... that ... Hi, Pam. I don't if anyone has emailed you privately, but I'll take a stab here with a few references for you. John D. Turner has written an...
Just to add to what Dr Turner stated (and mildly refute Turner's statement that Gnostic texts are silent on the matter as well as bolster his main point...
... make ... Philip ... meant ... than ... the ... Not at all, PMCV. Great insights,... except that I can't find where Turner talked about silence in Gnostic...
In a message dated 1/12/2005 12:12:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, no_reply@yahoogroups.com writes: In other words, the functions of the rituals is to gain that ...
To add to what you say here Mychael, I think ritual can also serve as a mnemonic, or to enhance a particular mood (whether it be the sense of superiority in...
In a message dated 1/12/2005 9:36:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, no_reply@yahoogroups.com writes: However, as Mychael points out the function of ritual in the ...
Over in George's club we have recently been talking about the particular brand of apophatic theology that some traditional Gnostic texts attempt to deal with....
Hello pmcvflag ... Frankly I go back and forth between thinking these kind of distinctions about infinity are meaningless, and thinking they are a great...
Here is everyone's big chance. I would to hear from the group at large, especially those who are mainly curious lurkers or just new to the study of Gnostic...
Hey Troub. I don't think there is anything I don't like about Gnosticism. In fact, the more the mainstream screams about it, the more I like it. I have an...
Some members may recall my desire to rather vigorously explore the beginnings of Gnosticism. Most of the posters seemed to fixate on the idea that it was...
I am throwing out a few ideas here so a few conversations can go on at once. In MANY groups the question as to the allegorical vs literal interperatations of...
Hey George Well, actually the question was not what you don't like about the group, but what you don't like about Gnostic ideas.... what ideas in Gnostic...
Hello, Hermetic Star Well then, how about this? You find yourself to be fairly antinomian, so do you disagree with the rather ascetic tendencies that seem to...
Hey Mike.... ... distinctions about infinity are meaningless, and thinking they are a great exercise to lift the mind from the mundane to the meaningful. A...
Well Troub, in answer to your query: No I am not offended by my more aesthetic brethren. My personal path is just that: a personal path. If others find gnosis...
The Gnostic 'revelation' is a state of mind, something like Zen. You will either get it, or not get it. If you get it, your perception shifts and you will...
Hey, Hermetic_Star, you state.... ... it?"<<< Well, of course this group only defines "Gnosticism" as those historical groups... so I guess the other esoteric...
Alright, PMCV... You seem to be trying to get something rolling in here. I have one for you: I have read in various (modern) texts that Set (the Egyptian...
Ah, ok.... so if I understand you then you are stating your support for the more personal method of interpretation. Part of that question though is whether or...
Ok... I think the question is irrelevant. What the ancients did or didn't do doesn't matter so much as whether your method works. If you get caught up in the...
You confused me a little here.... I am familiar with the myth where Set commits murder, but where does Seth committ murder in any of the sources? Before we...
Sorry, typo. Some scources say the Sethian-Ophite Seth and the Kemetic Set may both be the Seth that is Adams son. Set may have been inherited from Kemeticism...
Hmmm, let me ask for some clarifications, Hermetic_Star ... or didn't do doesn't matter so much as whether your method works."<<< Works for what? Math works...
AH, Ok.... I think we need to draw a line between etymology and a mythological borrowing. Yes, there are many scholors that believe the name "Seth" may have...
... If you can gain gnosis through math, more power to you! The proof of the method is in the trials of the one who subjects him or herself to the method. It...
