Last time on Blog Gnosis I wrote on how an ancient and obscure (but curiously influential) religion speaks to these modern times in a shockingly relevant way. That post was far from all I have to say on the issue so we're back for another round of ruminating o...
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Don't worry! I've still got lots to say about our two most recent shows with Dr. Glen Fairen about the Dead Sea Scrolls and Marcion, but lets take a little diversion to talk about a topic on my mind a lot: Gnosticism is the religion of NOW!
Any adherent of ...
view Our most recent Talk Gnosis show is all about Marcion of Sinope, a man mostly remembered, if remembered at all, as an arch-heretic... BUT he's easily one of the most important leaders and philosophers in all of Christian history! I could spend blog post after ...
view Welcome back to Blog Gnosis! We took a little time off so excuse me while I do a little catching up. Though our latest podcast/videocast is on Marcion, I have some unfinished business with our previous topic, the Dead Sea Scrolls!
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view Dr. Glen Fairen is our guest for part two of our discussion of the Dead Sea Scrolls. We discuss the end-times as seen by the Qumran community, the Enochic worldview, and the possibility that the scrolls were written as political satire.
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view Dr. Glen Fairen of the University of Alberta joins us teach us about the Dead Sea Scrolls. We talk about the origin of the scrolls and the controversy surrounding their discovery. We have a little fun discussing some of the myths about the content of the scrol...
view Scott Smith (http://godreconsidered.com) joins us to discuss his new book, God Reconsidered. Scott makes a case for the rational and scientific exploration of the divine and supernatural phenomena. His experience with any different religious traditions places ...
view Tina Gong (https://labyrinthos.co) shares her story of how she came to the tarot, how she uses the tarot as more than just a tool for divination, and her process for designing tarot decks.
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view We answer some of your questions in this special episode of Talk Gnosis. Do you have questions? Post them in the comments!
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view 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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