The book of revelations, a gnostic gospel excommunicate. John, which is a crytic and mystical scripture at the very end of the christian bible. The physical mother of jesus was an external image of manifestation of the virgin sophia the word sophia stemming from sophos, wisdom. The book of revelation the book of revelation, a free online course this free online course reveals how you can discover the true meaning of the revelation or apoclaypse of st. The revelation of peter a nag hammadi scripture is gnostic but cannot be classified as being from the valentinian or sethian schools of thought, from thomas christianity or the hermetic religion. John lash the gnostic myth of sophia and the birth of. The lord restores honour and reverence the lady at her true place on the throne and vows to protect her and the kingdom. Introduction this version of the holy gnostic rosary focuses on the whole of the gnostic mythos, from our source in the unknown father, through the fall of sophia and the creation of matter, to our ultimate redemption through the christos. Sophia, the timeless being, or aeon, who existed in the realm of perfection pleroma as the archetype of wisdom, felt inclined to manifest a creation of her own. The gnostic goddess, female power, and the fallen sophia 2010 max dashu 3 throughout gnostic scriptures, we find strong echoes of hebrew traditions of khokhmah, wisdom. The gnostic threefold path to enlightenment the ascent of mind and the descent of wisdom novum testamentum xxii, 4 1980 lincoln. The books of john, i corinthians, galatians, colossians, i and ii timothy, jude, and i john all combat various elements of gnosticism. Books related to the new testament, christ, and the gnostic christian tradition. The gnostic valentinus paired the primal father, the word, with.
Written by three anonymous persons under the auspices of the gnostic revelation society, we published it in 1982. It has the telltail signs of being inserted into the main text, since chapter appears to follow chapter. Welcome to the online community of ecclesia pistis sophia the sophian gnostic tradition. Sophia, the holy spirit, is crowned queen of pleroma, and seated next to the father and the son. This site includes the entire nag hammadi library, as well as a large collection of other primary gnostic scriptures and documents. In the gnostic myth of how the world works, sophia, the feminine personification of wisdom, lives happily with spirits of light especially her twin brother, in the unified limitless potential of her fathers radiance, created by the twin powers of depth and silence. Even the book of revelation cites a couple of gnostic beliefs and practices, referring to knowing the depths of satan and the nicolaitans revelation 2.
Reading sex and gender in the secret revelation of john. Other schools of thought with material represented in this book are the valentinians, the hermetics, the various pagan groups. The great dragon of the book of revelation gnostic warrior. The revelation of adam barnstone translation the nag.
The book of revelation is the last book in the bible. It is a curious book unlike any other account in the bible. It is the rosary i personally pray, and is a conglomeration of gnostic rosaries that are. Essene mystery, gnostic revelation and the christian vision an outstanding and informative scholarly study. The second book of pistis sophia john further interpreteth the same scripture 106 of sabaoth, barbelo, yabraoth and the lightvesture.
This website is dedicated to the teachings and practices of a living tradition of gnostic christianity a western path to enlightenment. Ad 100165 decreed that jesus life held the final revelation. Gnostic goddess, female power, and the fallen sophia. For anyone who is familiar with the multicolored panorama of ancient gnostic doctrines from different schools and mystery cults, revelation 12 seems to stand out the most from the revelation or apocalypse of st.
Shes so dizzy with love for the creative source that when she sees a. The secret teachings of christianity in the revelation or apocalypse of john christ and the virgin the gnostic bible. Introduction to the gnostic revelation print details written by gnostic instructor category. The spiritual meaning behind the story of sophia aeon. Each gospel here indicates its proper codex placement. Gnostics believe that sophia is analogous to the human spirit and resides in each human as the divine spark. Gnostic sophia book of jesus volume i jesus of nazareth chapter. It describes jesus appearing and giving secret knowledge to john the apostle.
The revelation of adam called the demiurge sakla, which means fool in aramaic. The gnostics, whose language was greek, identified the holy spirit with sophia, wisdom. In gnostic accounts, sophia is often depicted as hysterical, neurotic, or even schizophrenicyet at the same the sage mediator between heaven and earth. Extensive linebyline text comparisons with these gnostic manuscripts show that faustuss corruption by the devil and his despair parallel sophias transgression and fall, and that his tragic death is a simple reversal of her joyful rebirth, so written in order to make an otherwise heretical story palatable to church authorities at that time. It became a steady seller, but never made it into a french edition which is the second language for most of our. There are many cultures such as the hebrew, assyrian, greek, egyptian and arabian which agree with these. An example of the intercession of angels recognized by gnostics can be seen in the gnostic version of noahs ark, which is described more thoroughly in the book of enoch than in the bible.
This is because it is one of the only gnostic gospels that actually made it into the bible. Sophias repentance and redemption are almost assured in gnostic chronicles, though, and only the church father origen proposed restitution for lucifer, if he repented. Since it was known to the church father irenaeus, it must have been written before around 180 ce. Download the audio lecture here the transcription is. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the gnostic bible. Writer, researcher john lamb lash interviewed on thehighersidechats thc. In later traditions, sophia encounters other mutinous aeons the pistis sophia, while lucifer is seen as leading other fallen angels with him to hell. It is in pagels discussion of the message of the many alternative christian texts the gnostic texts that we think this book will be most valuable to a modern reader.
This was one of the strangest books we had ever published. The secret book of john, also called the apocryphon of john or the secret revelation of john, is a secondcentury sethian gnostic christian text of secret teachings. These included ancient christian gnostic scriptures such as texts from the nag hammadi library, other gnostic gospels like the gospel of mary magdalene and the gospel of judas, as well as the four gospels and book of revelation from the new testament, which were understood to contain esoteric teachings. Often it is difficult to provide answers to why questions because unless the reasons have been documented or a person is alive to attest to why something was done, we do not really know. Gnostics believe the demiurge brought about the flood because humankind was progressing toward gnosis, or knowledge. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Through her redemption through christ, sophias redemption is the central drama of the universe.
An analysis on revelation revelation to this day is one the strangest books in existence, esoteric, ambiguous, and filled with abyssal monsters and destruction. The pistis sophia unveiled kindle edition by weor, samael aun. The gnostic goddess, female power, and the fallen sophia. In this text, as long points out, sophia takes over the powers and function of god and the creation story is told using the word she. It compares jesus to a monstrous looking being and yet also brings a new and better world in the wake of the destruction of it. Sophia is that dangerous nexus between the spiritual and the material. Readers interested in the origins of christianity and its hidden esoteric current will find the beginnings of christianity. The book of wisdom of solomon, written by alexandrian jews in the hellenistic era, renames khokhmah as sophia, the greek word for wisdom. In 1945, near the banks of the river nile, a jar was unearthed which contained one of the richest manuscript finds of modern history the nag hammadi codices. As opposed to the gospel of john, which asserted that jesus was an eternally existing aspect of god who came to earth to save humankind, the secret gospel of thomas agrees that jesus was in some sense divine, but says that a streak of divinity can. This collection saves you 40% off the retail prices. Sophia and the queen of heaven in various gnostic christian myths, sophia was the catalyst who gave rise to creation and the material realm.
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