What are some good introductions to gnosticism?

>>9162087
Manly P Hall

>>9162087
I. P. Freely

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Rosenkreuz or bust

the best one is where the Pope sends an army to kill you and all of your friends because he believes you are truly damned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldensians

>>9163010
why did they kill all the cool denominations?

>>9163063
Catholic Church protecting their money and political power.

>>9163143
or the souls of millions who might be seduced by something solely on its uniqueness

>>9162087
Gurdjieff

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>>9163150
get woke anon

>be a tribalist
>Your tribe gets cucked
>become a dissapointed tribalist
>swear off "materiality"
Theres your starter pack

There isn't any, Gnosticism is a Christian meme and doesn't exist in actuality.

>>9163168
Hello Gurdjieff friend

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>>9163181
imhotep

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>>9163179
t. uninitiated exoterist

>>9163200
That's a pretty widely accepted academic theory though, the concept of Gnosticism is so vague, undefined and underdeveloped pretty much any religion fulfils its definition.

Just keep repeating the phrase "I'm a gnostic of the old school" without explaining what that means in general or in specific relation to other kinds of gnosticism until you achieve acclaim on the literature section of an online image board for calling feminists stupid

>>9163150
haha yeah and Congress legalized pharma cartels because "affordable" health care and run scare ads to block USA-made imported drugs from Canada because maybe they came by way of Iran because "muh national security."

Church was once a much symbiotic and powerful ally to the state. And the state always preserves itself from any upstart ideology that could upset the established order.

>>9163168
"As for the writings of Ouspensky and Gurdjieff, I know enough to satisfy me that I have no time for them. I seek real knowledge and therefore avoid all unverifiable speculation." -Jung

>>9163225
why do you care what jung thinks?

>>9163239
Not OP but Jung was literally a gnostic prophet.

>>9163215
It was a widely accepted academic theory back in the 80's and 90's when everyone was sucking derrida's dick and pomo/deconstruction was super fashionable.

A lot has changed over the last 20 years, with the development of esoteric studies as a legitimate academic field. The same sort of thing is happening with gnosticism, and it's once again a usable category within academia.

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>>9163239
>>9163258
This. He contributed a great deal to our modern understanding of Gnosticism as more than just an early Christian cult.

>>9162087
I'm not sure about any introductory works to Gnosticism.

Hoeller is a respected 20th century American scholar. The Gnostic Jung is an exegesis of Jung's Seven Sermons to the Dead through the eyes of a modern Gnostic. It's a good primer, but maybe not what you wanted. If you're more interested in a history of Gnosticism, Kurt Rudolph's Gnosis is comprehensive. And of course The Nag Hammadi Library are a huge collection of source material. Still not happy? Look for books about Cathars/Albigensians, and the modern Yazidi.

>>9163290
Jungian Gnosticism is basically a late Christian cult though.

>>9163290
Nah senpai, there are no cults. There is only the plenipotent Catholic Church and heretics.

>>9163307
was to >>9163302

eating crackers, can't reply good

What does /lit think of Eric Voegelin's thesis that the roots of modernity are not in the industrial revolution or the Enlightenment, but rather in the advent of Gnosticism?

>>9163317
Elaborate?

>>9163063
pope looks around.
attendance dropping off.
consults Chief Paedophile Apologist. "Wat do?"
make a list of the most popular schisms
declare jihad
wipe them from the face of the earth
slowly climb the rankings.
never reach #1, but, hey, we're #2, so we try harder.

>>9163225
>I seek real knowledge and therefore avoid all unverifiable speculation." -Jung
that's rich coming from him

Hans Jonas' book is the classic.

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>>9163177
>being a tribalist to begin with

>>9162087
Homestuck

>>9162087
elaine pagels
valis, or any of the other better books by pkd (e,g, three stigmata, or ubik)

phil k dick

Idleness, introspection, small leaps of faith.

>>9165209
everyone has a tribe including you, fedoraboi

>>9165336
>>9165338
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>>9165835
Forgot pic