... view ... depends ... the ... Terje, I find your comments very interesting in light of recent conversation with a materialist friend of mine. There are ...
Dear Children of Light; The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the ...
... The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for...
What can I say to that, Gerry, but "ditto"! Incedentally, I do in fact respect the ability to be ascetic (and was once so myself). I realize full well that it...
If I may offer a simple solution to the defining of Gnosis, I would say that it is the occupying of one's awareness of being aware. When one comes to rest in...
Illumined and illuminating is the whole Place where in dwells Pronoia, the Thought of Light, the great unnameable mystery of the living silence of the Spirit,...
Can you give a source for this? I enjoyed reading it and wondered where you got it from. You titled it "Sethian Gnostic Baptism" but it seemed like a composite...
<<Incedentally, I do in fact respect the ability to be ascetic (and was once so myself). >> Does this mean you had a beard and long hair but didn't wash it? ...
Gerry, I was wondering, how do you interpret the following?: <<Again he said (cf. Lk 14:26), "If one does not hate his soul he cannot follow me." >> Exegesis...
... it ... and ... so ... Well hello there, Incognito. I wondered where you'd disappeared to. As for the seemingly paraphrased post, I think your instincts...
The former post "Sethian Gnostic Baptism" is a fiction and a quasi-paraphrase of the Mandaean "Book of Souls," which can be found in English and Mandaic in...
The former post "Sethian Gnostic Baptism" is a fiction and a quasi-paraphrase of the Mandaean "Book of Souls," which can be found in English and Mandaic in...
Reply to post #7260 by Incognito Lightbringer: Okay . . . No, I didn't have a BIG breakfast . . . I just got sidetracked! J ... <<Again he said (cf. Lk...
Reply to post #7262 by Enos Benset: Ahhh, thank you for that, Enos. That wasn't so hard, was it?! ;-) For those wishing to pursue their own investigation,...
Since we are on the topicality of Mandaean vz. Sethian and Gnostic sacramentology, I thought I´d post an essay I wrote for the ... I found some notes I had...
Another series of notes stitched together concerning the Coronation of the king-priest among the Mandaeans. 7.12.02 The Initiation of the Sûalia (Postulant) ...
... Willy, thanks for responding. We have been around the block many a time on this journey, and reading your words, some *might* conclude that yours is...
Reply to 7270: Hi Lady C, I posted that hoping to hear from you. I wandered back in just in time to catch your post. Serendipity? I would deem it a pleasure to...
As for the Mandaean tradition, the reciting of the English stanza transelated from Mandaic have, when done properly, been followed by an experience of the...
IMHO, I don't think Mandeanas are Gnostics in the present guise. ... transelated from Mandaic have, when done properly, been followed by an experience of the...
Willy, I have been reading and rereading your reply, and correct me if I'm wrong, but you seem to be describing primarily a change in sense of a human's...
So, we have a dilemma of sorts. Either we are speaking to the same thing and describe it in such a way that it seems as if we are not, or we are not speaking...
... or ... gives ... is ... that ... least, ... of ... and ... that ... viewpoint ... for ... our ... difference, ... Willy, I'm seeing you list different...
... descriptions of "self" or aspects of "self." Defining "self" is a philosophical exercise I don't care to get into. lol<< I do think this defines our...
... different ... much ... the ... Gnostic; ... Will, if you're still reading, you should know that I certainly am aware that you are describing a shift in...
This was terrific. The author has created a novel with heavy gnostic overtones and an ingenious reworking of mainstream christian myth. Under the right...
... gnostic ... could you elabrate on this sentence with the emphasis on on the term "gnostic" in the lieu of our discussions here about the definition of that...
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