Islamic Gnosticism: Sufism and the Persian Poets. We reveal that the Sufis have directly drawn from the Gnostic fountainhead and have been secret carriers of...
Oh, sorry. I just deleted my whole opening. I saw the mast-head was miss-spelled {'Shethian Monad'?...} and thought I'd stumbled on a completely new group of...
... Welcome to the group, tburns. Thank you for your most interesting introduction. Graze through the pasture all you want (also you might want to check out ...
Although the Gnostic revival has positively infused modern spirituality, film and art, and even religious institutions in the last twenty years, all is not...
I have been a silent member of this group for some time. I want to announce that my book has just been published. In it I present the evidence that Jesus...
We have all experienced it, we all thrive for it in some aspect, and we all are heavily challenged by it almost every day by various mediums. But the reality...
Thanks, and ditto everyone - I sure do like the holidays, - family, friends, baking and feasting, lounging, sure is fun, and I've got a thing for those holiday...
A pair of programs side by side dedicated to one of the most controversial yet fascinating Gnostic Scriptures to have erupted from the sands of Egypt. Two of...
Hey Karl, as the go-to guy for ancient Gnostic street cred, I'm curious where you place the quirky and unapologetically mendacious Priscillian and his crew on...
... curious where you place the quirky and unapologetically mendacious Priscillian and his crew on your charts? He's a bit of a hybrid, and I'm thinkin' he's...
Oh, I just had something that popped up in the course of my meanderings, and like I said, I just thought I'd get your take on the matter (or anybody else's,...
... meanderings, and like I said, ... that matter), since ... you've been a good one at ... and some emic, and ... my focus). Thing is, for ... your stated ......
If I might ask a rather sophmoric question, who first used the term "Gnostic" to refer to a person, group, or doctrine? Was it a "believer," or was it a...
... Hi, Mark. Not at all a sophomoric question! Birger A. Pearson addresses this nicely in his recent book, Ancient Gnosticism: Tradition and Literature....
... to ... (emic) ... turn ... (etic), ... draw ... for ... Mark, are you referring to modern day "Gnostic" groups? Historically, scholars have found...
Hey Oldmoth You ask... ... older than early Christianity...and even older than Judaism?<< Not in the more strict usage of the term "Gnostic". Of course, on the...
Although found in the Canonical Bible and a favorite to quote by fundamentalists, the truth is that the Gospel of John is galaxies apart from the Orthodox...
The Gnosis of Carl Gustav Jung. Although known as one of the fathers of depth psychology, Jung is arguably the greatest Gnostic Master of the 20th Century....
Once upon a time, generations before the birth of Christ, a group of Jews broke away from the Orthodox Hebrew establishment and began to practice mystic...
The Gnostic #1 is finally available. It includes an interview with John Turner, an expert on Sethian Gnosticism, a new translation of the Gospel of Judas, a...
... Gnosticism, a new translation of the Gospel of Judas, a whirlwind tour of the alternative Judas, and a note on translational issues in the Gospel of...
... Thanks, Cari. Yes, I wanted a blend of material--scholarship, both amateur and academic, modern Gnosticism, creative people influenced by Gnostic ideas......
... Ken and everyone else, please forward it to anyone who might be interested. The Gnostic has a lot of potential and a lot of good people are contributing to...