--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> However, if you're about to dive into gnosticism in
> hopes of finding parallels to Eastern mysticism and
> unity, you'd best prepare yourself for a shock.
> *Nothing* could possibly be more dualistic than
> gnosticism
--- Peter wrote:
>
> Why the gnostic tradition died out is open
> to hypothesis, but the direct experiential realization
> of Christ was replaced by conceptual dogma.
Robert Perry puts it this way, in his writings
about the Course in Miracles:
"About 2,000 years ago Jesus offered a revolutionar
"authfriend" wrote:
> There's also a pretty good Wikipedia article on
> Gnosticism:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism
>
> According to the article, the Gnostic tradition
> is generally believed to predate Christianity,
> although some scholars disagree.
>
> There's an active Gnostic Us
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> --- uns_tressor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > The gnostic tradition of the Christian church was
> > > almost utterly crushed-o
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> --- uns_tressor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > The gnostic tradition of the Christian church was
> > > almost utterly crushed-out by the 4
--- sparaig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > The gnostic tradition of the Christian church was
> > almost utterly crushed-out by the 400AD.
> >
> >
> Contemplative Christian traditions have survived for
> 2000 years.
--- uns_tressor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > The gnostic tradition of the Christian church was
> > almost utterly crushed-out by the 400AD.
>
> Intriguing. What happened?
> Uns.
Elaine Pagels writes about it in "T
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The gnostic tradition of the Christian church was
> almost utterly crushed-out by the 400AD.
Intriguing. What happened?
Uns.
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The gnostic tradition of the Christian church was
> almost utterly crushed-out by the 400AD.
>
>
Contemplative Christian traditions have survived for 2000 years.
There's been a mystical Jewish tradition since forever.
