Gnostica

“All the comparisons that (Jesus) makes tend to show that the disciples of Jesus are necessarily few in number with little power. The leaven in the dough. The salt in the soup. The sheep in the middle of wolves, and how many other images. Jesus seems to have never had the vision of a triumphant [...]

I’m not a member of any ecclesiastical group and I’m not a scholar.  Other contributors to the Palm Tree Garden and this blog can claim a greater grasp upon the deep roots of the Gnostic tradition than I can.  The way that I am wired makes it really difficult to hold onto words and retain [...]

Long ago, before the canonical gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John were written, there were “other sacred Christian scriptures”, no longer extant, that circulated among the often isolated clusters of Christian believers. We know of these “Early Christian Scriptures” only by virtue of a trail of evidence, and due to the diligent work of [...]

See Part One: The Kenomic Worldview and Part Two: The Pleromic Worldview
As above, so below. The redemption of the imperfect World of Forms takes place on two levels, Macro- and Microcosmic. The processes mirror one another; what is happening to the Kosmos at large is also happening to each and every individual. If [...]

(See also The Kenomic Worldview)
The Pleromic Worldview manifests as teleological certainty and spiritual fullness in the face of the imperfection of the Kosmos. In the Pleromic individual, body, soul and spirit are aligned with the Aeons as a manifestation of the perfected human. In contrast to the Kenomic person, whose actions and life seem aimless [...]