My understanding of Gnosis is the reality of our existence behind the veil of dogma. The many varieties of gnostic dogma leave one to ask,if truth is one,who...
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eris never died.
revph33rc0w
Jul 27, 2002 5:47 pm
... [snip] ... this passage that you quoted about the Borborites reminds me of a passage in a book on sex-magick by Donald Michael Kraig: "The Barbelognostics...
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eris never died.
revph33rc0w
Jul 27, 2002 6:05 pm
i just picked up a copy of the new Stephen Hoeller book, "Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing," which is supposed to be his attempt...
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ernststrohregenmantel...
ernststrohre...
Jul 27, 2002 8:21 pm
The frustrating thing is this won't get posted for 24 hours in which time all the thinking would be lost on some. ... Thank you. That is what I also thought. ...
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incognito_lightbringer
incognito_li...
Jul 28, 2002 12:09 am
<<Hoeller says that Gnostic texts speak of a God that cannot be limited or qualified, but he also says that it is a totally benign God. >> And Gnostic texts...
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Hvonhofe169@...
hvonhofe13
Jul 28, 2002 1:05 am
hello john, A question you ask caught my eye: <<Is Abraxas the Father or the demiurge?>> together with the quote (i assume from Jung): <<""Abraxas is the god...
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pmcvflag
Jul 28, 2002 1:14 am
Very good "Incognito", many references. Of course, it is difficult to say any of this is about "Gnosticism" in a general way, since you are using sources from...
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incognito_lightbringer
incognito_li...
Jul 28, 2002 9:18 am
1)Abraxas is the modern Jungian term, since the ancient literature has an Abrasax. Basilides also has Abrasaks (Layton sp) and he is the ruler of the 365...
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incognito_lightbringer
incognito_li...
Jul 28, 2002 9:44 am
Forgot to add, the term "Father" is not at all relative. It seems one of the few, if not the only, thing that they all agree on. The literature I have read...
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pmcvflag
Jul 28, 2002 11:50 am
... one of the few, if not the only, thing that they all agree on. The literature I have read that is. He came first, he is the true God and is that to which...
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lady_caritas
Jul 28, 2002 3:27 pm
... so ... salt ... Ernst, I would be tempted to agree that we should question what is fact and what is fiction regarding the polemics of heresiologists. One...
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dblakeross
Jul 28, 2002 6:52 pm
Knowledge is the light that God pours into the heart of whoever He Desires From Vol. 2, No. 2 by Shah Nazar Seyed Ali Kianfar It has been said that the human...
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nmskies2001
Jul 28, 2002 7:29 pm
I already asked those on the GnosticThought list, so I apologize for those who subscribe to both. I am working on translating a few words into Latin. Given...
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kisharaiwass
Jul 29, 2002 6:07 am
... did after all refer specifically to traditional sources. BTW, it is not specifically Jungian, but comes from a copy of Tertullian "Afterwards broke out the...
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ernststrohregenmantel...
ernststrohre...
Jul 29, 2002 12:58 pm
Just to let you know that I haven't abounden this topic, in fact tommorrow I'm going to the unversity library to make photo copies of afore mentioned book by...
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ernststrohregenmantel...
ernststrohre...
Jul 29, 2002 12:58 pm
Why do you need these phrases to be in Latin? Words are just words and this is a linguist speaking here....
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aleibiades
Jul 29, 2002 4:07 pm
... I haven't had a chance to hunt down the sources and see what I think about it, part of Hoeller's Gnostic catechism suggests that Abraxas is a redeemed part...
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nmskies2001
Jul 30, 2002 1:18 am
Latin and Greek still have some power to them. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better ...
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lady_caritas
Jul 30, 2002 3:12 am
... and ... think ... Hi, Alei! Good that you swing back to mentioning Stephan Hoeller (since that's still the subject of this thread, lol). In his new book,...
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incognito_lightbringer
incognito_li...
Jul 30, 2002 8:09 pm
The pre-Father and Father are source and image, although the latter is diminished in power. I don't see this as relative since they are defined in the same...
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incognito_lightbringer
incognito_li...
Jul 30, 2002 8:13 pm
The four great lights have also been translated (Layton) as the four luminaries. Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit from The Gnostic Scripture p110 63...
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incognito_lightbringer
incognito_li...
Jul 30, 2002 8:21 pm
So sorry, the first html link does not work for some reason Try http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Column/6133/ click on gnostic link, then gnostic terms link. ...
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pmcvflag
Jul 31, 2002 2:49 am
... is diminished in power.< Yes, I believe I pointed that out as well (along with the variant usage of father within a single text... I also mentioned the...
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gzadins
Jul 31, 2002 2:57 am
I am new to this group, and I would like to know more about gnosticism. I spoke / chatted with she_sophia, and from her I received an insight to the group. ...
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girts zadins
gzadins
Jul 31, 2002 4:08 am
I appologize that this is OT, but has anyone heard of a pre-christian religon in Latvia / Latvija, called Dievturi? Thanks, Girts ... === message truncated ===...
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incognito_lightbringer
incognito_li...
Jul 31, 2002 7:12 am
<<It would certainly appear that calling the "father" "good" is certainly a conceptual danger if taken utterly literally. If the good is not good, nor the evil...
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lady_caritas
Jul 31, 2002 3:08 pm
... Hello, Girts. Welcome to the group. If you'd like to learn more about Gnosticism, http://gnosis.org/ is a good place to start. There you will find ...
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lady_caritas
Jul 31, 2002 3:11 pm
... Yes, as you write, Girts, Dievturi is OT unless you have some interest in comparing it to traditional Gnosticism. Dievturi means "those who hold God's...
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pmcvflag
Jul 31, 2002 9:10 pm
Language, Incognito... this is a family room ;) Anyways, you have now gone over entirely into the subjective and personal perspective. There is little we can...
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pmcvflag
Jul 31, 2002 9:16 pm
BTW, I am kidding about the "language"; thing. PMCV ... now ... do ... are ... trying ... this ... what ... the ... not ... in ... the ... on ... but ... tend ...
