Gnostica

In one of those weird flashes of insight that occasionally comes along at about 3 am, I recently came to the realization that my own spiritual journey is leading me to establish a formal syncretization between Buddhism and Gnosticism. I’d like to share my preliminary notes on the subject, and invite conversation. These [...]

Or, G = AL + AS
Gnosis must be a deeply personal experience, but not every deeply personal experience is gnosis.
According to this contemporary approach, true Gnosis (G) requires three variables:
A: An Awakening Event– This might be an epiphany, a theophany, a revelation, etc., but it must be personal and must be experienced.
L: [...]

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 [...]

The Kenomic Worldview is marked by a deeply embedded sense of existential ennui, manifested especially as a sense of purposelessness. The emptiness which contrasts with the fullness of the Pleromic Worldview resides under layers of kipple– meaningless content– but is not always completely manifested (for the manifestation of utter emptiness would annihilate an individual). Rather, [...]