…an integral component of its philosophy, its other parts being astrological and Gnostic cosmogony . The three letters Aleph, Mem, Shin, are not only the three "mothers" from which the other letters of the alphabet are formed, but they are also symbolic figures for the three primo…

…embered how these claims run parallel to his arguments against various forms of Gnosticism. 27 Clemens Alexandrinus, Strom. II,5,4. 28 Clemens Alexandrinus, Strom. V,72,4. 29 Clemens Alexandrinus, Strom. II,74,1. 30 Clemens Alexandrinus, Strom. V,1,3–4. 31 Clemens Alexandrinus, S…

…. Gershom Scholem defines Kabbalah as the historical interpenetration of Jewish Gnosticism and Neoplatonism. The doctrine of the Sefirot with its 10 spheres is likely from the Pythagorean School or from Gnostic doctrine. Also, the Kabbalistic link between gematria [or esoteric nu…

…n the historical-eschatological order was largely settled, though challenged by Gnostic, Neo- Platonic, and Joachimite strains of thought which eventually bore fruit in the period of upheaval that was the Reformation and modernity. This in turn renewed the concern for conscious c…

…nce on Platonic teachings. Clement of Alexandria Economic Justice Ethics Gnosis Gnostic Studies Injustice Nag Hammadi Passions Philosophy Soul Source paper Plato in Bad Company? Plato’s Republic (588b–589b) in the Nag Hammadi Collection: A Re-Examination of Its Background Piotr A…

…s. Keywords Plato; Plotinus; body; soul; prison; mud; tomb; pessimism; Orphism; Gnosticism; Hermetism. Uomini dalla vita oscura, simili alle stirpi delle foglie, deboli creature impastate di fango, ombre instabili, eimere, senz’ali, mortali infelici, vani come sogni. Aristofane, …

… bizarre manner in which divine and demonic identities feature in some forms of Gnosticism, probably from an Alexandrian background: The chief archon seduced Eve and he begot two sons: Elohim, who has a bear face and Yave, who has a cat face. (Apocryphon of John II, 1, 24) Likewi…

…e writes in terms sufficiently vague for others to interpret his inspiration as Gnostic insights or channeling. In any case, Tolkien's statements on inspiration are used by individuals engaged in Tolkien spirituality to legitimate their views concerning the scriptural sta- tus of…

…ly embarrassing, subjective, and resistant to the This article was submitted to gnostic” (Abbate, 2004, p. 514). This means that our actual involvement with music is mainly Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, “experienced” rather than being solely “reasoned” and “interpreted” (Reybr…

… he is a dark one, and this explains the presence in Hip- Hop of imagery out of Gnostic theology. In the scene titled “Alan’s Final Solution,” for example, the Captain asks, “What is the name shared by the Zoroastrian Creator God of Light and a popular cat?”47 Known for the absol…

… historian, but a dogmatist and tradition opponent, who was displeased with the Gnostics’ claim to possess authentic images of Christ. In any case, he considered all image worship—he calls this “coronare” [to coronate] and “proponere,” [to display] i.e., practices that play a rol…

…uenced by C. W. King (1818-1888), an expert on gemstones who wrote a book about Gnosticism. Other sources cited in Blavatsky’s discussions of Kabbalah include the early-modern Christian Hebraist and Kabbalist, Christian Knorr von Rosenroth (1636-1689), and the nineteenth-century …

…med theory? It may seem that way, 8 Third, the fact that a number of apocryphal Gnostic works also bear Peter’s name is used to reject Petrine authorship of Second Peter. In his commentary Bauckham includes a list of such works: Apocalypse of Peter, the Gospel Peter, the Kerygma …

……………………………………………………….…92. Paola Puppo, A particular class of engraved gems: the gnostic-magical gems of Luni (La Spezia)………………..93. Matthias Recke, Private heroes? Iconographic studies on gems and stamp-seals from Archaic and Classical Cyprus with a special focus on the warrior i…

…Enchiridion of Epictetus. From a philosophical perspective, discussions against gnostic and Manichean dualism became particularly heated from the fourth century onwards, particularly in the Latin world (St. Augustine), but do not seem to have taken place in the Hellenistic world …