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Hello and welcome! This is meant to be a page for discussing and sharing Gnostic-themed art, music, and writing within the furry fandom.
Gnostics of all strains are welcome! Also, please send a PM to this group or to the group admin if you want to submit material for the page including icons! Submissions are strongly encouraged as we want to grow this group.
For those not familiar with Gnosticism: this is a very ancient collection of beliefs shared by many sages throughout history that the material world is an illusion and that non-attachment to that world is a positive personal development. Gnostics are generally non-violent as we believe there's too much suffering in the universe already without willfully making it worse, but we have often been persecuted throughout history as our views are so different from those of most religions. In the West in particular, Gnostics were tortured, imprisoned, killed, or forced to convert at swordpoint. Today, we live in more tolerant times but there are still a lot of misconceptions. This group is here to help clear up misconceptions about our beliefs and practices.
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threetails, author and lay server in the Portland, OR parish of Ecclesia Gnostica.*
http://www.gnosis.org/eghome.htm
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open_arms
*please note this page is neither owned nor endorsed by Ecclesia Gnostica, its episcopate, or any of its affiliated organizations. This page is strictly the private project of the owner and content posted here does not necessarily reflect the views of EG. Submissions by Gnostic practitioners of all traditions are welcome and encouraged here.
Gnostics of all strains are welcome! Also, please send a PM to this group or to the group admin if you want to submit material for the page including icons! Submissions are strongly encouraged as we want to grow this group.
For those not familiar with Gnosticism: this is a very ancient collection of beliefs shared by many sages throughout history that the material world is an illusion and that non-attachment to that world is a positive personal development. Gnostics are generally non-violent as we believe there's too much suffering in the universe already without willfully making it worse, but we have often been persecuted throughout history as our views are so different from those of most religions. In the West in particular, Gnostics were tortured, imprisoned, killed, or forced to convert at swordpoint. Today, we live in more tolerant times but there are still a lot of misconceptions. This group is here to help clear up misconceptions about our beliefs and practices.
Page created by
threetails, author and lay server in the Portland, OR parish of Ecclesia Gnostica.*http://www.gnosis.org/eghome.htm
In affiliation with
open_arms*please note this page is neither owned nor endorsed by Ecclesia Gnostica, its episcopate, or any of its affiliated organizations. This page is strictly the private project of the owner and content posted here does not necessarily reflect the views of EG. Submissions by Gnostic practitioners of all traditions are welcome and encouraged here.
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Evolving
7 years ago
My views seem to be evolving.
I find I am less gnostic. I am still well outside of what would be deemed orthodox but I feel like Gnosticism isn't a good pigeonhole.
I'm leaning more toward an older notion I had very early in this journey, of trying to recreate something in the spirit of a Christianity as it would have been before certain late antique obsessions with legalism ruined it. But rather than troubling myself with trying to tease out the precise original doctrine, I will trust that in Scripture the Spirit of the Word has survived even if the Letter of the Word has been corrupted by the world (if you want to know just how corrupted, please read "Misquoting Jesus" by Bart D. Ehrman. It's written from an atheist perspective but it's incisive and shows just how many changes were made to the texts over time).
My Christianity is based less on scriptural legalism and more on striving for benevolence, humility, piety, justice, wisdom, and generosity. And I find that while I do believe in sin and salvation (which is somewhat outside of most gnostic theology) my views on it are very different, and concerned more with the harm done by a particular sin than by the nature of the sin per se. I also believe that it is given to some to prophesy, and that the mystic should be cherished as part of the body of believers, not shoved aside like a loose end as we were in the churches I grew up in. But I am also unimpressed with the gaudy showmanship that passes for "prophecy" in the charismatic churches certain of my relatives went to.
All that being said, what this means exactly for the future of this group remains to be seen. I don't know what my future with the gnostic church will be. I don't know if there is even a name for what I'm pursuing. But when I'm honest with myself, it's not really Gnosticism any more.
It may be that I will continue my studies with the gnostic church as there still seems to be something to learn from them. But there may come a time when I have been ordained when I may retreat into the work of describing a theology that accords more strongly with my beliefs.
I find I am less gnostic. I am still well outside of what would be deemed orthodox but I feel like Gnosticism isn't a good pigeonhole.
I'm leaning more toward an older notion I had very early in this journey, of trying to recreate something in the spirit of a Christianity as it would have been before certain late antique obsessions with legalism ruined it. But rather than troubling myself with trying to tease out the precise original doctrine, I will trust that in Scripture the Spirit of the Word has survived even if the Letter of the Word has been corrupted by the world (if you want to know just how corrupted, please read "Misquoting Jesus" by Bart D. Ehrman. It's written from an atheist perspective but it's incisive and shows just how many changes were made to the texts over time).
My Christianity is based less on scriptural legalism and more on striving for benevolence, humility, piety, justice, wisdom, and generosity. And I find that while I do believe in sin and salvation (which is somewhat outside of most gnostic theology) my views on it are very different, and concerned more with the harm done by a particular sin than by the nature of the sin per se. I also believe that it is given to some to prophesy, and that the mystic should be cherished as part of the body of believers, not shoved aside like a loose end as we were in the churches I grew up in. But I am also unimpressed with the gaudy showmanship that passes for "prophecy" in the charismatic churches certain of my relatives went to.
All that being said, what this means exactly for the future of this group remains to be seen. I don't know what my future with the gnostic church will be. I don't know if there is even a name for what I'm pursuing. But when I'm honest with myself, it's not really Gnosticism any more.
It may be that I will continue my studies with the gnostic church as there still seems to be something to learn from them. But there may come a time when I have been ordained when I may retreat into the work of describing a theology that accords more strongly with my beliefs.
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