Mytho-Empiricism of Gnosticism - Triumph of the Vanquished (Hardcover, New)

This study traces the influence of Gnosis in European culture. Gnostic roots can be traced to the paintings of Hieronymous Bosch and William Blake, the romanticism of Novalis, the symbolic poetry of Gerard de Nerval, the dualistic writings of Herman Hesse, and to Heideggerean existentialism. Gnostic alternations between grace and damnation permeate the work of Luis Bunuel, and many others.;The idea that the body is the prison of the soul was expounded by Pythagoras, Plato, and the Orphics. Yet with the Gnostics the dualism of soul-spirit/body-matter became complete. Objects and lifeforms were created by an evil deity, whereas the souls embedded in them are particles chipped from an alien, boundless and eternal divinity. This book is interdisciplinary, combining personality theory, mythology and theology. It integrates ontological/ideological philosophy in bio-psycho-sociology. The claim is that Gnosis, Kabbala and Existentialism are the specific disciplines linking the dualities of human existence. Finally, an anthropocentric theory of religion is presented, which links history and transcendence through the mediation of the human.

General

Imprint:	Sussex Academic Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2003
First published:	May 2003
Authors:	Shlomo Giora Shoham
Dimensions:	155 x 230 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	318
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-902210-25-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Syncretist & eclectic religions & belief systems > Gnosticism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Syncretist & eclectic religions & belief systems > Gnosticism
LSN:	1-902210-25-5
Barcode:	9781902210254

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