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Do yall question other gnostic sects or debate them How do yall determine true from false

Greetings! I was wondering how many of you in this subreddit identify as manichaean?

I lean a LOT towards manichaeism myself.

You don't need to be strictly manichaen to reply. You can be an eclectic gnostic with an intrerest in manichaeism for all I care.

Thanks In advance.

Building off of that question about where people go when they die: what of ghosts? I know the evidence for ghosts is weaker, whereas reincarnation is very clearly evidenced by renascence experiences common in young children, but there is a case to be made about ghosts as well. It's also not much of a stretch from reincarnation to believe in ghosts too.

There's the idea floating around that the soul exists at all points in time simultaneously. How does this fit into gnostic beliefs around reincarnation? Could the ghost be a manifestation of the previous incarnation that exists alongside the current one (essentially an out of body experience)? I understand that this strays into parapsychology but I was wondering if there's anything in gnostic thought that actually reconciles the possible existence of ghosts with the established phenomenon of reincarnation.

Why does it seem like gnosticism isn't very well known? I'm fairly new, and I don't see many people really talking about it.

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Hi there — any other trans/nonbinary folk interested in starting a gnostic study/practice group? Just putting a feeler out there — I could use a fellowship myself like this.

If I'm not mistaken, the reason for the messianic king foretold of in the old Testament is liberate the israelites from their exile in Babylon.

When you add the Gnostic interpretation of what Jesus Christ's mission is on earth was it adds a lot more depth to this concept.

I've heard many Gnostics phrase it as something like "Jesus Christ came to earth to liberate us from the oppression of the demiurge." And I only just made the connection today while reading Jeremiah.

The reason why the israelites are exiled to Babylon is because Yahweh is fed up with them committing idolatry that he allows neighboring kingdoms to conquer Israel.

So now, what if the israelites were starting to realize the truth of the Monad, and Yaldabaoth became jealous of this, and to stop them, exiled them? Now Jesus Christ comes in the story and basically tells them "you don't have to live on fear of Yaldabaoth constantly uprooting you or raising your cities every time you do something he thinks is bad." So, the liberation from the exiled to Babylon is the escape from the fear of Yaldabaoth playing SIMS with the lives of the israelites.

I apologize if this is already an established doctrine in Gnosticism. I only just came to this realization minutes ago.

I've grown emotional from my morning prayer-meditation ritual. I'll share my ritual because folks sometimes ask on this forum.

I put on trascendental music, face the sunrise, focus on the light, bow my head, and quiet my thoughts. The only sound is the music; I don't chant/vocalize.

Tears stream down my face almost every time I pray-meditate this way. Tears of sorrow & joy ... and a feeling of contentment.

I've wondered if this kind of ritual is a bit more anamistic than gnostic. I mean ... in a way I'm "praying" to the sun. That isn't my intention, but if my spouse or anyone walked into the room, they'd think I was a Sun-god worshiper.

I don't consider myself to be an anamist but I have read a lot of Native American spirituality in addition to Gnostic texts. And the morning light of the new day is beautiful on its own. Somehow, my ritual evokes a strong emotional reaction.

Anyways, I'm sharing my ritual with you all and maybe it helps others; and I'd be curious your thoughts.

Hello, I’m wondering if anyone could summarize and delineate for me the various attitudes towards reincarnation by Gnostics.

I’m very new to gnosticism and I know that most gnostics here believe in reincarnation until you finally reach gnosis. I ask this question because my mom died when I was younger and sometimes I feel as if she can see me or is with me in some way but i’m not sure how that would relate to gnosticism so i’m curious on your opinions.

Like the luminairies, other Aeons, Sophia, Autogenes, and even Abrasax. Do you guys do any rites/rituals/invocations, any altars? And how do you guys practice ascent if you do so, like meditations or meditative scrying, psychadelics, astral projection, etc?

I figured this might be right up this sub's alley so I thought I'd ask here. The PGM (Greek Magical Papyri) is readily available and can be found online. Does anyone have any information as to whether or not the full length of the Papyri Copticae Magicae or Coptic Magical Papyri has been published in an English translation? All I can find online is volume 1 of a book which introduces the reader to the the PCM, but I have been thus far unable to find the collection of papyri published anywhere, even in print.

Job 42:5-6

5" My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have SEEN you. 6 THEREFORE I DESPISE MYSELF and repent in dust and ashes.”

Was Iyov (Job) the Edomite, the only person in the Tanakh who "sees" God?

And if a person sees God, he can only despise this material body and life?

(Ie be a Gnostic- see the world for what it truly is and Reject it, deny oneself, and living in it as if outside it- Christian worldview)

On the contrary, the Jewish Eliphaz (monotheist), Bildad the Keturite(occultist) and Zophar the Arab (ishmaelite) do not see God and misunderstand him, they mistakenly think that if you do good, good always follows in this world. They don't recognise the inherent nature of this fallen world. G-d ultimately chastises them for it and Iyov has to pray on their behalf.

What would existence of turned out to be, if Sophia never fell and created the demiurge, and the physical universe was never made.

Did the Monad and other Aeons have intentions of creating some sort of world, before the demiurge went ahead and did it out ignorance or rebellion. (Isn’t this world just a faulty mirror of the true realm?)

What’s outside the box? I mean where is there for the soul to go if there is no space or time (place or change). Do we break down into a singularity and just stay in eternal meditation or something if we don’t reincarnate.

Does a soul have free rein to travel where it wishes once it’s gotten out of the proverbial container?

If one was able to self-will them into a triple power would they exist alone or become one with the triple power who rules over the 13th Aeon?

So many gnostics believe that hell is the material world and when we die and reincarnate we either ascend to pleroma or go back to earth (hell). But if its so why did Lazarus never smile?

I want to give the gospel of thomas to my grandma. But shes Puertorican.

I like looking through the Pistis Sophia this time of year even though I guess its setting is more Easter or Pentecost. And I’m sure y’all know that the Ecclesia Gnostica has a lectionary for their whole church year with some good Advent readings. I remember reading Philip K. Dick’s The Divine Invasion several years ago, and that has a nice sci-fi Gnostic spin on the traditional Christmas story.

So what Gnostic or Gnostic-oriented things are you guys reading this time of year?

So some of yall have seen my post earlier regarding unknown aeons that have yet to be discovered and revealed, well im gonna do something before i go off and try to discover those. Instead I’ll be channeling and invoking/evoking all the Aeons we do know of and i will be documenting everything, i want a more modern understanding of what’s going on, I’ll keep everything updated

Would someone please recommend which primary source (s) and a useful secondary overview for beginning to study Gnostic Christianity?