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The Shethian Monad and Angelish this week on Aeon Byte

miguelconner — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:50:44 GMT

It's our one hundredth show! So we'll have two topics today as a celebration that should satisfy the Gnostic, the general mystic and the scholar. Part 1.The

Re: Sowing the spiritual seed

Mark — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:53:19 GMT

PMCV, Your hip shots match what I was afraid to hear: that their exegesis is isogesis. Of course, there is nothing at all wrong with this, but I was hoping for

Re: Sowing the spiritual seed

lady_caritas — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:18:46 GMT

... Spot-on observation, IMHO. (You should give your hip credit where credit is due, PMCV.) Syncretism is a possible key here, don't you think, Mark, unless

Re: Sowing the spiritual seed

pmcvflag — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:53:28 GMT

Hey Mark You have a talent for asking the hard questions! ... spiritual seed, there were textual correspondences: "dust" = carnal or irrational soul (2:7a)

Re: Searching for knowledge

pmcvflag — Mon, 05 May 2008 06:57:31 GMT

Ben ... alternatives/additions, to approx 1% of it.... mainly I'm adding links (which some exist, others dont.....ie a like to a wiki article on goats etc etc

Sowing the spiritual seed

Mark — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:44:35 GMT

Using our links, I found the following at http://www.gnosis.org/library/valentinus/Demiurge.htm under "The Creation of Human Beings." "The Demiurge and his

Re: Searching for knowledge

Br Benjamin Assisi — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:35:24 GMT

well I'm not rewriting anything, I've just added alternatives/additions, to approx 1% of it.... example, tom's work is in red here...the 1st paragraph...the

Re: Searching for knowledge

pmcvflag — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:43:26 GMT

Hey Ben ... in vasrious places, I am currently working on a version myself, probably much to tom's disgust<<< I do want to point out that most of Tom's

Re: Searching for knowledge

pmcvflag — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:27:25 GMT

Hey Kari, welcome to the forum. ... not sure whether I need to take smaller steps, since after browsing over some of the postings I find myself a little lost

Re: Kari's post

pmcvflag — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:04:31 GMT

Hey Richard You state... ... member have been filled with jargon that was beyond me.<<< This is something we would like to change, but unfortunately it isn't

Re: Searching for knowledge

kari.mudie — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:38:42 GMT

Hi, Thanks for the tips, I'm sure they'll prove useful in helping me understand. The book I'm reading is the "Gnostic Secrets of the Naassenes" written by Mark

Re: Searching for knowledge

Br Benjamin Assisi — Sat, 03 May 2008 22:42:17 GMT

theres always tom saunder's Gnostic glossary also which is online in vasrious places, I am currently working on a version myself, probably much to tom's

Re: Searching for knowledge

lady_caritas — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:52:41 GMT

... Welcome to the group, kari.mudie. Yes, Gnostic terminology (and cosmology, etc.) can be difficult to decipher, as you and Richard note. In our links

Kari's post

ryell104 — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:54:14 GMT

I agree with Kari. Most of the discussions since I have been a member have been filled with jargon that was beyond me. Richard

Searching for knowledge

kari.mudie — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:56:15 GMT

Hi, I'm new to this forum. I have found myself drawn to gnosticism for some time now, and have really just started to scratch the surface. However, from what I