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The Big Talk Gnosis Round Up: Personal Deification

by Jonathan Stewart
added 7 years ago

Here on Talk Gnosis we've been fortunate to have some of the world's greatest scholars and wisest modern Gnostics on the show. But it's a special pleasure to have Dr. M. David Litwa of Virginia Tech return to the program to discuss becoming divine. Not only is...

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I Am God & So Can You [Realize Your Divinity By Reading This Post]

by Jonathan Stewart
added 7 years ago

Way back in one of the early posts for Blog Gnosis I wrote about the beginning of a "new age" in religion heralding a return of the divine feminine. Now I don't know if there's really such thing as a NEW AGE in a literal cosmic sense—plus the use of the phrase...

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Personal Deification Part 4

by Jonathan Stewart
added 7 years ago

In part 4 of our conversation with Dr. M. David Litwa we continue talking about Yaldabaoth and what might happen to him. We compare that to the figure of Lucifer as the self-deifying rebel. The Gospel of Thomas is full of teachings about our own self deificati...

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Personal Deification Part 3

by Jonathan Stewart
added 7 years ago

In part 3 of our conversation with Dr. M. David Litwa we talk about the deification of ordinary people. Theonymy is the act of the Divine giving its name to a person, what's that about? Simon Magus' Gnostic school taught about a self-deifying hero, but there i...

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Personal Deification Part 2

by Jonathan Stewart
added 7 years ago

In part 2 of our conversation with Dr. M. David Litwa we talk about the divinity of kings in the ancient world, and the politics that is represented there. Gnosticism can be a political criticism, and can also reinforce a political ideology. Finally, we talk a...

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Personal Deification Part 1

by Jonathan Stewart
added 7 years ago

Dr. M. David Litwa of Virginia Tech joins us once again to talk about deification, divinization, and theosis. In part 1 of 4, we talk about those terms and their similarities and differences. Is deification even compatible with monotheistic religions? And when...

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The Big Talk Gnosis Round Up: Personal Deification

I Am God & So Can You [Realize Your Divinity By Reading This Post]

Personal Deification Part 4

Personal Deification Part 3

Personal Deification Part 2

Personal Deification Part 1