Gnosticism 2.0

This Way: Making Sense of Gnosis in a Nonsensical Reality Jeremy Puma (Author) Download: $3.99 195 used & new from $3.99 (Visit the Most Wished For in Religion & Spirituality list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Beginning with the premise that modern so-called "Gnostic" organizations are actually products of the 19th Century Occultist and New Age movements, 'This Way: Gnosis Without "Gnosticism"' embraces the most recent scholarship which...Read Full Story

“full participation in divinity which is humankind’s true beatitude and the destiny of human life” –Thomas Aquinas ………… At least one circumstance emerges from this statement that is widely overlooked in America. In Europe “Gnosis” and “Gnosticism” are almost always used interchangeably. The suggestion that term “gnosis” ought to be used to describe a state of consciousness, while “Gnosticism” should denote the Gnostic system, has never caught on. The use of such classical Gnosticism of...Read Full Story

"The wisdom of Plato is not a philosophy, a search for God by means of human reason; Plato’s wisdom is nothing but an orientation of the soul toward grace.” -- La Source Grecque Louis Dupré of Yale University if among prominent philosophers who have considered the 'Christian Platonism' of Simone Weil. Louis Dupré is the T. L. Riggs Professor in the Philosophy of Religion at Yale University. He has authored The Other Dimension, Transcendent Selfhood and A Dubious Heritage and co-edited Light...Read Full Story

Over the course of my developing interaction with the divine figure Sophia , I’ve dug up some of my favorite sources and have been taking a fresh look at Gnosticism. I have long cited Gnostic thought as one of my main influences, though as with a lot of systems, I stop short of calling myself a Gnostic because I don’t identify with a lot of things that people typically associate with the term. Nonetheless, I take a lot of inspiration and insight from various Gnostic scriptures, and more...Read Full Story

Scriptures and Literature of the Ecclesia Gnostica: In upholding the Gnostic tradition, the Ecclesia Gnostica avails itself chiefly of the primary sources of Gnostic teachings. Among these are, first the Nag Hammadi Library, and second, the codices and treatises whose discovery precedes the Nag Hammadi find (such as the Askew, Bruce and Berlin Codices, the Acts of Thomas, Acts of John, and others). Somewhat less reliable, but still quite informative are the references and quotations of...Read Full Story

Gnosticism embodies a complex of related sects and religious writings that together constituted a major movement in the early centuries of the Christian era. Although the thoughtway of Gnosticism was not exclusively Christian, Gnostic Christianity was a significant competitor with what became the Christian mainstream. The numerous beings with which Gnosticism populated the cosmos and the higher spiritual realms influenced later conceptualizations of angels and demons. Gnosticism propagated...Read Full Story

Charles Filimore and Myrtle Filimore founded the Unity School of Christianity, based on New Age Philosophy. Mark Prophet and Elizabeth Claire Prophet founded the Church Universal and Trimuphant, based on New Age beliefs. One of the most popular and expanding Churches is the Church of Oprah, with more than 4 million adherents. Oprah Winfrey is hailed as a New Age philosopher. New Age is nothing but Gnostic Christianity. In the West, there are Gnostic Churches, Ecclesia Gnostica and the...Read Full Story