Gnostica

(to the tune of “Hooray for Hollywood”)
Hooray for Heretics,
Those crazy, lackadaisy Heretics!
Where any infidel
Or young apostate
can invoke hate
By referencing Arius,
And any well-read priest
Can be a well-dead priest
If he’s listed by old Eusebius!
Hooray for Heretics!
When you’re malefic
if you’re even good!
Where anyone at all from Satorninus
to Valentinus
is equally misunderstood
No matter what you say
Welcome to auto-da-fe’
Hooray for Heretics! [...]

UPDATE: Mix-up corrected thanks to commenter.
Leaving aside for a moment discussions as to whether the Gospel of Thomas was used by historical Gnostics, have a look at the two most common translations of the end part of the first Saying in the Gospel (emphasis mine):
Lambdin: “Whoever discovers the interpretation of [...]

“For many who are familiar with the language of the Gospels, it could be an eye-opening revelation to read the sayings of Jesus without the usual contextualization of his words. A reader might discover wisdom instead of moralizing, beauty and poetry rather than opinion, and unfathomable mystery instead of plain persuasion. Q offers us a [...]

There was a damn good discussion tonight on the PTG forum about very real yet ephemeral occurrence that we’ve all experienced as we tread the path.  I thought it was suitable for memorialization here.
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Heather wrote about a dark side to gnosis:
Does Gnosis have a dark side? Can one feel completely at home in Gnosticism and then suddenly [...]