Book of Enoch: REAL STORY of Fallen Angels, Devils & Man (NEPHILIM, ANCIENT ALIENS, NOAHS FLOOD. Before Genesis - Lucifer's Fall. Tarot History - Origin of Tarot. The Gnostic World View: A Brief Summary of Gnosticism. Gnosis Archive | Library | Bookstore | Index | Web Lectures | Ecclesia Gnostica | Gnostic Society GNOSTICISM IS THE TEACHING based on Gnosis, the knowledge of transcendence arrived at by way of interior, intuitive means.
Although Gnosticism thus rests on personal religious experience, it is a mistake to assume all such experience results in Gnostic recognitions. It is nearer the truth to say that Gnosticism expresses a specific religious experience, an experience that does not lend itself to the language of theology or philosophy, but which is instead closely affinitized to, and expresses itself through, the medium of myth. Mr. Blameless and the revolt of the Aeons - National Gnosticism & Heretical Spirituality. "Ears to hear and eyes to see, this is the tragic ability of the Gnostic.
" -Edmund Lupieri- Conventional religions mostly place the blame of the origin of evil on their deities. Basically, they’re admitting their gods are kinda douchebags. The Gnostics took a different approach by using emanation theology—divinity either spread out until it became as watered down as a noontime margarita; or evil was simply outsourced to a lesser god often known as Demiurge (or Mr.
Muraqaba. Muraqaba (Arabic: مراقبة) is the Sufi word for meditation.
Literally it is an Arabic term which means "to watch over", "to take care of", or "to keep an eye". It implies that with meditation, a person watches over or takes care of his spiritual heart (or soul), and acquires knowledge about it, its surroundings, and its creator.[1] 4 Stories About Belief. By Gary Vey I'm going to tell you four stories that have something in common.
They are all about believing. I don't want to say more about that now. I'm hoping that you will understand something amazing after you read all four of them. The Gospel of Jesus' Wife only proves our obsession with Mary Magdalene - National Gnosticism & Heretical Spirituality. The recently publicized Gospel of Jesus’ Wife has ignited a storm across academia and Christian communities alike.
The papyrus scrap, where Jesus mentions having a wife in one of many fragmented passages, resuscitated such hot-button, religious topics as celibacy, sexuality, women’s roles, and canonical supremacy versus apocryphal relevance (issues just as provocative in ancient times as today). But the truth is that the storm originates with a figure that has been bottled-up for centuries, a tempest in the tea pots of our imagination: Mary Magdalene. A complete version of The Gospel of Mary Magdalene - National Gnosticism & Heretical Spirituality. Book of Enoch. Translated from Ethiopic by Richard Laurence, London, 1883. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2425 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 48a49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 7273 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 9697 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 104a 105 Enoch Chapter 1 Enoch 1:1 The word of the blessing of Enoch, how he blessed the elect and the righteous, who were to exist in the time of trouble; rejecting all the wicked and ungodly.
Enoch, a righteous man, who was (1) with God, answered and spoke, while his eyes were open, and while he saw a holy vision in the heavens. This the angels showed me. Enoch 1:2 From them I heard all things, and understood what I saw; that which will not take place in this generation, but in a generation which is to succeed at a distant period, on account of the elect. Internet Resources — April D. DeConick. The web is a wild place.
Where do you go to find out more about the early Christian gospels? Here are some of the websites that cover the ancient gospels and Coptic literature, but the opinions expressed on them may not reflect my own viewpoints. Each site must be judged on its own merits, varying in degree in terms of academic rigor. Christianity - Faith in God and Jesus Christ - Christianity.com. Bible Outline. Early Christianity. THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS. The following is a fresh translation, made from the Coptic text published by Messrs.
Brill of Leiden. In the preparation of this versi the following six translations have been consulted, in addition to to published by Messrs. Brill: English by W. Gnostic Society Library: Sources on Gnosticism and Gnosis. Almost all of the several dozen internet sites with collections of texts similar to our own obtained their material by directly or indirectly copying some files present at the Gnosis Archive.
Ours was perhaps the first major collection of such texts to appear on "the web" in 1994, and thus has served as a source for others creating "their own" collections.