Of Interest

[tinhuviel]

On the History Channel there is currently a documentary about the banned books of the Bible, like the Book of Enoch and the Protevangelion. It's extremely fascinating, especially since it falls into the continuing emphasis that early Christianity was much more matristic than it has been ever since.

Right now they're talking about the Gnostics, which hold a special place in my heart. One of the main tenets, if not the main tenet, of Gnosis can be found in the Gospel of Mary: that the way beyond the evils of this physical realm, the path to true light (or enlightenment) is via the Mind, which is between the soul and the spirit.

It seems that all of the challenging works in regard to the Christ were dubbed apocryphal, thus continuing the endless drudgery of the spiritually blind. The Church Fathers should be ashamed for denying people who trusted them with their very souls the opportunity for mental and spiritual expansion just because the message came from a woman. It kind of makes me pity the Dominionists a little more that I should, given their propensity for hatred, exclusion, and stupidity.

Comments

[silent-ic-river.livejournal.com]

Just stopping by to show off a newish icon.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Verily I do adore it. Amen.

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

The Gnostics were pretty cool!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think so too. I think I could really embrace Gnostic thought if I could pump up my IQ a little bit more.

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

I've said for years that Christianity would be a GREAT religion if there were anyone out there actually practicing it as intended. The Bible is crowd control. Nothing more or less.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

"The Bible is crowd control."

You hit the nail on the head (no crucifixion puns intended).

[bayberrybush.livejournal.com]

Darn, wish I'd seen that show. The History channel has awesome, awesome stuff.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

The more they air shows on plagues and religion, the more I like HC. It seems they got to spread their wings after the inception of the Military Channel.

[mercymanic.livejournal.com]

Did they get into the Cathars? Those poor fucks! *shrug* The basis if my own faith is larely Gnostic with some Hermetic philosophy and Shinto thrown in.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

They only briefly mentioned the Cathars when talking about "fringe" groups. Yet another group of hippies slain by the Roman hammer.

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

Despite my severe dislike of dualism, I can't get over a fondness for the Gnostics. Lots of good stuff in there.

The early books of the Bible are largely a record of the deliberate squashing of goddess worship -- if you read them right through, you can see the pattern.

Sometimes I start pitying poor schmucks of Fundamentalists, they were ruined at such a young age. But it's hard for me not to think that as adults, they're exercising free will in continuing in their ignorance.