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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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Hello, I'm new to this topic and I would like to know more about it, send me tips or things I can practice, I really appreciate it, thank you very much.

because since I was born I would be something different from others and I recently started thinking differently, like following the flow of life as they say in that certain movie JUST LET GO, but I didn't know it had a name, that's why I'm here and I'd be grateful if you could guide me on this beautiful path, thank you!

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2024/11/20
13:53 UTC

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Gnosis: The Hypostasis of the Archons

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.

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2024/11/09
14:29 UTC

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Gnosis and Quantum Theory + Magic

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?

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2024/10/21
05:32 UTC

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Is Confession part of the AJC?

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.

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2024/10/17
17:46 UTC

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We are part human, part divine

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2024/08/09
19:27 UTC

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Samael Aun Weor

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!

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2024/06/28
16:09 UTC

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I've started a new community/ sect of gnosticism!

https://www.reddit.com/r/GnosticSatanism/s/oer7qqh3JT
Please check it out, any advice welcome!

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2024/06/17
12:18 UTC

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According to the Gnostics, it was actually a good thing that Eve got us all expelled from the Garden

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

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2024/06/15
09:58 UTC

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What is this symbol and why is it everywhere?

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.

https://preview.redd.it/vgbilqtqyk5d1.jpg?width=740&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=845e4996b6d7383267a3ed3f5f22a7595d72b32b

https://preview.redd.it/lsu3wzbv1l5d1.png?width=360&format=png&auto=webp&s=df056bc1d9ceb751c92887933c9978604f118ff6

https://preview.redd.it/g0u1l8gz1l5d1.jpg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8557e0f247496a4b10c2278b2d0fca4d0d23e6b6

https://preview.redd.it/j4kgxve22l5d1.jpg?width=350&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f1ca0c43352bf9e3317fd9d0e5f6ef7ce4d680b5

notice the asterisk

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2024/06/09
17:49 UTC

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Ancient bloodlines?

Not sure if this relates to gnosis, but is there any connection with the Forbes, Bolton, Habsburg, Kröning to the bloodline of Jesus?

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2024/05/24
17:42 UTC

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How do Valentinians (both ancient and modern) view the figure of Abraxas?

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.

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2024/05/19
12:17 UTC

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How does one practice Gnosticism?

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.

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2024/04/11
20:02 UTC

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Masterwork of Yaldabaoth (Gnostic Poetry)

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2024/04/08
17:49 UTC

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mimicry of aeons?

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?

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2024/03/29
03:36 UTC

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The Demiurge has caught on to me and is inflicting indescribable pain because of my knowledge

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?

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2024/03/29
02:24 UTC

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Twinkling Star of Montségur (Choka Poem in honour of Montsegur Day)

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)

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2024/03/16
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2024/02/25
07:39 UTC

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Posted this in the normie Christian subreddits too, just looking for answers

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.

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2024/02/22
05:09 UTC

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The Vision Of Aridaeus (Full Documentary) - G.R.S. Mead Gnostic Audiobook

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2023/12/09
15:40 UTC

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What is The Gospel of Philip?

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2023/12/03
01:11 UTC

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The Heavenly Aeons (haiku poetry describing most of the aeons within Gnostic (Sethian) cosmology)

(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

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2023/11/04
15:41 UTC

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