Tag: gnostic cosmology
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A Simple Model of the Gnostic Universe
The lifeless material of our universe is organized and controlled by the Demiurge. The living parts are the 2nd Order of Powers sent from the Pleroma to bring the consciousness of the Holy Spirit into creation. Mud up=Demiurgic control; Spirit down=Golden Rule of Cooperation.
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Cyd and Friend Talk Gnostic Gospel, Pt.1
Cyd sits down with a new friend who has just read The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated for the first time. She is obviously far along in her gnostic journey and her questions and observations are right on point. We sat at the kitchen table and shared gnosis for a couple of hours. Here is the first half hour of our conversation.
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Transpersonal Consciousness and Gnosis
Transpersonal consciousness, the Akashic record, and morphogenetic fields are all names for the “mind of God” that informs our universe and saturates our space. This external memory is shared by us all. How does it work and how can you tap into this limitless wisdom?
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Mud Up, Spirit Down
This episode shares a couple of basic concepts from Cyd’s theory of everything called “A Simple Explanation of Absolutely Everything.” The idea that kicked it all off was a phrase that came to me: “Mud Up, Spirit Down.” What does that have to do with toruses? Or fruit salads? How on earth does any of this tie in to Gnostic studies and the Nag Hammadi? And why should we care?
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The Fall: Who, what, where, how, and why
According to Gnostic cosmology, the Fall was not instigated by humans. It was most definitely not when Eve handed Adam an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The Fall occurred way before that. Way before humans. Way before the creation of heaven and earth. In fact, according to Gnostic cosmology, the Fall is what kicked off our material instantiation and set the stage for this universe to come into being. Here’s what happened.
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Gnosis and the Tao, Verses 1 and 31
Abstract thought on the part of the Pleroma defined creation prior to the Big Bang. In our universe, we are only able to recognize objects and concepts we have named.
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Gnosis and the Tao Te Ching, v. 21, 4, & 48
In Gnostic terminology, the Tao spoken of by Lao Tzu refers to the Father. The principles of organization that have informed our universe since the moment before creation refers to the Fullness of God. Non-being refers to clearing your personal Unit of Consciousness of egoic memes and karma to reveal your truest Self. Non-action refers to allowing the Fullness of God to direct your actions for the greater good.
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Ego’s Shroud
The Ego protects us from the world. The Ego collects our experiences and memes and holds them on its surface. From the outside, it looks to our neighbors as though we are only our Ego because the Ego is opaque, and it hides our internal, eternal spirit.
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As Below, So Above: Inferring the Transcendent
If we start with the premise of a singular consciousness that pre-exists everything that came after it, then we can follow the genesis of our universe from that consciousness step-by-step. In today’s episode, we are going to map aspects of our human personalities onto the Gnostic Gospel to see what we can infer about ourselves down here below and about the forms of consciousness above.
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Aeons, Not Ages
In this ground-breaking episode, we take a close look at David Bentley Hart’s recent translation of the New Testament, and how his more accurate rendering of the original Greek brings the New Testament fully in line with the concepts of Gnosticism.
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Yearning for the Pleroma
This episode challenges the notion that there’s something wrong and “unChristian” about the Gnostic’s Pleroma of God.
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The Generation of the Son
Who and what is the “Son” presented in the Tripartite Tractate of the Nag Hammadi library? The Son makes it possible for us to infer who the inexpressible Father is. This episode looks deep into the gnosis of the Son.
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The Gnostic God
The Gnostic God is known as “The Father” and “The God Above All Gods.” This Father is definitely not the wrathful God of the Old Testament called Jehovah.
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Aeons, archons, angels, or aliens?
This episode pays special attention to questions raised by ancient aliens theorists and proposes answers based on gnostic cosmology.
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Where Did Evil Come From?
Is evil an attribute of the Father? Where does it come from? How was it formed? Are we doomed to fall to evil?