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A Pocket Essential Short History of The Gnostics (Paperback)
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A Pocket Essential Short History of The Gnostics (Paperback)
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Gnosticism - derived from the Greek word gnosis, to know - is the
name given to various religious schools that proliferated in the
first centuries after Christ and, at one time, it almost became the
dominant form of Christianity. Yet some Gnostic beliefs derive from
the older Mystery traditions of Greece and Rome, and the various
Gnostic schools came to be branded as heretical by the emerging
Christian church. Indeed, although some Gnostic beliefs are close
to mainstream Christianity Gnosticism also held that the world is
imperfect as it was created by an evil god who was constantly at
war with the true, good God; that Christ and Satan were brothers;
that reincarnation exists; and that women were the equal of men As
a result, the Gnostics held the Feminine Aspect of God - whom they
addressed as Sophia, or Wisdom - in very high regard. They also
stressed that we each have a spark of the Divine inside us which,
when recognised and developed, will ultimately liberate us from the
prison of the material world. Although largely stamped out by the
Church by the sixth century, Gnosticism survived underground
through groups such as the Bogomils and the Cathars, and influenced
the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the psychologist Carl Jung, the
Existentialists, the New Age movement and writers as diverse as
William Blake, W.B. Yeats, Albert Camus and Philip K. Dick. In this
book, Sean Martin recounts the long and diverse history of
Gnosticism, and argues for its continued relevance today.
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