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	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Gnosticism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Most Gnostics practiced celibacy and asceticism, on the grounds that the pleasures of the flesh were evil; a few however practiced libertinism, arguing that since the body was evil they should defile it, or that since the body was evil it did not matter what was done with it.
		The origins of Gnosticism are a subject of dispute amongst scholars: some think Gnosticism is fundamentally pagan in origin, but has adopted a Christian veneer; others trace its origin to Judaism; yet others think it derives from Jesus, and is a development of his teaching that is arguably as valid as the orthodox one.
		He identifies the root of the Gnostic impulse as alienation, that is, a sense of disconnectedness with society and a belief that this lack of concord with society is the result of the inherent disorderliness or even evil of the world.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Gnosticism (3278 words)

	Gnosticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Many Gnostics also made use of ritual; these rituals being the manipulation of material objects in imitation of divine events or occurrences, this presupposes at least the ability of matter to be used for positive effect.
		Most Gnostics practiced celibacy and asceticism, on the grounds that the pleasures of the flesh induced the subject to remain ignorant of spiritual realities; a few however practiced libertinism, arguing since the body was evil they should defile it, or that since the body was evil it did not matter what was done with it.
		He identifies the root of the Gnostic impulse as alienation, that is, a sense of disconnectedness with society and a belief that this lack of concord with society is the result of the inherent disorderliness or even evil of the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gnosticism (6151 words)

	The Gnosis Archive: Resources on Gnosticism and Gnostic Tradition
		It is the preeminent “Gnostic Gospel”, a sacred reservoir for the defining essence of Gnostic myth and revelation.
		This is the quintessential introduction to Gnostics, Gnosis and Gnosticism.
		The Gnosis Archive is maintained in association with The Gnostic Society.
	www.gnosis.org (1950 words)

	Gnosticism - Theopedia
		Gnosticism has an extremely antinomian spirit, The fact is, both ancient and modern forms of gnosticism don't worry too much about logic and coherence, but are interested in knowing secrets, subverting power, mocking orthodoxy, and freeing themselves from the mundane world of daily living.
		Gnostics were free to explore the nature of reality and while some schools have very complex cosmologies its almost impossible to talk about all of them at once.
		However the gnostic themes of: suspicion of tradition, distrust of authority, dislike for dogma and objective statements of faith, and the pitting of the individual against the institution are characteristics of the modern feminist movement as well.
	www.theopedia.com /Gnosticism (4665 words)

	PARANOIA - Hoeller Interview
		But the nature of the Gnostic approach to religion was always such that it represented a serious challenge to ecclesiastical authority and to the domination of people by the Church and the rulers of the Church.
		The Gnostic God concept is significantly different from the God concept of the official mainstream, monotheistic religions - whether they be Judaism, Christianity, or Islam - in as much as it postulates an ultimate, transcendental deity which, though a divine consciousness, is not engaged in the actual creating or fabricating of the material universe.
		Gnostics try not to have to believe in too much of anything, but their hope is that they either know something or they don't.
	www.paranoiamagazine.com /hoeller.html (10327 words)

	Gnostic Society - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gnostic Society is an organization founded in Los Angeles in 1928 by James Morgan Pryse and his brother John Pryse for studies of gnosticism.
		It has strong ties to the Ecclesia Gnostica, an active gnostic church, and its current bishop Stephan A. Hoeller.
		On the Internet the Gnostic Society has a large and very popular archive of gnostic writings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gnostic_Society (107 words)

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		Gnosticism taught a complex hierarchy of spiritual beings that had to be worshiped and appeased in the order of their rank to get access to higher and higher beings.
		Gnosticism, Panton wrote, had surfaced in the twentieth century in the forms of Theosophy, Christian Science, some forms of spiritualism, and in what was called the "New Theology," which had been introduced primarily by German writers on religion.
		Hoeller's gnostic "church celebrates the Holy Eucharist every Sunday and Holy Days." (Elwood and Partin: 95) Their ceremonies and vestments are similar to the Roman Catholics, but the language uses Gnostic terminology.
	www.lycos.com /info/gnosticism.html (820 words)

	Open Directory - Society:Religion and Spirituality:Gnosticism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gnosticism refers to an exceptionally wide variety of groups who seek "Gnosis," or direct, spiritual knowledge, as opposed to those groups who rely exclusively on belief.
		Truly, Gnosticism is not a collection of dead cults; it is a living tradition that has persisted under many faces, but which has never been extinguished, for it is the heart of the human experience: direct, intimate knowledge of higher truths.
		Gnostic apologetics, then, is that branch of Gnostic theology which seeks to provide a rational defense of the truth of the Gnostic faith.
	dmoz.org /Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Gnosticism/desc.html (993 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Gnosticism
		This was a period in which Gnosticism came to focus on Gnosis itself, as a goal for Gnostics to reach (Edwards).
		One sign that there was still interest in Gnosticism between these periods was the fact that William Blake, the poet and artist, was a known Gnostic during the late 1700's and early 1800's.
		However, in Non-Christian Gnosticism it could be Seth (from the Bible), Zostrianos (a form of the prophet from the Persian religion Zoroastrianism), or a mythological entity (Gnosticism).
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/gnosticism.html (2169 words)

	Angel Swan's Worlds of Star Trek: The Principles Behind Star Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		For a gnostic, the individual's highest allegiance is to the truth, and he has the moral right and duty to oppose authority in defense of it.
		Gnostic undercurrents have survived to the present day to influence western civilization, and have given western society (which is, like all civilizations, primarily authoritarian) much of its unique character.
		A gnostic society would not assume its values were superior to another's even if it had more advanced technology or knowledge, and would not destroy the integrity of another culture even to help.
	angel.scientium.com /references/strek.htm (2633 words)

	Gnosis/Gnosticism
		Gnosticism teaches that Messengers of Light, particularly Jesus Christ, are sent by the true God to teach us how to attain gnosis and salvation.
		Gnostics believe the potential for gnosis is present in everyone and must come while still on earth.
		Gnostics say they offer a path of individual knowledge, wisdom, and intuition rather than the familiar religious paths of faith and belief in authorities.
	members.tripod.com /cryskernan/Gnosticism.htm (886 words)

	Gnostics, Gnostic Gospels, & Gnosticism
		Marcion was the most famous of the Gnostics, and he established a "canon" of the Pauline epistles (minus the pastorals) and a "mutilated" Luke (presumably considered so because it lacked proof-texts such as Lk 22:43-44).
		Some Gnostic documents are the Gospel of Truth, the Letter to Rheginus, Treatise on the Three Natures, Apocalypse of Adam, the Gospel of Matthias, Gospel of Philip, Acts of Peter, and Acts of Thomas.
		Although the Gnostics were prolific writers, most of their works have been burnt or lost in favor of proto-orthodox writings (and known only through patristic references).
	www.earlychristianwritings.com /gnostics.html (419 words)

	THE GNOSTIC SOCIETY LIBRARY - TempleOfSophia - Care2.com
		The texts discovered at Nag Hammadi available in the Gnostic Society Library are indexed in alphabetical order, and by their location in the original codices.
		The Gnostic Society is an organization founded in Los Angeles in 1928 by James Morgan Pryse and his brother John Pryse for studies of gnosticism.
		The occult nature of Gnostic teaching and the fact that much of the evidence for that teaching comes from attacks by orthodox Christians made it difficult to be precise about early Christian Gnostic systems, until a chance discovery of a cache of 4th-century Gnostic texts was made at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945.
	www.care2.com /c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=3865&pst=103449 (5341 words)

	MavicaNET - Гностика (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Society's "Friday Evening Lecture Series", directed for the last two decades by Dr. Stephan Hoeller, provides a distinguished and uniquely focused forum for individuals interested in Gnosticism, Jungian psychology, Kabbalah, mythology, and other subjects related to Gnosticism.
		Gnosticism is an ancient form of alternative Christianity which competed with the Catholic Church for the first 350 years of Christian history.
		Gnosticism: The Gnostic Gospels of Thomas and Eve.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/ukr/2343.html (715 words)

	Gnostic Society - Tasmania
		The goal of the Gnostic schools is to get the student onto their own path.
		The Australian Gnostic Association is an esoteric school whose fundamental aim is the liberation, happiness and freedom of the person as a soul or spiritual Being.
		This is why in ancient times there were many different doctrines that could be termed “gnostic”- a tradition is simply a language that is used to describe the internal nature of things, like a myth or parable.
	gnosistasmania.org (608 words)

	Nietzsche: America's Gnostic Superman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The modern day Gnostics that preach the gospel of materialism have adopted Nietzsche as their patron saint, while they crucify without exceptions, the last remnants of ordained obedience.
		Purging the body politick from obstinate resistance to the replacement society is the prime objective.
		America has become a gnostic society believing in a destructive altruism, because it no longer accepts faith in our divinely created being.
	pages.zdnet.com /sartre65/solitary/id5.html (928 words)

	Gnostic Society Library: Sources on Gnosticism and Gnosis
		The Gnostic Society Library contains a vast collection of primary documents relating to the Gnostic tradition as well as a selection of in-depth audio lectures and brief archive notes designed to orient study of the documents, their sources, and the religious tradition they represent.
		Lectures provided in the library are from the audio archives of BC Recordings and The Gnostic Society in Los Angeles; they are presented in RealAudio or MP3 format and run about 75 minutes in length.
		This immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures -- texts once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy" -- scriptures such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Truth.
	www.gnosis.org /library.html (1241 words)

	Gnosticism: Resources for Study
		Gnosticism is a contemporary term used to describe a variety of groups in Greco-Roman antiquity.
		Shoemaker, Stephen J. "Rethinking the 'Gnostic Mary': Mary of Nazareth and Mary of Magdala in Early Christian Tradition." Journal of Early Christian Studies 9 (2001) 555-95.
		Williams, Michael A. "Variety in Gnostic Perspectives on Gender." In Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism (Karen L. King, ed.; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1988) 2-22.
	www-relg-studies.scu.edu /facstaff/murphy/topics/Gnosticism/gnostic.html (1037 words)

	Gnostic Cross Magazine
		GNOSTIC CROSS explores mysticism from a Christian and Gnostic perspective, the bridge to the Divine and inner space.
		Topics include but are not limited to Christian mysticism, Gnosticism, Kabballah (Christianized or related path), Christian/Gnostic Theurgy and Thaumaturgy (Magic), communities and orders, mystics, Magdalene studies, Marian studies, discussion of the Sophia, and mystical and esoteric churches.
		The title "Gnostic Cross" embraces the Cross of Christianity with the ideas of Gnosticism and the ezine itself is a cross between many different schools of thought and belief in these areas.
	gnosticcross.tripod.com (143 words)

	Hermetic Fellowship : Gnosticism
		"Gnosticism" in the academic and usual sense of the word, is a blanket term used to embrace various esoteric cosmologies and spiritual teachings which developed in the syncretic Hellenistic civilisation in the centuries immediately after Christ” Part of M. Alan Kazlev’s awesome and encyclopædic Kheper site.
		The Gnostic Society in the Kingdom of Norway
		Gnostic QandA from the Church of the Pearl.
	www.hermeticfellowship.org /HFGnosticResources.html (2898 words)

	A Rare Case Of Siddhis - Gnostic Forum
		One of the conclusions might be that before someone realize the reality of his being (which means the reality of every being) cant use wise his siddhis or even better cant ask for siddhis which may draw them into a pit where only God can solve such psychological mess and save the soul.
		In the true Gnostic, the powers belong to the Being, and used by the Being, and are occasionally granted unto the initiate by the Being, in order to serve a particular important purpose.
		The strange thing is that she denies family life and teaches now as an instructor about alchemy.....which she has denied to work on since with her latent siddhis can see only egos inside humans and no further than that keeping away every possible partner.
	www.gnosticteachings.org /forum/index.php?showtopic=1669 (2260 words)

	Gnostic Society of New Zealand (and Sufi Brotherhood) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Gnostic Society is centred in Auckland, at 55 Tramway Road,
		The Gnostic Society was established to carry out certain objects in the light of the teachings
		Branches of the Gnostic Society and Sufi Brotherhood also hold meetings in Northland (New Zealand), Whakatane (New Zealand), Gisborne (New Zealand), Wellington (New Zealand), Christchurch (New Zealand), Sydney (Australia), London (UK).
	www.omplace.com /omsites/GnosticSocietyNZ (288 words)

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		In our modern age the Mother's Temple is that focal point, a womb of knowledge from which a new gnostic society can arise.
		The cosmological alphabet used to describe the Temple is developed in an earlier text, The Gnostic Circle: The New Way is the language which uses that alphabet to introduce the Temple of the Third Millennium.
		I and II : A study in the rise and the establishment of a gnostic society, Volumes 1 and 2, by Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet, at $45.00, from Æon Books, ISBN: 0945747063.
	www.aeongroup.com /bks-art.htm (1256 words)

	Far Horizons in the Sierra - Stephan Hoeller: The Gnostic Jung Revisited
		Stephan Hoeller is a Hungarian-born scholar and writer, the director of the Los Angeles Gnostic Society, author of Freedom: Alchemy of a Voluntary Society and The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead.
		He represented the Theosophical Society on the committee that designed the program for the 1993 Parliament of the World's Religions.
		Dr. Hoeller's book, The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead, is recommended reading for the session and will be available at Far Horizons.
	www.farhorizons.org /programs/hoeller.html (301 words)

	The Gnostic Society Main Page
		Gnostic scriptures, such as The Bruce Codex, The Gospel of Mary and The Secret Gospel of Mark indicate that Jesus Himself practiced Sacred Magic.
		In these talks Dr. Hoeller pin-points the Gnostic component in such movements in the culture as 19th Century occultism; the mythic revival of the 20th Century; the consciousness-and-psychedelic movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and the overall impact and relevance of the Nag Hammadi discovery in relation to the current interest in Gnosticism.
		Gnostics are oriented to total transcendence, (the opposite of secular), but are also the first opponents of fundamentalism.
	www.webcom.com /~gnosis/gnostsoc/gnostsoc.htm (6713 words)

	The Annwn Newsletter - November 1997
		Unlike mainstream Christianity, the union of the Gnostic and Saviour is based in the mutual possession of gnosis and light, not in the shared experience of death and resurrection.
		It is of paramount importance to Gnostic thought, for this section has obviously escaped the butchering church fathers who selected passages to include into their version of the bible in the 4th, 5th and 6th centuries AD.
		Their writings seemed to me real Gnosticism but I wanted to know what you knew and thought of them before writing to them that I was already well supplied with Gnostic literature and could not afford a subscription to their periodical also, but was wishing them heavenly success in their Divine enterprise.
	www.fortunecity.com /roswell/prophecy/23/News/November97.htm (20914 words)

	Ecclesia Gnostica Norvegia - Bibliotek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Ecclesia Gnostica Norvegia is not identical with the Gnostic Society in the Kingdom of Norway, which was founded prior to the establishment of our Church in Norway.
		We have constructive cooperations with this Gnostic Society, but are not responsible for, or always of the same mind as this Gnostic Society.
		Furthermore, this Gnostic Society is not a congregational activity, but a forum for dialogue on the gnostic traditions.
	www.ecclesiagnostica.com /english.html (253 words)

	Gnosticism - All Things Spiritual Directory
		Gnostic Anthropology is the study and observation of oneself and one's culture from a
		- Gnostic Utah is an entry point and an invitation to anyone visiting or living in Utah who is seeking the ineffable through personal revelation and/or experience rather than believing in someone elses' belief and who is wanting to attend Gnostic services..
		- Increasingly, the Gnostic Gospels and documents are being treated as a historical source for the life of Jesus that is as accurate or more accurate than the canonical Gospels.
	www.allspiritual.com /Gnosticism.php3 (747 words)

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		Gnostic Editions Thailand - The Gnostic Anthropology is psychoanalitic, is the wisdom to stay hidden in each human being, pyramid, cathedral...Gnostic Editions Thailand have edited the next's titles in thai language and English to: The Perfect Matrimony; Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology; The Great Rebellion and Buddha's Necklace.
		Gnostic Institute of Anthropology - A group of Gnostic schools in New York.
		London Gnostic Association (Canada) - The London Gnostic Association is a Canadian registered not-for-profit charitable organization that teaches esoteric knowledge, meditation, astral projection, elimination of defects, and Mayan prophesies.
	www.dcpages.com /DC_ODP/?c=Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Gnosticism/Organizations (693 words)

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