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Lodestar

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2. Gnosis - "knowing" vs. belief

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 03:09 AM

Apr 2015

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Not sure how truly interested you are in this subject, but if you or anyone else would like to hear
a summary of what gnosticism is, then this is an excellent audio lecture:

http://bcrecordings.net/freenonmem/100100.mp3G

However, as the lecturer says, it is impossible to explain or describe the experiences referenced by the gnostics, or those of the Mysteries to one who has not shared these mystical, "divine", consciousness-altering experiences (although the Greeks certainly tried to guide the masses in this general direction through initiation rites). It is not an intellectual exercise.

Other lectures on Gnosticism are here:
http://bcrecordings.net/store/index.php?main_page=page_2

Atlantic Magazine: The Next Christianity by Philip Jenkins
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2002/10/the-next-christianity/302591/

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Gnostics and the Genesis Factor [View all] Lodestar Apr 2015 OP

It's hard to make much sense of the Gnostics. Here, for example, is the Gospel of Philip: struggle4progress Apr 2015 #1

Gnosis - "knowing" vs. belief Lodestar Apr 2015 #2

I've read through Robinson's "Nag Hammadi Library" several times in the decades struggle4progress Apr 2015 #3