Hi, I don't think I mentioned on this list that the second issue of The Gnostic is available. Also, you may be interested in my Dictionary of Gnosticism. Best...
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gnosticbill
Mar 22, 2010 7:57 pm
Yay, below is the place to begin, praise the Lord. I looked there and found the light of the Lord Jesus Yahooway and I got gnosis. It all begins and ends...
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gnosticbill
Mar 22, 2010 8:02 pm
" THE VOID * * * * * * * * * * * The Dimension Between Death and Resurrection (Oblivion) Betwixt the final Arkon, in the dome of melting light and the...
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f8s42nutsun
Apr 4, 2010 1:41 am
Hello D, I'd have to ask you "which Jesus?" Paul's Jesus? The Jesus of the author of the prefacing poetry in the Gospel of John? The Valentinian Jesus? The...
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unabled
Apr 4, 2010 11:50 pm
I am fairly new at Gnosticism. All my knowledge comes from reading Bentley Layton's "The Gnostic Scriptures" I know that Ialdaboath, "becoming arrogant in...
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unabled
Apr 6, 2010 2:04 pm
Some Gnostics held that Sophia sent Christos to help humankind <http://www.experiencefestival.com/ialdabaoth> when Ialdabaoth and his forces were shutting...
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unabled
Apr 7, 2010 7:16 pm
Ilda-Baoth set himself to create a world of his own. Aided by his sons, he fabricated man, but this one proved a failure. It was a monster, soulless,...
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lady_caritas
Apr 7, 2010 7:28 pm
Hello, Sandy. Welcome. It would be helpful for others to comment and follow along if you could identify the source of the myth you summarize and provide...
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tburns2012
Apr 7, 2010 9:20 pm
... could identify the source of the myth you summarize and provide references. ... sons, he fabricated man, but this one proved a failure. It was a monster,...
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unabled
Apr 7, 2010 11:28 pm
Of course I visit so many pages a day it is hard to track my history. In order to better understand things I sort of "take out the adjectives" in order to...
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lady_caritas
Apr 9, 2010 11:02 pm
... Thanks, Sandy. The ancient Gnostics believed in a sort of god above god. In various Gnostic myths the demiurge (sometimes called Ialdabaoth) was the...
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kurt31416
Apr 11, 2010 2:21 pm
Hi Tom, perhaps that struggle between the disciples (The Gospel of Thomas?) and Paul, homogenized in the Christian New Testament, keeps it open. Perhaps it's...
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unabled
Apr 11, 2010 2:58 pm
... the same thing, a representation of the journey of every person? The "story" Jesus being much more a roadmap ... appreciated. If it was metaphorical why...
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D.
nazgno
Apr 11, 2010 10:20 pm
Who is to say that Matthew did this? It is possible that it was an addition to the earliest edition of the Gospel used by the Hebrews and Ebionites. If it were...
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ciberwytch@...
ciberwytch...
Apr 11, 2010 11:41 pm
Hi All, My name is Ank and I am new to the group. I live in the UK. I am reading a book called 'Jesus and the Goddess' by Freke and Gandy and to me this was an...
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D.
nazgno
Apr 12, 2010 5:15 am
As the son of an alchemist and as being derived from Cathar's, I have been a life long gnostic. I see gnostic thought in virtually all cultures and religions....
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Ank Kelly
ciberwytch...
Apr 12, 2010 2:29 pm
Hi D I like what you say about 'ersatz' gnostics. Many are the paths - of which Krishnamurti says that truth is a pathless land - which incarnated souls follow...
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lady_caritas
Apr 12, 2010 2:41 pm
D. and Ank, thank you for sharing your fascinating backgrounds and thoughts. Of course, in this group, we focus on relating our discussions specifically to the...
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Tommy
tburns2012
Apr 12, 2010 8:10 pm
To Ank / and D. nazgno [from tburns2012/tommy] regarding the first comment quote thing.: I find your below comments very refreshing. Finally a seeker of ...
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Tom Urash
f8s42nutsun
Apr 12, 2010 8:20 pm
Hello Kurt,  Forgive me for being so dense today, but I can't for the life of me figure out what the"it" is you keep referring to in your first two...
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Tom Urash
f8s42nutsun
Apr 12, 2010 8:23 pm
I like your attitude, Ank.... refreshing. I'm really weary of the virtual(?) commercialism and bandwagon attitudes of the "fluffy bunny" people. I'm glad...
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Ank Kelly
ciberwytch...
Apr 12, 2010 9:40 pm
Hi Cari, From what I have just read about the Valentians, the concept of 'universal gnosticism' would have been very well received, since they apparently used...
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Ank Kelly
ciberwytch...
Apr 12, 2010 9:42 pm
Hi Tom Yes, there is a very disconcerting parallel between that and the old Roman adago of 'bread and circuses' and how some things just don't seem to change....
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Ank Kelly
ciberwytch...
Apr 12, 2010 10:13 pm
Hi Tommy, Nice to meet you too. As to your Harley, that is great! Enjoy this as we are meant to enjoy life - and death - and not put onto this earth to suffer....
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Chester
chesterelders28
Apr 12, 2010 11:46 pm
Orthodoxy assumes the great gnostic texts were written during the halcyon years of the church. According to the official line, they were composed as a direct...
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D.
nazgno
Apr 13, 2010 3:06 am
Well said. A forthright reading of Plato is as illuminating as any scripture. That is to a mind that seeks to discern the truth. Yet again there is irony in...
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kurt31416
Apr 13, 2010 3:24 am
... life of me figure out what the"it" is you keep referring to in your first two paragraphs. Do you mind being a bit more specific for me? It refers to you...
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D.
nazgno
Apr 13, 2010 3:28 am
I apologize for not returning to this sooner. The meaning of the Christ is as diverse as the attitudes that are possible about it's conception. I have come to...
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william unowho
jake0840
Apr 13, 2010 3:51 am
unsuscribe ________________________________ From: Chester <chesterelders28@...> To: gnosticism2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, April 12, 2010 6:37:29 PM ...
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D.
nazgno
Apr 13, 2010 4:16 am
I am not sure how many if any have recieved the e-mail concerning my involvement with "the Nazarine way", another gnostic yahoo group. The truth is that I did...
