Gnosticism - introduction - A basic definition of Gnosticism - what it is, and how it differs from other esoteric teachings
Gnosis - a definition - Gnosis - Spiritual Knowledge - is central to Gnosticism.
Gnosticism is a philosophical and religious movement which started in pre-Christian times. The term is derived from the Greek word gnosis which means "knowledge". It is pronounced with a silent "G" (NO-sis).
Gnosticism When writing about Gnosticism it is very difficult to present an objective view of this system of belief or its participants. The reason for this is that there are very few exhibits of first hand copies of their writings.
Gnosticism, derived from a Greek word gnosis meaning 'knowledge', is applied to a philosophical and religious movement that influenced the Mediterranean world from the first century BC to the third century AD.
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From Exegesis, by Philip K. Dick: The Ten Major Principles of the Gnostic Revelation
Tractates Cryptica Scriptura (Exegesis) ...
Gnosticism & Tarot
In order to be clear about the relationship between Gnosticism and Tarot, it should be stated at the outset that there are no specifically "Gnostic" Tarots.
Gnosticism
From Greek gnosis ("knowledge"), this is a general term for a number of philosophies or religions that existed in the few centuries immediately before and after the birth of Christ.
The School of Gnosticism was divided into two major parts, commonly called the Syrian Cult and the Alexandrian Cult. These schools agreed in essentials, but the latter division was more inclined to be pantheistic, while the former was dualistic.
The chapter on Gnosticism, however, is brief and dismissive. The author shows little familiarity with contemporary writings on the subject that make many (possibly spurious or accurate) Egyptian connections.
Rudolph, Kurt, "Gnosticism"
Scholem, Gershom, "Jewish Gnosticism, Merkabah Mysticism, and the Talmudic Tradition"
Scholem, Gershom, "The Origins of the Kabbalah" ...
It will yet be proved that the Table of Isis is directly connected with Egyptian Gnosticism, for in a Gnostic papyrus preserved in the Bodleian Library there is a direct reference to the twelve Fathers or Paternities beneath whom are twelve Fountains.
are called the Mysteries; that is the Secret Teaching, the esoteric side of the religion which is given to those strong enough to receive it, old enough to understand it, the backbone of every exoteric religion, that which Origen called Gnosticism, ...
influential of these "alternative" masonic historians was John Yarker, whose monumental work on the Arcane Schools (1909) is really a prehistory of Freemasonry, which he saw progressing from the Egyptian and Greek Mysteries via Mithraism, Gnosticism ...
The preeminent form of Jewish mysticism, sometimes referred to as Classical Kabbalah, began in Provence, France, in the thirteenth century, but flourished most readily in medieval Spain. It contains elements of both Gnosticism and Neo-platonism, ...
 See also: World, Spirit, Christ, Ritual, Philo
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