... if ... of ... You ... the ... You know, Darkchylde, I generally hear this work in question referred to as the Apocryphon of John or The Secret Book...
Shalom, Cari!! Good points. Yes, the website was a more eclectic thing, and I had seen where another place where a Nag Hammadi text was listed as Essene, but...
Many years before I ever knew what gnosticism was, I had a dream. There's this impossibly high rock "finger" jutting up from the ground. I began to climb it. I...
What a fascinating dream!! I do believe it to be an allagory (isn't everything) for your search for truth, and that you weren't willing to take what others...
Can gnosis ever be exclusively private? By this I mean to ask whether we can achieve gnosis on our own without a community's help. I'll tell you why I ask....
Hello fellow seekers of the mysteries & gnostics, my name is Marc and i would like to introduce myself, im a 44yrs old male and i spend my time studying...
Hey all! Looks like we all took advantage of the long weekend so that the conversation slowed. That is good, so I don't have to feel so bad about taking to...
Hey, I_eat_pi, welcome to the group. You raise some interesting points and questions. ... whether we can achieve gnosis on our own without a community's ...
Hey Marc, welcome to the group. We do deal extensively with Thomas and Philip, but Theosophical liturature is a bit outside our focus. However, some other of...
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... For instance, some ... PMCV, your comments here reminded me of some commentary by Bentley Layton in _The Gnostic Scriptures_ regarding classic Gnostic...
Thanks for the warm welcome , and also the advice on others with Theosophical interests as well, this is a welcome bonus, but my main focus is on Gnosticism,...
Blessings and wingwhispers!! Which text? Apoc. of John? Hmm, I seem to remember in this very group something about that text being dualistic and not aligned...
Hey Cari ... Layton in _The Gnostic Scriptures_ regarding classic Gnostic baptism and its function. He even questions what relationship, if any, Gnostic...
Hey Marc Are you familiar with the Ecclesia Gnostica? They are a neo-Gnostic group that has ties to Theosophy. They have one of the better pages on the net...
Darkchylde ... group something about that text being dualistic and not aligned with the Sethian forms, but I can look that up later.<<< We should also probably...
... Bentley ... impurities ... no ... have ... I ... no ... imply ... PMCV, a few more thoughts ~ It may be noteworthy to mention that Layton did not choose to...
The word "gnostic" is plagued with imprecision. The congress held in Messina in 1966 defined "gnosis" as knowledge of the divine mysteries reserved for an...
Blessings and wingwhispers, Pi!! I'd like to start with the fact that the ancient Gnostics didn't call themselves 'gnostic' and even their enemies in the...
Blessings, Cari!! I am afraid I am not familiar with Layton, but I will be shortly!! Sounds like a good read. And since the texts, whether Sethian or ...
Blessings, PMVC!! Yes, my bees and I have been in therapy for some time LOL. And your Mom was right, as most judgment made is made towards the one doing the...
Darkchylde ... Queen thing was your creativity showing itself, eh??<<< More caricature by analogy than sarcasm, actually. However, you can read things how you...
Hey Jana ... how the Sethians actually practised vs. doctrine?<<< Sure. I didn't mean practice vs doctrine, but instead the name of a particular sect vs a...
... Ok. I always had the 'category' in mind when you and others spoke of Sethians, thanks to your links and some of Lady C's info. I hadn't really thought...
Hey Cari ... include _The Testimony of Truth_ in selected scriptures for his book. But more than that, his comments I quoted from his historical introduction...
... it ... to ... Baptist ... Heh. Neither is the treatment of his mother, Elizabeth. The author writes, "John was begotten by means of a womb worn with...
In a recent post I talked about the difficulties of modern gnostics identifying with historical gnosticism. I drew a parallel with those Jews who were expelled...
Blessings and wingwhispers, Pi!! Just thought I'd mention that two of the 'modern' gnostic groups I mentioned hold services, and of course if you live in...
