I've attended a few services (distance and other issues preclude any great frequency at this point). I found them different in form and feel from the more...
... Ahhh. Seems I got your point and missed the metaphor, which is all the more tragic since I made use of it myself in speaking of the amalgam that *was*...
In a strictly personal curiosity, I'm wondering if anyone still has a copy of last year's _Time_ article on Lost Christianities (or Lost Scriptures?) in which...
... I have to say that my favorite comment on Marcion can be found in ... Marcion as "a violin with one string." He was, Quispel comments, "a religious genius...
Hello Gerry ... She is Spanish Cuban, and very talkative, to me in a charming way, but then I really like Rosa. I was Deacon at her ordination to the ...
I do understand what you are saying, and there's a middle ground I find between totally being psychic or going all the way in Jung's direction of the opposite...
I have a question for any one who has an answer, because this one probably has more than just a one sentence answer. It's related to these two paragraphs...
I've been reading the Bible (Genesis,) with two deities in mind. Good experiment! Also, I've been reading The Genesis Factor and have many questions, but I'd...
Hey Annie Just a couple of corrections. Seven Sermons is not actually by Basilides, it is a modern work.... by Jung actually. Second, I am not aware of any...
Gerry.... ... Marcion as "a violin with one string." He was, Quispel comments, "a religious genius with one overpowering idea: God, the Father of Jesus, was...
Say Annie, I think perhaps I made my point a little unclear. You state.... ... I find between totally being psychic or going all the way in Jung's direction of...
Again, Annie, you raise some interesting questions. May I ask, for the record, which books about Gnosticism you are familiar with? This will help me to...
Hey CS Well, I am not familiar with this book, but I can deal with your questions. You ask.... ... Both, neither.... there is more than one form of Gnosticism,...
Gerry states.... ... gives a better idea of the context."<<< AH, ok.... that would make things more clear. I thought it was some book. Honestly, I am probably...
Thanks for clarifying about the seven sermons, but now I'm puzzled that under the title on the first page of the copy I have, and which I cannot remember the...
... PMCV, I was referring to the article, The Genesis Factor, by Hoeller. Thanks for answering my questions. ....Okay...now. I'm really confused. In the...
Hi folks On the meaning of Salvation I was wondering if the Gnostics understood it differently than an easy way to get off the hook or am I off base...
... sky," ... Armstrong ... as ... let ... the ... him ... evil." ... knowledge ... these ... Hello, CS. Before PMCV has an opportunity to respond, perhaps it...
When you ask about which books about Gnosticism I've read, I'm assuming you mean modern authors on the subject of gnosticism? If so, then really nothing which...
... Cari, I appreciate the links, but before I read any further I'd like to get a few points clear in my head. Unfortunately, I takes me awhile to digest the...
CS, I meant to send the links for the reading I recommended, but got all caught up in my nomenclature issue. lol http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/origin.html ...
CS, I found 'On the origin of the world' and 'The Hypostasis of the Archons' both to be particularly enlightening in regard to the story of creation and the...
Hi--here's my answers that I discovered when I was looking into these matters, hope it helps. Question: If demiurge ( the God from the OT) is evil, why would...
... Gnostics ... am I off ... explaiin the ... My computer has been in the shop, and I'm 2 and 1/2 hurricanes into the season. I have tried to catch up on 119...
Annie.... ... something being 'worked toward', then they're even bigger fools than we are, and allowed something to happen for no reason."<<< It is funny you...
... the ... this ... some ... this ... I ... all ... to ... Hi, Jana. Welcome back. I really feel for our members who have had to deal with the effects of...
Hi Janahooks These scriptures have spoken to me and are often ignored by the church. i see the Church as collectve or communitarian where everyone must...
Cari This really sheds some light on the subject of both Paul and the psychic/pneumatic difference! I can see, now, that Paul deserves better than I was...
