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Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism Kurt Rudolph
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Ecclesiastical History of the English Church and People. Sophia then makes a decision to do some action(text explanations vary widely) and in the process of attempting this, she creates the demiurge(God/Yahweh). This article, which discusses the Mystery School origins of Christianity, comes from my new memoir, The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic through Evolver Editions/North Atlantic Books. Metaphors on top of metaphors on top of historical interpretation of natural phenomena or simply man's musing of what's behind the curtain. That is exactly the reason why we're so lucky the Nag Hammadi codices were found! We have these signals before us; psychology, scripture, history, experience. First I reject the notion that material life is some sort of error. The gnostic Sophia was formed out of the mind of The All. Menander, based upon his association with Simon is one of the earliest Gnostic teachers, as well as placing him within the obscure timeframe of Early Christianity; Menander seems to have been teaching in the late first/early The detractors of Menander suggested he believed himself to be imbued with an understanding of the powers and laws of nature, and were subject to a human will and personality. It proposes a new perspective on matter and nature in the Gospel of Mary, suggesting that it is not to be categorized as a gnostic writing. With scholarly Given their contemporary relevance, it is critical for the Christian to understand these ancient texts and evaluate their place within Christianity's history. At the core of Gnosticism is gnosis, and the idea that enlightenment is a necessary and natural step of human experience. In December Around the same time as the talisman had been crafted, a Roman graffiti artist sketched on a pillar the image of a crucified donkey, which symbolized the initiates' death to their animalistic nature and ascension to the higher Self. Thus, I find myself rejecting several core Gnostic ideas. The Gnostic & Apocryphal Studies Collection assembles titles dealing with Christian apocryphal literature, particularly those texts associated with the Gnostic tradition.