... to wish everyone a very merry holiday! And especially good wishes for the New Year! Cari...
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Mark
larockpitts
Dec 25, 2008 2:25 am
Thanks, Cari, and to you as well! It is good to break our silence periodically. Mark ... wishes...
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Gnostic Ken
gnostic_ken
Dec 25, 2008 4:41 pm
... Thanks. The same to you and everyone here. Ken...
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miguelconner
Dec 27, 2008 8:36 pm
We have all experienced it, we all thrive for it in some aspect, and we all are heavily challenged by it almost every day by various mediums. But the reality...
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thalprin
Jan 3, 2009 9:23 pm
Thanks, and ditto everyone - I sure do like the holidays, - family, friends, baking and feasting, lounging, sure is fun, and I've got a thing for those holiday...
13499
miguelconner
Jan 10, 2009 7:24 pm
A pair of programs side by side dedicated to one of the most controversial yet fascinating Gnostic Scriptures to have erupted from the sands of Egypt. Two of...
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Unknown
hey_market
Jan 12, 2009 3:11 pm
Hey Karl, as the go-to guy for ancient Gnostic street cred, I'm curious where you place the quirky and unapologetically mendacious Priscillian and his crew on...
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pmcvflag
Jan 13, 2009 1:57 am
... curious where you place the quirky and unapologetically mendacious Priscillian and his crew on your charts? He's a bit of a hybrid, and I'm thinkin' he's...
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Unknown
hey_market
Jan 13, 2009 6:48 am
Oh, I just had something that popped up in the course of my meanderings, and like I said, I just thought I'd get your take on the matter (or anybody else's,...
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lady_caritas
Jan 13, 2009 6:39 pm
... meanderings, and like I said, ... that matter), since ... you've been a good one at ... and some emic, and ... my focus). Thing is, for ... your stated ......
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Mark
larockpitts
Jan 15, 2009 2:01 am
If I might ask a rather sophmoric question, who first used the term "Gnostic" to refer to a person, group, or doctrine? Was it a "believer," or was it a...
13505
lady_caritas
Jan 15, 2009 2:05 pm
... Hi, Mark. Not at all a sophomoric question! Birger A. Pearson addresses this nicely in his recent book, Ancient Gnosticism: Tradition and Literature....
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Mark
larockpitts
Jan 16, 2009 1:11 am
Cari, Thanks for this reference. I may have to put Pearson's book on my to read list. So it seems that at least one group self-identified (emic) as...
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lady_caritas
Jan 19, 2009 8:09 pm
... to ... (emic) ... turn ... (etic), ... draw ... for ... Mark, are you referring to modern day "Gnostic" groups? Historically, scholars have found...
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oldmoth
Feb 2, 2009 12:15 am
Are not many of the ideas now attributed to gnostic teaching much older than early Christianity...and even older than Judaism?...
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reg eldridge
thegreytwerk
Feb 6, 2009 1:17 am
... I have just read the preface and first chapter,it is most interesting and makes a lot of sense.I will be buying it. Reg....
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pmcvflag
Feb 6, 2009 1:30 am
Hey Oldmoth You ask... ... older than early Christianity...and even older than Judaism?<< Not in the more strict usage of the term "Gnostic". Of course, on the...
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miguelconner
Feb 28, 2009 2:56 pm
Although found in the Canonical Bible and a favorite to quote by fundamentalists, the truth is that the Gospel of John is galaxies apart from the Orthodox...
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miguelconner
Mar 14, 2009 10:16 am
The Gnosis of Carl Gustav Jung. Although known as one of the fathers of depth psychology, Jung is arguably the greatest Gnostic Master of the 20th Century....
13513
miguelconner
Mar 21, 2009 1:57 pm
Once upon a time, generations before the birth of Christ, a group of Jews broke away from the Orthodox Hebrew establishment and began to practice mystic...
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smithandp
Mar 30, 2009 2:05 pm
The Gnostic #1 is finally available. It includes an interview with John Turner, an expert on Sethian Gnosticism, a new translation of the Gospel of Judas, a...
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lady_caritas
Mar 30, 2009 2:19 pm
... Gnosticism, a new translation of the Gospel of Judas, a whirlwind tour of the alternative Judas, and a note on translational issues in the Gospel of...
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smithandp
Mar 30, 2009 10:35 pm
... Thanks, Cari. Yes, I wanted a blend of material--scholarship, both amateur and academic, modern Gnosticism, creative people influenced by Gnostic ideas......
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Gnostic Ken
gnostic_ken
Mar 31, 2009 1:30 pm
... Do you mind if I forward this to GnosticThought? Ken...
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smithandp
Mar 31, 2009 3:06 pm
... Ken and everyone else, please forward it to anyone who might be interested. The Gnostic has a lot of potential and a lot of good people are contributing to...
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smithandp
Apr 1, 2009 11:43 am
The Gnostic #1 is being discounted by Amazon, selling at $10.80 instead of $12. It qualifies for super saver shipping, so is you buy $14.20 worth of other...
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gvasquezneo
Apr 14, 2009 1:12 pm
It has always been a challenge for me to weigh on the one hand the writings of the Neoplatonists, such as Plotinus, with the Kabbalists; and the Gnostic...
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gvasquezneo
Apr 15, 2009 11:28 am
In my previous post when I was referring to "God" being good or evil, I am of course referring to the creator God, known to Kabbalists as YHWH-Elohim, or to...
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lady_caritas
Apr 15, 2009 2:43 pm
... writings of the Neoplatonists, such as Plotinus, with the Kabbalists; and the Gnostic writings on the other hand. ... Kabbalist Yehuda Ashlag. They teach...
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lady_caritas
Apr 15, 2009 2:49 pm
Just a note to say that the e-mail format of my previous post came out fine, but for some reason, portions of my reply in the post showing up at the website...
