The Gnostics taught that the world we live in is not the work of the highest God.
A Gnostic map of the cosmos gives the outline in one place.
The Gnostic craftsman is the demiurge, and several pages ask whether he is the god of the Old Testament.
A Gnostic reading of Yahweh as demiurge lays out that identification.
Graham Hancock on the Gnostic view of the biblical god and Eric Dubay's Gnostic creation account give two modern voices on the same idea.
The Gnostics were not only a library.
The video calls the Cathars a Gnostic-adjacent tradition, and that link is its argument.
A Gnostic map of the cosmos
A Gnostic reading of Yahweh as demiurge
Graham Hancock on the Gnostic view of the biblical god
Eric Dubay's Gnostic creation account
For every page I tagged with Gnostic, see the Gnostic tag archive.
The title page calls this the third, completely revised edition, translated and introduced by members of the Coptic Gnostic Library Project of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont, California, with an afterword by Richard Smith.
Most are Coptic translations of texts from the sects now called gnostic.
In 1966 the Coptic Gnostic Library Project formed at Claremont.
Most of the tractates come from the Hellenistic sects now called gnostic, and they survive in Coptic, so the collection is called the Coptic Gnostic Library.
In 1966 the team of this volume began to form as the Coptic Gnostic Library Project, at the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity in Claremont.
Maybe this is the story that was taken out of the Bible or out of the Gnostic teachings, and this is the real story of why.
The Cathars were, in essence, a Gnostic-adjacent tradition surfacing in Christian Europe a thousand years after the first Gnostics had been suppressed.
The Gnostics called them archons.
The Gnostics were excommunicated and banished in the 4th century.
The Gnostics are in you.
Eight-sided forms are a hallmark of Templar design, reflecting Sufi Gnostic influences that symbolized the ascent of the spirit.
During my time, our Essene and Gnostic ways were held suspect by those in power in Rome.
Rabolú, born Joaquín Enrique Amortegui Valbuena in 1926 in Tolima, Colombia, and deceased in 2000, was a spiritual teacher in the Gnostic tradition.
He discovered esoteric knowledge in 1952 and became a disciple of Samael Aun Weor, founder of the modern Gnostic movement.
The second half is a question and answer session with the audience, with questions about Hebrew vowels, the Holy Spirit and Gnostic texts.
Firstly, let me draw your attention to an ancient doctrine held by the Gnostics.
They spoke of spiritual powers who played a part in our existence, entering successively into evolution, and they called these powers, these entities, "eons." When people spoke of eons in a Gnostic sense, they did not mean periods of time but beings.
When the Gnostics spoke of eons, they meant beings guiding evolution in succession, one taking over from another.
Wallis ends with why the book of Enoch and the Gnostic texts did not make it into the church canon.
He describes a range of beings from folk and shamanic stories, including shadow people and the archons of the Gnostic texts.
He points to the Talpiot tomb, to the Tibetan scroll quoted by Notovich, and to the Gnostic texts.
He says the Nazarenes were an Essene type of Jewish group that Jesus belonged to, and that the Gnostics and the Nazarenes were later pushed out.
Gnostic texts describe this being as a lion-headed serpent of illumination, reflecting themes of transformation and divine knowledge.
In Gnostic texts like the Berlin Codex and Nag Hammadi Codices, Yeshua (Jesus Christ) and Sophia Christ appear as timeless travelers tasked with awakening humanity's divine potential.
In Gnostic views, Sophia Christ is key, with Mary Magdalene as her incarnation—an Aeon guiding humanity from ignorance to unity.
Historical suppression by early Vatican councils marginalized Sophia Christ and Gnostic teachings, portraying Mary Magdalene as a fallen woman instead of Yeshua's equal partner and high Essene initiate.
Main source:Return of Sophia Christ Explained & Gnostic Texts of ET Sirian Mission
The concept of "Barbello" in Gnostic thought is introduced as the undivided spiritual source, beyond gender or anthropomorphic form.
This suppression targeted Gnostic groups, indigenous religions, and non-Christian texts, which were either destroyed or hidden.
Gnostic texts, such as the Berlin Codex and the Nag Hammadi Codices, portray Yeshua (Jesus Christ) and Sophia Christ as timeless travelers with a mission to awaken humanity's divine potential.
In Gnostic tradition, Sophia Christ is central, with Mary Magdalene identified as Sophia Christ incarnated.
Gnostic texts emphasize Sophia's importance in restoring balance to creation.
However, early Vatican councils excluded Gnostic and esoteric teachings from Christian theology.
According to Gnostic and Essene traditions, Mary Magdalene was not a fallen woman as depicted in later Church doctrine.
The possibility of this world being a construct, separate from an original, organic creation, as suggested by Gnostic beliefs and other spiritual teachings.
The presentation references Gnostic and Hermetic teachings, which describe the Holy Spirit as an audible sound current.
The New Testament presents Jesus as a savior who atones for humanity's sins, but the Gnostics, an early Christian sect, perceived him differently.
For the Gnostics, Jesus was not a redeemer but a revealer of truth.
This exploration examines the Gnostic perspective on Jesus using texts such as the Gospel of Thomas and the Gospel of Philip.
The term “Gnostic” originates from the Greek word gnosis, meaning knowledge.
Gnostics believed that this inner understanding was the path to salvation.
According to Gnostic cosmology, the material world and human bodies were created by the Demiurge, a flawed and ignorant deity.
Gnostics did not view the physical body as evil but as a prison for the divine spark.
Gnostics regarded him as a divine emissary who came to awaken humanity to its spiritual reality.
Salvation, according to Gnostic beliefs, comes from awakening this inner divinity rather than adhering to laws or rituals.
Gnostic interpretations of Jesus’s miracles emphasize spiritual symbolism rather than physical acts:
Gnostics interpreted the “cup” as the material world, a trap created by the Demiurge.
The Gnostic interpretation of the Last Supper diverges from traditional Christian views.
For Gnostics, the bread and wine symbolized spiritual nourishment rather than physical sacrifice.
Gnostic texts like the Great Treatise of Seth reinterpret the crucifixion as a symbolic event.
The resurrection, according to the Gnostics, represents a spiritual awakening rather than a physical event.
The Gnostic story of Jesus reimagines his mission as one of awakening and liberation rather than atonement.
The Gnostic perspective invites reflection on spiritual truths that may lie beneath surface interpretations, emphasizing that the kingdom of God is within and waiting to be discovered.
Archons are a Gnostic frame for rulers who police belief and matter.
I soft-bridge Archons as a labeled Gnostic contrast on who polices belief.
Archons: Gnostic rulers / narrative-control neighbor (labeled contrast to imperial orthodoxy).
Pamela and Karen discuss the Gospel of Judas, a Gnostic text said to contain hidden truths.
However, esoteric sources such as the Gnostic texts highlight their importance.