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Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός gnostikos, "having knowledge", from γνῶσις gnōsis, knowledge) is a modern term categorizing a collection of ancient religions whose adherents shunned the material world – which they viewed as created by the demiurge – and embraced the spiritual world. Gnostic ideas influenced many ancient religions that teach that gnosis (variously interpreted as knowledge, enlightenment, salvation, emancipation or 'oneness with God') may be reached by practicing philanthropy to the point of personal poverty, sexual abstinence (as far as possible for hearers, entirely for initiates) and diligently searching for wisdom by helping others. However, practices varied among those who were Gnostic.
In Gnosticism, the world of the demiurge is represented by the underworld, which is associated with matter, flesh, time and, more particularly, an imperfect, ephemeral world. The world of God is represented by the upper world and is associated with the soul and perfection. The world of God is eternal and not part of the physical. It is impalpable and timeless.
A clip from "Dr. Michael Heiser: Gnosticism Lecture (Full)" from FaceliketheSun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDyl1qrpj_Q
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A brief introduction to Gnosticism, a widely referenced but seldom understood belief system. It is a fascinating school of thought and one can see why it is more or less present in most cultures and civilizations as its origins were more or less an attempt to combine all major religions at the time together and is very similar to perennialism or the traditionalist school. Most Content Taken From the Book When the Church Was Young by Marcelino D'Ambrosio Subscribe to the Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/LibertyandJustice771 Follow Me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ArgentTemplar?ref=hl Follow Me on Twitter https://twitter.com/TeutonicTemplar
Graham Hancock, international bestseller author, whose unconventional ideas had raised controversial questions about humanity's past. Here he's giving a lecture on Gnosticism and Duality for some of his readers in India.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Gnosticism, a sect associated with early Christianity. The Gnostics divided the universe into two domains: the visible world and the spiritual one. They believed that a special sort of knowledge, or gnosis, would enable them to escape the evils of the physical world and allow them access to the higher spiritual realm. The Gnostics were regarded as heretics by many of the Church Fathers, but their influence was important in defining the course of early Christianity. A major archaeological discovery in Egypt in the 1940s, when a large cache of Gnostic texts were found buried in an earthenware jar, enabled scholars to learn considerably more about their beliefs. This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically autho...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcluftdk1tuDU71ZdGNpHTA In this short excerpt, the great noetic archaeologist Terence McKenna discusses his views on the Nag Hammadi Library, dualism, the archipelago of Gnosticisms throughout antiquity, and more. Note: the historical facts and opinions given in this talk are those of Terence alone and by no means reflect those of this channel and its poster (well… at least not entirely - much new research has been done on the subject since Terence recorded this talk, and off the top of my head I can think of a handful of mistakes he makes unintentionally – think for yourself – please do your own research. Otherwise, it’s a great talk from a great speaker. R.I.P. Terence) Books by Terence McKenna: - The Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss: http://amzn...
http://canarycryradio.com http://facelikethesun.com This is a video originally posted by Guy Malone of http://www.alienresistance.org Dr. Michael Heiser is the academic editor for the Logos Bible Software, a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages with expertise on Ancient Israel and Egyptology. He's also the author of the novel The Facade, and he runs several blogs including PaleoBabble, UFO Religions, and he was featured on Chris White's recent debunkumentary Ancient Aliens Debunked, Naked Bible Podcast. He also runs MEMRA (online institute for ancient languages and Biblical theology) http://drmsh.com This video is all 8 parts of his lecture from back in 2006. Part 1: Introductions Although the hype surrounding the DaVinci Code has left the mainstream media, the ideas persi...
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Gnostic scholar and author, John Lash, joins THC to lay out the myth of Sophia and explain the true origin story of the Archons. John then explains how the Archon's achieved a very substantial neuro-hack into humanity, spawning the three major religions and cementing us squarely within their Sophia defying control matrix. Check out more of John's work on his website: http://www.metahistory.org/