Gnostic concepts Chokhmah Ila’ah (the world soul) The Greek philosophers, Neoplatonic systems had this concept of world soul. Not many souls but one. This is what they said – Therefore, we may consequently state that: this world is indeed a living being endowed with a soul and intelligence … a Continue Reading
Gnostic concepts – Horos (the limit or boundary) The ancient Gnostics believed in a power of seperation. This power put things where they belonged outside the Kingdom. It we believed that when Sophia fell from grace , an imbalance arose which could have put the Kingdom in danger. At this Continue Reading
Gnostic concepts – Horos (the limit or boundary) The ancient Gnostics believed in a power of seperation. This power put things where they belonged outside the Kingdom. It we believed that when Sophia fell from grace , an imbalance arose which could have put the Kingdom in danger. At this Continue Reading
Gnostic concepts – Ignorance or forgetfulness Ignorance is described as drunkenness or blindness according to the ancient Gnostics. Drunkenenss because we enjoy the world of Sophia (the objects) and we are not concerned about what God is. Blindness because we only see things from our point of view and we Continue Reading
Gnostic concepts Hepodomad – 7 planetary spheres (worlds) In many of the gnostic texts the Hepodomad is mentioned. These are seven planetary spheres , Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon. Each of these spheres are ruled by an Archon. Beyond these spheres is the realm of Continue Reading
Gnostic concepts – Pleroma Pleroma (Greek πλήρωμα) generally refers to the totality of divine powers. The word means fullness from πληρόω (“I fill”) comparable to πλήρης which means “full”, and is used in Christian theological contexts: both in Gnosticism generally, and by St. Paul the Apostle in Colossians 2:9 (the Continue Reading
Gnostic concepts – Archons The Archons were the rulers of the 7 worlds (astral worlds) and were mistaken as evil due to their wrathful form. In the ancient days, people thought there were 7 worlds. The Archons were the rulers of each world, the gnostic worlds were the Moon, Mercury, Continue Reading
Gnostic concepts – NOUS Ok so you have read some of the gnostic books and they mention Nous. So what is it ? In my previous post i mentioned about God being like the sun and matter being like the clouds. Matter is a mass of particles which covers the Continue Reading
Gnostic concepts – demiurge When we look at mind(cosmic mind) and its essence through waking, dreaming and dreamless sleep we can see the coming and going of the mind. The mind is made from the same substance of god but is not eternal (hence fallen). Mind means the whole of Continue Reading
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