One thing I'd like to mention regarding the Dead Sea Scrolls; a few weeks back I watched a documentary that showed a good and detailed mapping of all the caves...
Hey Terrie and David, let me just join Lady Cari in welcoming you to the group. So many of us have been so busy lately, but conversation is an important part...
Hi, I hope you don't mind my writing but I've been enjoying your Mary discussion and so I just joined your list because I have a few questions about (and some...
We delve into a proto-Gnostic, Savior Figure & Mystic Master. Not only might have he given you fits in your high school geometry class, this mysterious...
Valentinus & The Valentinians. Besides being a poetic genius and an ethereal philosopher, Valentinus was the Gnostic who allegedly almost became Pope and...
Hi All… Does anyone know anything about this Gnostic movement? I haven't been able to find very much on it and wondered if anyone has studied it. It has a...
Astral Guest-- Birger A. Pearson, author of 'Ancient Gnosticism: Tradition & Literature', 'Gnosticism, Judaism & Ancient Christianity' and one of the...
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...
Thank you for the welcome. I am new to gnosticism. I have read the following: by Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy The Jesus Mysteries, Jesus and the Lost Goddess,...
PS I forgot to mention that I was a convert Catholic for about 5 years but I missed the mark and rejected Catholocism no matter how hard I tried. Not sorry for...
Whether or not members of this group are interested in actually reading the Gnostic texts cited here, or whether or not they agree with those writings, those...
I personally found that this web site came "alive" when DL entered the scene. I am a leaner as well, and hope that he returns soon. Knowledge comes in...
This post is in reference to a discussion gerry and I had,but I want to share it with others as well! Gerry,I'm assuming I understand your question!? Since you...
If I offended you I do sincerley apologize,I believe my goal was for that statement to be more of abstract thought rather than a direct shot! I started with...
Is God and His works perfect? I was a non believer at one time and enjoyed winning debates with believers using the K J Bible against them. Paradoxically, it...
Hello my new friends! its good to find a group with a little passion. It seems we are deep in the age old battle of ideals! Walt whitman wrote a great poem...
Being new here... my head spins trying to find some 'focus' with most threads under one title but discussion so many other great topics? Sorry folks there is...
Thank God, for the discussion that has erupted in this group. Or perhaps I should say, "thank God in DL." Please keep it up. I was about to yawn widely and...
It is the only extant Gnostic Scripture we have with a woman's name on it and giving her a true centerpiece. The Gospel of Mary gives us insights into the...
Hello Everyone My name is Samuel Robinson aka Frater Maui My scholastic knowledge of Gnosticism is quite poor so I thought perhaps this list was the perfect...
anne... in trying to put together my notes at http://concepts8.blogspot.com/ , i came across mention of INTENSE cathar activity in cologne ... in rhineland...
Has God given up the right to punish through giving free will? If so, there is no hell. It is said that God gave man free will. This to me, means that God gave...
In my previous post when I was referring to "God" being good or evil, I am of course referring to the creator God, known to Kabbalists as YHWH-Elohim, or to...
It has always been a challenge for me to weigh on the one hand the writings of the Neoplatonists, such as Plotinus, with the Kabbalists; and the Gnostic...
I'm going to reply in a roundabout way. Forgive me. My father-in-law died recently. He was an militant atheist all his life who was obsessed with death; he...
