... the ... in ... has ... dilutes ... factors? ... whether ... to ... to ... Hi Cari, upon thinking this more thoroughly, perhaps all these natures are ...
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wvdog61
Feb 2, 2004 2:54 am
... if ... imply ... transcend ... my ... necessary ... by "chosen" ... and ... Betty, I appreciate your posts. The exchange between you and Cari has been ...
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wvdog61
Feb 2, 2004 5:14 am
Hey folks, So far, in all my study of Gnostic teaching, one of the 'linchpin' ideas has been that the 'sparks of light' have been 'trapped' in matter, and that...
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naturesgipsy
Feb 2, 2004 5:15 am
Hi Cari Having reviewed the link you gave me I can see how my answer looked confused. I find the concept of the three types of mankind quite easy to ...
9150
eyeambetty
Feb 2, 2004 6:24 am
... that ... at ... ignorant ... most ... essential ... Hi LightPotential, In contemplating beings that are at one with the 'concept' of love, or beings that...
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eyeambetty
Feb 2, 2004 9:55 am
... misery ... election ... Having ... hoped ... seated ... in ... outcome ... find ... what ... Hi Rodney, thank you! that is a perfect saying for this...
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K.M.Hunter
lightpotential
Feb 2, 2004 6:59 pm
... darkness, ... to ... come ... contrast ... love, ... Dear Betty, You essentially raise the very point that I made myself, which was the uniqueness of the...
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K.M.Hunter
lightpotential
Feb 2, 2004 7:18 pm
... intoduction ... reaching ... On the question of matter, A good gnostic understanding in line with the wisdom contained in the Pistis Sophia, the Corpus...
9154
eyeambetty
Feb 3, 2004 12:39 am
... creation ... totally ... from ... love, ... Hi LightPotential, i was trying to explain what i meant in context to what i had wrote in my previous post, so...
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camarwick
naturesgipsy
Feb 3, 2004 1:06 pm
Hi Mike, my reading of your quotes would be that Balisidie's cosmology, because it is monistic, eliminates all questioning of the nature of the comos and...
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lady_caritas
Feb 3, 2004 3:27 pm
... wrote:> ... if ... Betty, I suppose the question for me becomes, *do* we all have a shard of the divine? I can't answer that. I personally would hope so,...
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mercyboxfan
Feb 4, 2004 2:43 pm
Does anyone know of a book/author that speaks in depth about the original Gnostic riutals/practices that the first elders used in order to increase the...
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K.M.Hunter
lightpotential
Feb 4, 2004 3:22 pm
... light ... one ... a ... whether ... one ... was ... says ... the ... did ... said "He ... die. ... it." ... light ... are ... trial. ... case ... and ... ...
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lady_caritas
Feb 4, 2004 3:29 pm
... ours, ... full ... fashioned ... like ... the ... terms ... Lightpotential, what various works would these be? Any Gnostic works? Demons and angels are...
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lady_caritas
Feb 4, 2004 4:34 pm
... to ... of ... everyone'. ... to ... vital, ... or ... pneuma ... working ... to ... Caz, thank you, this is all interesting from a Quaker viewpoint. Many...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Feb 4, 2004 10:52 pm
... Well, that's not exactly what I was getting at. The notion of "seek and ye shall find" is also prevalent in mainstream contexts. Just because one "seeks"...
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Gerry
gerryhsp
Feb 4, 2004 11:02 pm
... in ... the ... INNOCENCE. ... do ... able ... hand, ... them ... that ... This takes us back to the notion of philosophical infinity. You mention that the...
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Mike Leavitt
gnositc
Feb 5, 2004 6:54 am
Hello lady_caritas ... This might depend on the background of the Quaker. Fox admired Jacob Boehme, and the continental quakers actually look to him as their ...
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lady_caritas
Feb 5, 2004 3:14 pm
... that ... that ... streams ... Jacob ... I ... bliss. ... as a reflection of God,... that would undoubtedly suggest abyss/bliss conflict. He influenced...
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lady_caritas
Feb 6, 2004 2:50 pm
... intoduction ... reaching ... Rodney, I think you've hit on how difficult it is to put a definitive handle on all the fluid currents in early Christianity....
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pmcvflag
Feb 7, 2004 3:11 am
But the sacraments ARE rituals, Anne Marie, and they often were meant to perform the function that you are asking about. However, I think I know what you are...
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Mike Leavitt
gnositc
Feb 7, 2004 3:23 am
Hello pmcvflag ... Well there are always the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius Loyola. :-) Just reading Jacob Boehme or a lot of Gnostic texts can do this to you...
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pmcvflag
Feb 7, 2004 3:43 am
Cari stated.... "IOW, we rely on our bodies as the tools of perception and reflection. Perhaps some don't fully realize this potential simply because of an...
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pmcvflag
Feb 7, 2004 3:49 am
... Loyola. :-) Just reading Jacob Boehme or a lot of Gnostic texts can do this to you (try the Gospel Of Truth, for instance). During our Good Friday service...
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Rodney Cecil
wvdog61
Feb 7, 2004 5:19 pm
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:17:42 -0000 ... Hello Lightpotential, Your reply is a good illustration of a Sethian/Valentinian understanding of matter. However I was...
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jachthondus
Feb 7, 2004 10:51 pm
Dear Gerry, Just sort-of struggling-out of my ilness now, which NEARLY deprived me from "THINKING"; because of this Stupid-thing, which is called...
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Mike Leavitt
gnositc
Feb 7, 2004 11:37 pm
Hello jachthondus ... You learn to live with it, I know. ... Not at all, the first time you have to deal with it, it can be overpowering. Just keep using pain...
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jachthondus
Feb 8, 2004 3:15 pm
Thank you SO much, dear Mike, for responding and understanding! (To tell you the truth: I immediately regretted to have mentioned this)... Only ONE-TIME I have...
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Mike Leavitt
gnositc
Feb 8, 2004 7:11 pm
Hello jachthondus ... Hang in there, you will learn to live with it. Regards -- Mike Leavitt ac998@......
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Gavin Riggott
wurishi
Feb 8, 2004 7:46 pm
... Don't regret it, Jach, sometimes it's good to get these things off your chest or out in the open. I have a neurological condition called FRDA that is...
