisdom of God and our disobedient heroine. Almost everything, beyond your gnosis, you ever wanted to know about Hagias Sophia,...
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...
Hi All: I have some thoughts I would like to bounce off of everyone about Philip K. Dick and Gnosticism. I'm reading VALIS again after several years and it's...
Several years back I started studying the Bible and I was confronted by a diety that I could not understand as supremely good judging by his actions in the old...
Stephan Hoeller of Gnosis.Org My Guest This Week on Spiritual Awakening Fri and Sun on Spiritual Awakening Radio: Gnostic Gospels Nag Hammadi Library ---...
Mary Magdalene. Now we veer our eyes from Sophia to one of her incarnations. Despite her rising popularity and redemption in Western Society, there are still...
[ discussion of beliefs and practices of historical Gnosticism and how that relates to us in our modern world. ] Hello there, How did reading historic...
Hi, all. Just a message to say that our group and many others are experiencing very long delays in receiving posted messages. It is likely this message might...
Paul Tillich (1868-1965), a liberal Christian theologian, felt that the concept of a "Personal God" as held by many main-line Christians was a concept that...
Marcion of Sinope. He is perhaps the greatest heretic of all times. His following was so large it threatened the early Catholic Church. He is also the reason...
In following up with some more reading related to my previous post on Valentinian Classification, I read Pagels' __Beyond Belief_. She spoke of the "second...
According to Marvin Meyer (The Gnostic Discoveries, p. 117), the Valentinians divide humankind into three groups: "the people of the spirit" (pneumatikoi),...
Hi, all. I recently read _Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity_ by Elaine Pagels and Karen King. Has anyone else read this?...
I'm new to the group but not known. I have discernment and am not afraid to admit when i'm wrong, just gotta help me hear you out ?!?!? My Jealouse God is nice...
I am new to the group and I just thought I'd introduce myself.. My name is Deena, and I am Gnostic. I am interested in all aspects of gnosticism, as well as...
I'm continually fascinated by the story of the Garden of Eden and it's various version in Gnostic books. My take is that the Garden was a mystical experience...
The foundation of The Inquisition began with the Heresiologists and their polemics against the Gnostics. The tools of the Totalitarian Regimes-- including...
