/r/gnosis
Welcome, truth-seeker! This is a discussion group for the Gnostic Revival Movement and the wider Independent Sacramental Movement of which it is a part, as well as all things relating to Gnosis, Gnosticism, Gnostic teachings, modern or ancient.
The Gnostic Revival began in 19th Century France with the Johannite Church founded by Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat and the Gnostic Church of Jules Doinel. From the lines of succession they established, arose further churches and organizations.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdCsfQivDXU
"The Reality of the Authorities" is a cyclic text, not unlike the Apocalypse of Adam, designed to educate concerning the physical nature of the cosmic cycle, from creator to redeemer, involving humanity, God, and the nature of ascension, portrayed through characters such as Adam and Eve.
I believe the Quantum Consciousness can be reached throughout our lives but is something else affecting the quantum consciousness? Is anyone out these familiar with Gnosis, the Quantum, Magic, and Archons?
As the title states,
Do AJC Clergy hear Confession to is it not a part of the Church?
I should add that I do not have an AJC presence in my location.
I love spiritual quest and I'm glad to share this reflection with you. I am Italian, and I know Gnosis through the teaching of Master Samael Aun Weor,by a gnostic group. I have been interested in Gnosis in various ways, but after years of study and practice I believe that the most interesting way is to attend Gnostic groups that follow Samael, because he is really able to synthesize and concretize numerous aspects of spiritual practices. the group also give to you a lot of material of self-knowing.
Reading one of his books is like going to a restaurant! it means reading a Gnosis that has already been "translated" into modern language and, above all, made extremely practical. I am afraid that it is a waste of time to insist on complicated or even incomprehensible readings when an author of this level offers us a live gnosi. it is not for nothing that he was the one who revived interest in Gnosis on a global level!
https://www.reddit.com/r/GnosticSatanism/s/oer7qqh3JT
Please check it out, any advice welcome!
Not long ago, I came across a meme that stayed with me much longer than memes typically do. Though I couldn't track it down, I remember it was about the problematic lesson we get from reading the creation of Man in Genesis—originally (we are being told), it was Adam, a man, who begat a woman, not the other way around. It's as if the Bible tells us that men give life, not women.
Reading it, I was instantly reminded of a passage in one of the ancient and very strange texts found near Nag Hammadi.
Reading it for the first time, you get a sense that what you are being told—is not so much the "behind the scenes" version of Genesis—but a completely different and contradictory retelling of that story of creation.
Did you ever read these texts?
https://malulchen.substack.com/p/being-a-feminist-in-antiquity-meant
I have seen this in several videos about ancient stuff in the past years. It's on the Amazigh flag, it's on cave paintings, it's on ancient artifacts and most importantly, it's found in several cultures around the world from different periods of pre-history, some were separated by oceans. It's probably something to do with proto-indo-european civilizations.
I remember hearing that it had to do with something other that a male figure, but over time the original meaning was lost and someone projected a male figure on it. It's not the fascinus. If my faint memory isn't failing me, it represented human reproduction and had some metaphysical analogical association with the sun and the four seasons. The Swastika and the star of David (which is older than David) also had the same or a similar meaning. It shows either two humans sitting facing one another in sexual intercourse, and also (or) the sun. And for some reason, it also ended up in the Cyrillic alphabet as letter Ж and in the Amazigh one as letter ⵣ (yaz).
I know that I probably won't find the truth here, but I would like to at least know how its called.
Here are some artifacts and symbols that I found on the internet containing its variations. This symbol is most likely older than 20 thousand years.
Not sure if this relates to gnosis, but is there any connection with the Forbes, Bolton, Habsburg, Kröning to the bloodline of Jesus?
I was researching about Gnosticism online and came across Abraxas, and as an enthusiast for Valentinianism, I'd like to know what's the take on him.
I am looking for answers in my life. The title says it all. Would you be so kind as to share your thoughts? Anything will help. Thank you very much.
i saw the phrase "mimicry of aeons" (there's no context), and after some research, i can't find anything about it. does anyone know what the phrase means?
Over the past few 2 years, I have acquired an indescribably large amount of knowledge, but now the demiurge has caught on, around a week ago it sent a wave of chronic pain, constant dystonia, severe constipation and the inability to feel relaxed, I hope this isn't seen as a troll post but I need to say this somewhere because I have no fucking idea what to do, I feel like hell because of knowledge that originally made me feel free and I can't reverse it, what the hell do I even do?
Beneath stars twinkling
Sophia and Christ flew down
In the form of birds
In the form of large vultures
Vultures filled with grace
Vultures from the Great Mountains
The Mountains of Snow
They both perched on an ash tree
Whose roots go deep down
To Hades, the home of worms
Whose trunk goes high up
To the Kingdom of Heaven
They watched the white lambs
Twinkling with heavenly spears
Glittering with shields
Shining in holy armour
Gleaming with their swords
Ready to defend their home
Their faithful castle
Against the wolves of Saklas
However old fate
That serpent trapped in hunger
Wanted to slaughter
Every lamb looking upwards
Every faithful lamb
To snuff out their shining light
The light of the world
The two vultures from heaven
Knew this coming fate
And so, they sang in secret
“The home is the spear
The castle is the army
The home is the shield
The castle is the armour
The home is the sword
This small star of holy faith
Will soon disappear
When the red fire rises
From the dying earth
But after a day of toil
You will reunite
As a palace of starlight
And the lambs shall watch
As shining angels at peace
As twinkling stars of the night”
(I was inspired by Homer's The Iliad: Book VII, where Apollo and Athene came down and appeared as vultures on an oak tree, to watch and discuss the battle between the Trojans and Achaians)
People who came to know Christ later in life, I’d like to hear your testimonies. Why did you choose to become a Christian, what led up to it, how do you view faith, and how has yours impacted you?
19M, gay, grew up in a southern independent Baptist church with enough abuse in my childhood and hateful rhetoric against gay people to have turned me against Christian doctrine for the entirety of my adolescence. I’ve since dealt with my own spiritual and existential crises, drug and porn addiction, and severe mental health issues. When I was about 15, I started seeing a Christian “therapist” who tried to make every session into an evangelical intervention and quite literally told me he could see angels in the room. Between that, all the doomsday doctrine that was thrown at me, and the abuse from my parents who told me that they were doing what God wanted, as well as my mental health struggles, I’ve been unable to separate real faith from what I’d call a mass psychosis that I’ve grown up in. I’ve searched every major religion and many obscure ones, dug deep into philosophy, and done copious amounts of mushrooms trying to make sense of the world around me, but the truth feels like what must be most familiar to me. I myself actually wanted to be a Baptist preacher when I was younger. I went to a Christian school and was studying the Bible all the time out of my own free will because I felt like it was my calling and I wanted to be just like my grandfather (my grandparents are two of the only “true Christians” I’ve been fortunate enough to grow up with), but that all changed when one night at my church (I may have been 12/13), we had a youth-led week and that Wednesday night I prepared my own sermon about how we were meant to love everyone, establish true fellowship and confess our sins to one another, and show unconditional love through compassion and support to not just other Christian’s but everyone. The congregation didn’t like the fact that I chose such a topic or the fact that I researched the original Greek translations in tandem with the KJV (the only TRUE Bible 😒), and they made it well known, especially to my parents who took out their embarrassment on me. About a year later, my family finds out I’m gay, their attitude towards me goes from bad to worse, and I apostasized immediately. The most Christian people I’ve ever met have been the absolute worst ones in my life. The devil (if he’s real) is far more busy destroying the church from within than he is out in the rest of the world. Humans are good enough at destroying ourselves on our own.
I’m sorry if this is ramble or made no sense, I’m currently a bit tipsy and just trying to make sense of a lot of stuff. I’ve never been one to just “believe” either. Like if I’m being honest I don’t think I was ever even really a Christian. I just went along with what I was told because I wanted to fit in and I assumed it was fact but began doubting when I was ridiculed for seeking evidence. I know there’s something out there, and I want to believe in something. I’ve felt so empty for such a long time and I agree with the messages of the gospels, but that’s about it. I just want to hear new stories, new perspectives.
(These haiku were made to give an allegorical description of the Gnostic aeons, since they are often depicted as abstract entities within Gnostic Christianity. I hope these poems can offer a more personal way of visualising the aeons for us).
Zoe
A feathered serpent
Flying with bright, phoenix wings
Her eyes are two suns
Wisdom (Sophia)
A lady of light
With a body of a snake
Flying with owl wings
Peace
Robes of white poppies
Holding a brown olive branch
Flying with dove wings
Perfection
His flaming hair shines
Wearing diamonds on his robes
For his pearly skin
Eleleth
His raiment is snow
His semblance is sunlight gold
Holding a trumpet
Idea
Robes made of lightning
Carrying a rainbow lamp
Robes entombed in glass
Love
Jasmine flower robes
Holding a long, shepherds staff
Having a deer's horns
Understanding
Seeing with four eyes
Holding a lotus flower
And an endless book
Daveithai
On the tree of life
Holding the golden palm branch
And the singing harp
Memory
An amber angel
Holding a lamp of fire
Whose heart is a rose
Conception
Holding a steel square
Robbed in infinite fabrics
Holding a compass
Perception
Face without a mouth
Ten eyes of every colour
All ten burst forth light
Oroiael
Holding a quill pen
Standing on a white lotus
Holding a candle
Form
Shifting forms and shapes
A male and female angel
Holding a glass ball
Truth
Wears sweat pea flowers
Holding an ostrich feather
And a clear mirror
Grace
One made of rainbows
Milk and honey flow downwards
From her gentle hands
Armozel
Armoured with iron
A man of perfect physique
Pearly light shining
Adamas of Light
Without any robes
A man without eyes and mouth
Pearly light shining
Gamaliel
Having large, deer horns
Sailing a ship above flames
Flying with sparrows
Gabriel
Youthful and beardless
Holding a spear and mirror
Wrapped in blue linen
Samblo
Stars on his fingers
Sailing a ship above flames
Wrapped in green linen
Abrasax
Head of a rooster
Holding a shield and short whip
His legs are serpents
Seed of Seth
Many men in one
Looking up high with grasped hands
Anointed with light
Emmacha Seth
Holding stone steles
Grasping the gnosis trumpet
Anointed with oil
Michaeus, Michar & Mnesinous
Armoured with fish scales
Carrying three water jugs
Riding silver clouds
Yesseus Mazaraeus Yessedekeus
A dark, bearded man
Holding a staff of styrax
And a threefold book
Domedon Doxomedon
Clothed in purple robes
Crowned with pure, golden glory
Whose lap is a throne
Ephesech (the Child of the Child)
An infant angel
A reflection of moonlight
Guiding the chosen
Christos Autogenes
A dark, bearded man
An eagle on his shoulder
The bright morning star
Yoel
Skin of white marble
Sailing on a starlight boat
Guiding the elect
Triple Male Child (the Great Christ)
A dark, bearded man
A simurgh on his shoulder
Shining forth moonlight
Protophanes (First-revealing One)
Sun of the morning
Flying with butterfly wings
Wearing daffodils
Kalyptos (Hidden One)
A veiled, great angel
Veiled by his dove wings of grey
The serene bythus
Barbelo
Mother and father
Wearing a crown of fire
Robed in gold and green
Monad
A triple power
An invisible spirit
A silence of light
[UPDATE: Found it -> http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/quest/ ] =P
Hi! I was trying to find a website with the journal/magazine called The Quest, by GRS Mead, after he left the theosophical society. There several esoteric articles about gnosticism on those magazines.
Im pretty sure once i found a website with the complete run of magazines from the early XX century (circa 1900 to 1920), but now i cant find it.
Anyone knows where to find this?
Thanks in advance! [UPDATE: thanks anyways!]