Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: [ɣnostiˈkos], 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among early Christian sects.

2015年7月10日 · The goal for anyone who wishes to be initiated into the Gnostic secret mysteries is to unite the upper half being that of your soul and or lord representing the spiritual world with that of our physical body representing the material world.

2024年11月8日 · While commonly associated with Christianity’s crucifixion narrative, the Cross takes on distinct significance within Gnostic traditions. The Cross symbolizes the meeting point between heaven (the spiritual realm) and earth (the material realm).

The ringed cross is a class of Christian cross symbols featuring a ring or nimbus. The concept exists in many variants and dates to early in the history of Christianity . One variant, the cruciform halo , is a special type of halo placed behind the head of Jesus in Christian art .

The Gnostic Christ articulates his perspective on the Passion in the Second Treatise of the Great Seth: “As for me, they saw me and punished me, but someone else… drank the gall and the vinegar; it was not I. They were striking me with a scourge, …

2023年11月21日 · The Gnostic Cross: Scholars believe the Gnostic cross first appeared in Egypt, and that it represents the creation of the universe through the process of divine emanation. The process...

2024年11月8日 · While traditionally associated with Christianity’s narrative of suffering and redemption, in Gnosticism, the cross takes on a different meaning. It represents the intersection between material existence and spiritual awakening—a point where dualities such as light/darkness or spirit/matter converge.

In his book The Pictographic-Script of the Aryo-Germans (1910), List explains the Kreuz or Cross through the “Partitioning [Teilung ]” of the Is- Rune. He begins with his description of the Is- Rune itself:

2014年12月22日 · The cross is the four elements that make up our physical and vital worlds and provide the raw materials of all creation. The cross shows the suffering and sacrifice of Christ, who transformed mankind’s most severe and cruel punishment into love, mercy, and forgiveness.

2021年9月12日 · Gnostics honoured the Cross of Light (the Logos), not the wooden cross which Jesus died on (like the cathars explained). The solar cross was drawn in some of the gnostic scripture, so it is authentic, not a modern invention. Ancient Gnostics did not, for the most part, believe Jesus suffered on the cross.