Hello simongnosticus ... By that definition, Marcionites, Manacheans, and Cathars are all gnostics. A bit broad, but not without some merit. Regards -- Mike...
... Now Jana, unless you're aiming the hose at your neighbors' bedroom windows, they have no cause to be annoyed with your watering schedule. Early morning is...
... The Romantic side of me might be inclined to hold out that we are simply not privy to the actual perspective of the Cathar Parfaits, but without anything...
Hello, Gerry. Unintentional blackberrries: the thorn in my side, and proof that earth could easily be overtaken by aliens. I was really hoping to find a...
... LOL Yoy may want to consider what I did one season . . . when I had let the gardening get the better of me. I just let the brambles go. By that point, I...
Heh-I am currently letting a varigated jasmine and a wild blackberry duke it out over my mailbox post. I think they will just cancel each other out. I don't...
... blackberry ... Going down to the Post Office to pick up mail is about the extent of my social interaction in the community, but I DO have a split-rail ...
Thanks for posting that link, Gerry. It really isn't quite what I had hoped (or imagined). My sister and I have daydreamed about one of us learning Greek and...
Hello Gerry ... What did you think of the translation of excerpts from the Gospel of John in the "Gnostic Bible?" Regards -- Mike Leavitt ac998_@_lafn._org...
Hello Gerry ... Not so monumental if we followed Marcion's lead and dumped the whole Old Testament (except perhaps for Genesis, which was the source of so much...
... If y'all ever decided to try and realize that dream, maybe you should both stick to the Greek. As far as Gnostic pursuits go, I think you would get more...
... That would indeed be a space saver, Mike. Once the wheat were separated from the chaff, there might be all kinds of room for additional commentary, as...
... While it might have occurred to me that either Barnstone or Meyer would have used their own translation (like Pagels), it completely escaped me that those...
Hello Gerry ... Good project. ... I read it over a couple of weeks, but have to read it again, as I can hardly remember it. Maybe in a couple of months after...
Lately Ive been questioning the nature of the universe and one scripture which really attracts me is The Valentinian System of Ptolemaeus. In this text the...
... Achamoths ... but ... Hello, frendly. Your proposition carried further: If energy = matter, And if spirit = energy, Then spirit = matter? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...
... Achamoths ... but ... Hi, Mike. I'm not sure which scripture frendly is referring to (he/she can enlighten us), but Bentley Layton in _The Gnostic ...
Ptolemaeus is another name for ptolemy, and indeed Cari seems to be qouting Ptolemaeus Valentinian System. But the text I have is not written by the St....
Equating Spirit with energy is my own idea, probably highly influenced by the "New Age" movement. I quese what Im saying is that even matter must in some way...
I, being the very curious and spirit-thirshty person I am, decided to do some research on Aleister Crowley. I found a website on his religion, Thelema. From...
Hey Friendlyfascist, you state.... ... be qouting Ptolemaeus Valentinian System. But the text I have is not written by the St. Irenaeus of Lyon, it was written...
Hello lady_caritas ... [cut long quote] I have Layton's book, but I'm reading the Gnostic Bible first, and had not noticed this when I went through Layton's...
Friendlyfascist ... decided to do some research on Aleister Crowley. I found a website on his religion, Thelema. From the website I linked to the page of a...
Ptolemaeus writtings in the "Other Bible" include The Valentinian System of Ptolemaeus and his letter to Flora. Ptolemaeus Commentary on John isnt in the...
where did I find The Gnostic Bible? please someone tell me!!! Mike Leavitt <ac998@...> wrote: Hello lady_caritas ... [cut long quote] I have Layton's...
