
July 26, 2010 by JVP
(To the tune of "Meet the Flintstones")
Archons, meet the Archons,
They're a pathway to insanity.
From the Outer Darkness,
But they're still a lot like you and me.
Let's ride underneath the mercy seat.
In the Demiurge's bucket seat.
When you're with the Archons
you'll have a roller coaster ride time.
A deep inside time.
You'...
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July 20, 2010 by Luc Valentine
from The Manichean Prayerbook, "Psalm X"
Christ, my bridegroom, has taken me to his bridechamber,
I have rested with him in the land of the immortal. My brethren,
I have received my garland.
My land I have beheld, my Fathers I have found, the godly
have rejoiced over me, my Aeons have welcomed me.
My brethren, I have received my garland....
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July 17, 2010 by Luc Valentine
While Philip K. Dick fans await Radio Free Albemuth (and await and await), his loyal and doting followers, among whom I must surely rank, can look forward to The Adjustment Bureau, a movie based on a Dick short story titled "The Adjustment Team".
Originally set for a September 17 release date, the studio has pushed back the premiere for early i...
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July 6, 2010 by JVP
Really, gnosis shouldn't eliminate your ability to think critically. Instead, the search for gnosis is intrinsically a search based upon experiential knowledge and critical investigation of everything with which one is presented. Over and over again, the Aeons declare the importance and primacy of thought: First Thought In Three Forms (Trimorphic...
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June 25, 2010 by JVP
Personally, I find it very difficult to accept recovered "ancient" documents "discovered" by individuals or organizations who are unable to produce the original documents in order to back up their claim. Some say that the fact that a text "may be" (is) a forgery shouldn't matter, as "myth is more important than history." I disagree, and think i...
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June 21, 2010 by ScottF
We seemed at first to move in tandem and opposition,
counterweights on pulleys.
Or He was a lucky charm
lost and sometimes found in the mess of my room.
Faith, goodness, desire, and force of will
were equally ineffectual lures to Him.
I imagined the spirit within my small frame sometimes
though He actually engulfed the whole of the firmament.
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June 9, 2010 by ScottF
I came down from the mountain
and as the air pressure increased
my buzz wore off.
Everyone at base camp chattered
and spread fig jam on flatbreads
as I shook the daze away.
The sherpas chuckled at the onset of my dementia
and played loaded dice with tourists
while the morning heated up.
I walked into a convenience store that went o...
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June 7, 2010 by JVP
Lots of sites will continue to post stuff even when they don't have anything to say, which is why there are so many sites out there full of contentless polemics and empty rhetoric. There's this whole inherent popularity thing on the internet, especially with "blogs," where getting a huge number of visits and comments means your site is awesome. ...
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June 4, 2010 by ScottF
You found me faithless and strange, so you let me know where I stood.
You tightened my manacles and named me Allogenes.
Had my bonds and name fit comfortably,
would I not have worn them proudly as adornments?
Had I been fed a steady diet of manna,
would I have learned the lie of the Western Lands?
You thought this flesh sunk me to the bot...
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May 30, 2010 by Brother Spark
This is a paper from the 2008-2009 undergraduate research contest held yearly at Temple. The author discusses the points of Eucharistic criticism in the Gospel of Judas. An excellent read from a promising young scholar. ...
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