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@Eddie-ls9zw

3 жыл бұрын

This. Was. Fantastic! Thank you! I'm very interested in soul ascent schemes and I've been obsessed with the soul ascent in the Gospel of Mary for a few years now (not as complicated as that in the Book of Jeu but easier to apply to modern life). I think the usual English translation of at least two of the Coptic verbs are questionable and distort the overall context of the text as we have it. I'd love to hear your take on that text! Also, DeConick's essay in that Collection you mentioned is really good. It's been an important paper for me and my Gnostinerd friends for a few years now. It's helpful for folks having a hard time wrapping their heads around the soul ascent concept, we've found. Anyways, I'll stop geeking out now. Gonna go pick some more through your channel!

@CBennett420

3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting discussion about the unidentified plant, 'cynocephalia', there is also the unidentified plant kasdalanthos in Jue, as well as the nature of the incense burned throughout the ritual. I have discussed this and other potential references to psychoactive substances in Gnosticism, and I am wondering if the use of drugs in these sorts of rituals is something you have considered? www.cannabisculture.com/content/2016/12/20/early-christianitys-drug-fuelled-magic-rituals/

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@CBennett420 Totally possible but until we can definitively identity these plants, for me at least, the jury is out. The with recent discovery at Tel Arad, its looking more and more possible that religious cannabis used was present in the Ancient Near East.

@CBennett420

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel yes, and it fits perfectly with the identity of the plant known as kaneh bosm, which myself and others have argued is a reference to cannabis - this is a documentary I made some years ago on kaneh bosm as cannabis - kzread.info/dash/bejne/g3dsycFrZsmWoag.html

@CBennett420

3 жыл бұрын

there is also the evidence of topical and burnt cannabis resin from 3-4th century AD Bet Shemesh - A 1990s archeological dig in Bet Shemesh near Jerusalem has documented that cannabis medicine was in use in the area, up until the fourth century. In the case of the Bet Shemesh dig, the cannabis had been used as an aid in child bearing, both as a healing balm and an inhalant. This find garnered some initial attention, but its implication were unfortunately not fully realized at the time, as can be seen from the Associated Press article, “Hashish Evidence is 1,600 years Old”, that appeared in the Vancouver, British Columbia, newspaper, the Province, on June 2nd, 1992; Archeologists have found hard evidence that hashish was used as a medicine 1,600 years ago the Israel Antiquities Authority said yesterday. Archeologists uncovered organic remains of a substance containing hashish, grasses and fruit on the abdominal area of a teenage female’s skeleton that dates back to the fourth century, the antiquities authority said in a statement. Anthropologist Joel Zias said that although researchers knew hashish had been used as a medicine, this is the first archeological evidence. The teen, whose skeleton was unearthed in a family tomb in Bet Shemesh near Jerusalem, died in childbirth, the remains of a full term fetus in her pelvis. The statement said the organic remedy of hashish, grasses and fruit “had been placed on the abdominal area, apparently to reduce labor pains and hemorrhaging, and to increase the force of uterine contractions.” A similar synthetic substance is used today to prevent vomiting in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, the statement said.(Associated Press 1992).

This channel just makes me so happy. It’s like getting to sit in on the college courses I never appreciated at the time, but now am hungry for and can get for free with a celebrity-like professor.

So i've been marathoning your channel for the better part of a month now and honestly one thing I like is with how complex the topics are theres a bunch of videos I feel I need to watch a few times to fully understand, and as someone who gets hyperfixated on one sub topic on youtube a lot I quite apricate the depth!

Thank you! A burst of laughter towards the end, "you can probably learn to read Coptic" -- yes, you are correct! :)

Tried looking up Cynocephalia, now I know why it seemed familiar to me. Cynocephali were the dog headed tribe. Several things were written about them through time. I found out about them researching cryptods a long time ago. Had a crazy experience in the woods with something... really wish the plant was known. Thanks for all your work!

@daelios4768

Жыл бұрын

This is simply a hypothesis, but it struck me like a bolt of lightning. In a certain alchemical manuscript, the author briefly discusses a relationship between the dog star Sirius, in the "Canus Major" constellation, and the name given to "Cannabis". He elucidates that the meaning stems from "heaviness", not so much in a sense of literal weight, but in the effect of feeling heavy, or contemplative, the "gravity of a situation" etc. I'm not saying I'm right, and I have strong reverance for gnostic scripture so no disrespect meant here. It would make sense, even ancient Chinese records show Cannabis as being venerated as a sacred medicine.

Dr. S. You are one of the coolest, well educated, and dedicated religious scholars that I have been fortunate enough to learn from in my short 60 years on the planet. And.... Now, dont let this go to your head....but..... you are fricking funny. Thank you Rabbi, I will be returning many, many days to humbly learn. Its the bread of life. Truly. And blessing and good health to your family. Shalom!

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and the kind words. Though, to note, I'm not a rabbi. Glad you find the content insightful!

Today I learned that Yaldabaoth isn’t just a final boss in Persona 5 Royal. With so many other angels, demons, and other creatures from various mythologies being represented in the game, I should have suspected this. In Persona 5 Royal, Yaldabaoth is known as the “God of Control” and is a malevolent god made manifest from humanity's distorted desires of sloth. Information like this is just one of the many reasons I come here.

@x225w

2 жыл бұрын

hell yea

@kj22697

2 жыл бұрын

Everywhere I go there's some persona 5 mf talkin bout that game

@atz6hico

Жыл бұрын

the game maker is supposed to show up at the end of the 7th level:)

@Sage.Craft.

Жыл бұрын

You got Abraxas as well 😅 lots of others but yeah this is the most interesting thing ever to me.

@frankiep.5827

Жыл бұрын

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ My 20+ yrs of esoteric study wanna cringe but on the other hand that would be nerdy af & I'm a Kool ass Gnostic Cat so I dnt rock that my brudda🤣🤣 I get it tho, it's definitely sm lowkey info in certain circles (or at least it use to be) But this is good. U a gamer then DEFINITELY get into Esotericism (my invented wrd🙄🤣) cuz it's gonna open a whole new world for u in gaming. You'll see allll kinda esoteric & especially gnostic shit they out in these games. He'll u might be inspired to make a SUPER EPIC SAGA MASHUP of esoteric villains & heroes. That my boy would be a fire ass game!

These Gnostic rituals and texts and stories are utterly fascinating!

I appreciate your thorough, unbiased, and clear descriptions of each subject matter you are teaching upon. I feel I am being taught be a worthy teacher. And feel honored to have been introduced to you, by my son. Thank you for your service. ♥️🙏🏻💕

I was wakened in the middle of my sleep in order to remember a 4 digit number that is very important ... My first thought was playing the lottery lol ... Then I checked my KZread account and this video popped up ... I have known the importance of baptism for quite a while now, so the title drew me in ... Imagine my surprise to hear you talk about the ciphers! I'm going to get the Books of Jeu ... Thank you!

Ridley Scott also helped write Raised by Wolves and it’s got a lot of Gnosticism in it. I think there’s 2 seasons (waiting on the 3rd) but it should be on Apple TV or other streaming platforms.

Take my money (and kidney)! Great presentation, thank you!

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

:) Glad you are finding the content worthwhile. Thanks so much!

Esoterica- consider the following. The book of Jeu is not incomplete. There are 13 paths, Eons. There are 3 baptisms. 13×3=39. The 40th path is the unspoken path. The 14th Eon is a bridge, what isn't said speaks volumes. Pass through water, fire and holy spirit. Then you have arrived.

Excellent video! It's interesting that the gnostic baptismal exorcism (removing the power of the archons) happens *after* the water and spirit baptism in these texts, when (at least by the early 4th century) the ritual exorcism happened before the water and spirit. Augustine preferred his catechumens to undergo the exorcism several days before the water, and even today most baptism rites place the (admittedly truncated) exorcism early on in the ritual. Also it's worth noting that at least by the late 4th century as attested by both Ephrem and Augustine, it was the norm to encourage people to remain catechumens for most of their lives and reserve baptism for much later in life. Interesting to see the differentiation and parallels between gnostic and proto-orthodox rites! Thank you!

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this helpful and thoughtful comment - Such an interesting point. One wonders to what degree developments in practice are the result of mutual influence during the early years of the church? Just how liturgical practice is shaped by the varied reality of Christianity at this time -

@chrisalfano589

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel is it possible that levels of baptism are an allegory for the acceptance of Cephas as the true resurrected Christ? Or maybe the acceptance of a docetism view that Christ was raised in Spirit only. Reading S P Laurie’s rock and tower, where he goes on the theory that Mary, an Enochian Judaism sect, is the shaman of the resurrected Christ.

@chrisalfano589

3 жыл бұрын

His theory that Mary was the mother of Jesus, and Cephas, since they were the first to see Christ resurrected. It’s an interesting read.

@tracyking4518

Жыл бұрын

The post-ritual symbol resembles a mitochondria imo

@justkay713

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. I would guess that the last baptism to remove the seal of the archons has a lot to remove the counterfeit spirit and that is the great power of the First mystery. The seal has to be broken in order that the spirit will go to the Height where the Most High determines that spirit to go. Not to go to the Outer Darkness or back into the flesh. So it made sense when the doctor stated the last baptism possibly was done at the end of life on this plane.

In greece there is a plant that the flower is like a dog head. One can squish the sides and the dog mouth opens and closes. Well not only in Greece, but... it is tradition to call it doggie.

I also heard the "YoYoYo" in my head like the Beastie Boys. This was a really good video. Thank you for sharing this great information!

@johnnewton8017

2 жыл бұрын

Up vote for Beastie Boys, RIP Yauch

The work you do is invaluable.

I think you are great, my wish is to see this on mainstream tv. Truly genius and put together well. Thanks for being in this time in this place.

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks - doing my best and hopefully the channel grows in healthy and sustainable ways!

@mikehunt8375

3 жыл бұрын

Screw TV PROGRAMMING, GET RID OF IT! IT CONTROLS YOU, EVERY THOUGHT, ACTION, YOUR ENTIRE REALITY IS CONTROLLED BY IT! Dont think so? Turn it off for a month, bet you can't. That SHOULD tell you something. It's disgusting. This channel will never be on tv, it's actually good.

@Jaysann22

Жыл бұрын

Get an android device and then buy a device called a Chromecast. This device will allow you to view what you’re viewing on your phone, on your Television.

Epic presentation. Thank you. Sharp and cutting edge as always. That Prada ad blew me away, and to think, all just to sell a bottle of smelly water. Incredible.

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

I've always liked the ad for some reason - I wonder what the perfume smells like? It would be a great joke if it reeked to remind people that the physical world and its temptations are evil ;)

@AshHeaven

3 жыл бұрын

Fancy Gnostic perfume~

@MrMikkyn

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel I’m going to associate Ridley Scott’s Prada commercial with the ESOTERICA channel video on Gnosticism now.

@L.I.M.E.LighTnTwilightTarot

Жыл бұрын

Lil' frankincense, myrrh and cynocephalia mixation perhaps 😂

Another fantastic report, thank you

I love this channel, thank you Dr. Sledge!

Valintinian vs Sethian would be nice.

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!

@tommytigert5993

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel was there ever an episode on this topic?

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

@@tommytigert5993 Not yet but coming eventually - reading a huge work on the topic now!

@tommytigert5993

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel Excellent! I just found you a couple days ago and been going through the back catalogue. I'll get caught up and keep up to date as you go along.

@zp7126

2 жыл бұрын

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Love your channel & the terrific information you share! I also really appreciate your levity... so many scholars are either egomaniacs or overwhelmingly dry in their presentations. I feel neither from you. Thanks for the wealth of knowledge, and for keeping it real! 🤙

Amazing and illuminating presentation, all at once, and as always! Thnx as always Bro!

Gnosticism has always fascinated me as well. Thanks for sharing this info.

i LOVE your videos. so sober and informative about a topic that is truly wild

This is your most interesting so far. Thanks much. Really appreciate this knowledge.

Amazing. Thank you so much for your energy, time, and work, sir.

It’s great to supplement my Nag Hammadi reading with your videos. You give a great deal of context.

Thank you so much for all your beautiful study and work. Thank you so much I have so much love for you for following your path and doing with such precision and dedication the mission in which you came here to perform. Your intelligence and discernment are things of much beauty. Thank you thank you thank you

Love the video! I haven't read the books of Jeu yet but am going through the "untitled" text from the Bruce Codex (which itself is a very fascinating text). I do feel the Bruce Codex gets overlooked, thus am quite happy to see this video explore these rituals. Looking forward to other Gnostic related videos you put out.

I've recently started researching Gnosticism after being introduced into it. I can not thank you enough for these videos! Very helpful and especially the links given to read the material ourselves. :> I was at a blank skimming through wikipedia but your videos has pointed me the in the right direction :) Thank you!

Fabulous as always

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

You have definitely studied, loving this Chanel

your channel is just excellent

chill and informative. as my background knowledge grows thanks in large part to you i am better able to understand the higher concepts you discuss and it add immensely to my life

I'm exited for more Gnostic stuff!

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Me too - certainly on deck!

once again excellent lecture...have to listen to twice ..a lot of information ..which is fine..thank you again.

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul!

Dr Sledge, have you considered Kasdalanthos to be some sort of hallucinogenic/psychedelic/disassociative plant? Its interesting that Juniper is used in all the baptisms as it can be used for a range of digestive/intestinal issues. This might help counteract the discomfort one might take after say eating mushrooms or sucking on the leaves of an angel trumpet. And as for the Expelling of the Archons there is a similar tradition of sucking on an orange slice that many claim help calm and return to a more normal state if you will. Love your work sir.

@STARVATION-ed3zp

6 ай бұрын

It's PARASITES that are being De-Toxified by juniper and especially anything bitter will work...parasites can cause a person to become enslaved by the parasites. For example: craving sugar is a parasitic signal to the host to eat sugar. Parasites live in sugary environments and lay millions of eggs ... basically parasites take over and the Host becomes exactly that: HOST

Here I am, listening to this video when I suddenly hear "Prada" and then I have to do a double take because I'm actually doing a little Prada related project while this video is playing! Bravo to whoever orchestrated this event!!!

Insightful video as usual!

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

I have heard the term “baptism by fire” but never knew the origins. Thank you for this insightful presentation.

@4luv215

Жыл бұрын

In the Bible John says, the one coming after me baptized with the Holy spirit and fire.

Just found you. Fantastic channel thus far!!

Thank you.

So just a comment on the wine specifically needing to be obtained from a “pure” person. That sounds weird to modern ears, but seems imminently logical to an esoterically or spiritually aware mind. Spirits carry spirits. That’s pretty obvious and clear. It’s why some types of ritual religious practices involve the use of even hard alcohol these days, and those practices were passed on from many generations ago. Apparently, the gnostic church was aware of this and wanted to insure the safety of the baptismal process from being.. inappropriately tinkered with..🍷

I only have one kidney, I have to rely on Esoterica. But I do have Erin Evans book it is a free pdf .Love ❤️ your channel .

Hahahahah Love the note about Brill. At an SBL conference years ago, I asked the guy behind the Brill desk about their pricing. Acid-free paper is not necessarily worth an additional 70 dollars. He acknowledged the issue, with a mutual understanding... They're gorgeous books, and God knows they've got the authors; they've got the books, no doubt about it.

One thought might be that the 12 years of following required in the 4th baptism may be related to the 11 years of teaching given to the apostles after the resurrection as seen in pistis Sophia. Those 11 years + the one year seen in the synoptic gospels would add up to 12.

This is all very mysterious... I will comment on it later...

just amazing

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

David Griffin, who s head of the Alpha et Omega branch of the Golden Dawn has been attempting to recreate the rituals from the Bruce Codex for several years now. He live streams them every morning on their KZread channel. I believe he calls them Opening the Treasury of Light.

Very interesting video, I would love to see a video perhaps explaining some of the items in your intro and shelves in the back.

This channel is not good for me, I am at risk of becoming addicted to youtube 😍

Very interesting!

I am watching this video very late at night with a severe lack of sleep. So when some of the fade-edits you put in the video came up I had to rewind and check again to see if it was the video or I started seeing double for a second there. Luckily for me, it was the video.😅

I love you so much bless you

I am reminded of the 'book of the dead'. Interesting given the common link to Egypt.

In the fifth volume of the 'Onomatologia botanica completa oder vollständiges botanisches Wörterbuch (etc.)', a German dictionary of plant names from 1773 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin Kynokephalia are translated into German as Flöhsamen/Flohsamen, which is in English Psyllium, which is used e.g. in Metamucil🤔

Firstly, I thoroughly enjoy the content you present. On the subject of the Egyptian Ka, you said it means spirit, or the part of an individual which survives after physical death. I thought that that would be the Ba (often symbolized by a bird), whereas the Ka is the force that energizes said Ba. In my (limited) understanding, the Ka is more akin to the Eastern concept of qi (or chi). It could have something to do with soul and spirit being interchangeable in the modern lexicon, but (by my own estimation), the soul would be the Ba, while the spirit is the Ka...

530 is The nummer 8. Stands for new beginnings ❤

Looking forward to your intro to Gnosticism video.

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

You know I'm pretty torn about it. I tend to agree with Michael Allen Williams that the category itself might be fundamentally problematic. But I think that conversation is super interesting and may do a video about that - "Were there Gnostics"?" Hope you are doing well, brother!

@DW-zj6ux

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel I am Gnostic. And I'll subscribe if you do more on it!

👍good video

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

I know you probably won’t see this, Dr. Sledge, but it’s about the Cynocephalia being placed in the mouth. That makes me think of St. Christopher, honestly, and now I’m wondering if he was a Gnostic Convert to Apostolic Christianity, because he was referred to as a cynocephalic! Now that makes more sense to me, based on the circumstances surrounding the disagreements between the two types of folks practicing their faiths generally under Jesus/IosouV and Simon Magus. It also seems that there’s been a return towards the Median over the last 500 years or so, with the expansion of the world knowledge base bringing the similarities and the differences between the Heads & Tails of the Same Spiritual Coin into sharper relief.

Wow...so I looked up those books by Brill because I really want to read the one by Erin Evans. My wife would literally kill me if I spent that much on a book lol. Guess I'm going to have to try this ILL thing you were talking about. Amazing videos, by the way. It's very interesting to learn about these topics from an academic/scholarly perspective. Thank you.

@Bildgesmythe

2 жыл бұрын

Also sobs in Brill.

I love your hip hop references. Honestly, I don't know if I've ever heard someone explain how the term "yo" originated as a cultural idiom. Maybe it's an obscure survival of gnostic ideas? Big stretch, but I've noticed a lot of weird things like that lately.

verdadero mucho gracias

Thank you for uploading, I enjoyed this video very much. Out of curiosity, do you have any plans to do a video on the Reshit Jojmá any time in the future?

Numbered stones are for 'casting lots' the one without a pair is significant

Ridley Scott also made Bladerunner, written by Philp K Dick, who wrote science fiction regarding Gnostics (VALIS). Scott's interest in Gnosticism may trace through his reading of Dick.

"I have been baptized twice, once in water, once in flame. I will carry the fire of the holy spirit inside until I stand before my Lord for judgement."

@lanceburke6236

Жыл бұрын

All carry Holy Spirit within, just needs to be awakened! I believe Holy Spirit is also Breathe of Life and Book of Life.

A great scholarly perspective...very informative....thank you. I wonder if the continued reference to the number "12" (i.e., following under Jesus for 12 years, fullness of life) relates to the zodiac. John Denham Parsons' book published in 1895 and titled "Our Sun-God, Or, Christianity Before Christ" , discusses the repetition of the number "12" in the bible (i.e., 12 tribes of Israel, 12 disciples, 12 stars on the crown of the lady of revelations, etc.) I think the ultimate way to diffuse the power of the archons is to project love onto them...it confuses them and takes the fight out of them.

@LordJagd

2 жыл бұрын

You got it. It’s an astrological number across almost all cultures in the eastern Mediterranean and near East. The idea the at the 12 disciples are such because of the 12 tribes is a narrow view - both are because of the astrological significance. Christ is meant to be a sun (source of light, thereby seeing, thereby gnosis), I think.

@ohamatchhams

Жыл бұрын

@@LordJagd The 14th Generation and even above generations beyond the 13 Kings in Gnostic Christian groups are more prevalent than 12 divisions (as Jesus originally have 13 apostles and Tribe of Judah used to have 13th until it's discounted due to the 13th being adopted sons from Joseph), Apocalypse of Adam to Gospel of Judas and Books of Jeu are proof of these The Judaism and Christian frameworks are either "failures" or at least Transitory for the coming of the "Generation without Kings" with the upcoming of Islam, unfortunately there are prophecies of Islam within sayings of Prophet Muhammad being splintered into 73 sects and 72 will be condemned except of the Chosen Secret Elects out of 72 which united into the saved 73rd Sect at the day of Resurrection

Could you do a book review on The Immortality Key by Brian Murarescu which goes into detail on the significance of the wine. Your interpretation that it is an end of life ritual is very much aligned with The Immortality Key being about the ancient practice of ‘dying before you die’.

Gnosticism, simply put, is correct; that's why it's so hotly debated.

@mediocrates3416

3 жыл бұрын

In context, of course.

Testing you always make me check my own interlibrary loans currently I'm waiting for ahmo

Pleaseeee do a video on Pstis Sophia

I would say the Baptisms are about One's Connection with Life/God/TAO. Or Awakening the individual to various levels of the Reality. And the Words are multitude of Layers to One's Awakening.

I've seen the Thunder: perfect mind. It seems like just 1 noun contradicting the prevailing noun over and over in a non-sensical way.

I give you the sandalpone award

Ever read what Rudolf Steiner said about baptism? Did John the Baptist only baptize the experienced initiate's and he baptized Jesus and held him under water until he almost drowned so he can have a near-death experience which would help him remember past lives.

oh boy the advertising I get when visiting this channel and only this channel.

@TheEsotericaChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I wish I could control it but it's totally out of my hands :(

@dannicoy9195

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel yeah I get that. If I were going to take issue with anybody it would be KZread. I think most of the people coming to your channel specifically wouldn't be that vulnerable, and I did hit the skip button pretty early but the last one looked like a Christian recruitment video specifically targeting jews.

@dannicoy9195

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel Great work on the channel by the way, the Quality and the depth is quite impressive.

I went through the gnostic baptismal. It was all done gnostically. … in an astral dream on the back of my eyelids. I went through several rituals in astral visions, but not sure about the removal of archons. I did go thru the Kalachakra … it involved my soul twin and Archangel Metatron was involved. Let me know if anyone would like to hear more.

@Bizbuzzme

Жыл бұрын

@ranmachan51 What would you like to know? Do you have a specific question?

A few scattered thoughts, Dr. Sledge: --Is there any relationship, besides the shared divine name, between the Books of Jeu and the Stele of Jeu in the PGM, better known as the Bornless Rite/Headless Rite of Crowley et al.? --A crazy thought on the kynokephalos plant: could it be what Homer called "moly"? The reason I ask is not only because of its purported usage in the Odyssey, but also its connection with Hermes there, and the fact that Hermanubis and a cynocephalic Hermes would have been known at this point (and well into later periods), and thus referring to it in a kind of code might be appropriate here, in a context where acknowledging a Gentile deity would be taken as problematic...maybe?

As a Gnostic myself, who hasnt gotten around to the book of Jeu pdf i have, mostly just the nag hammadi, personal mysticism, and some external magical practice so far. (And yes i started off a Valentinian, but ended up what i am now, a bit of an odd syncretic, mixing in Hermeticism and Ophite theology. And yes im just gettimg started with magic, tho i have had a few mystical experiences.)

@avidanrev

3 жыл бұрын

I started valentinian and still lean towards it but have become eclectic

@panoskladas8582

3 жыл бұрын

@@avidanrev me too my friend.I am mostly Valentinian but the name of demiurge for me is still Yaldabaoth.

@avidanrev

3 жыл бұрын

@@panoskladas8582 I agree and our time is now

@panoskladas8582

3 жыл бұрын

@@avidanrev what do you mean our time ? Do you mean the destruction of this material world and the return in Pleroma or this crazy thing about the new era of Aquarius that they are saying ?

@avidanrev

3 жыл бұрын

@@panoskladas8582 neither, we are about to be enslaved in the age of aquarias if we don't do something about it, only once evil is destroyed will this world be cleansed right before your eyes

Ridley Scott was also the producer of the series about Jack Parsons. So he is into occultism for sure.

Wow.So elaborate. Is this coming from mystical Judism? Juniper does have medical value as a detox.Very engaging talk .

Great vid. How comparable is the Archons navigation to the Tibetan Book of the Dead?

Do you have the link for the charts by Erin Evans? I couldn't find it in the description

The "yo yo yo" comment absolutely killed me XD

I’m confused as to what religion you claim as your own?! I love this after listening to 3 shows.

The baptism ritual seems to be based on baptism by water, air, earth and fire.

@TheEsotericaChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Somewhat, it seems.

All of the herbs mentioned have detox ability. Could body detoxification be a part of or goal the baptism?

@trudy-anntruesdale1796

Жыл бұрын

I beleive so most of the archons remind me of parasites and most of these herbs are anti parasitic

Suddenly my journey through Mormonism makes sense

The seals appear VERY connected to the snowflake designs of sand with vibration - or emotion-created snowflake designs of water.

Would like to see your insights into the Book of Q,,😉

Is there any continuity between the word gnostic as employed in this context and the same word being used to describe later sufis, or is that purely an artifact of translation?

@kilowhiskeyalpha6078

2 жыл бұрын

Sufi is a translation of Sophia the gnostic Barbelo or Holy Spirit.

The twelve and the twenty-one each relate to Iesus aka Buddha aka Mercury's threefold nature, as represented by Apollo, hence 33 aka (3) and 12 | 21 (3).

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121 = 11 X 11

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"Ka" 21 aka spirit, bear in mind this is subject to a spectrum, in essence 2 through 9.

Having to pass through 365 worlds, each world ruled by a different archon until your reach the Pleroma ( Basilides ).. Apparently only 13 rituals have been found.

Hello Professor Sledge. Can you recommend a book that provides a comprehensive analysis of the Nag Hamadi texts? Thank you!

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Hi Maybe books by David Brakke can help you. His book "The Gnostics, Myth Ritual and Diversity in Early Christianity. I find it goes well with the Marvin Meyer book "The Nag Hammadi Scriptures", which has been great for getting me past the beginner Gnostic realm. If you are familiar with series of "Great Courses" online, David Brakke does a series of Gnostic lectures. Brakke does suggest many other sources in his "Gnostics" book. Cheers! Hope this helps.

Hello i`v benn study also the books but i wonder if someone have made (practised) the 3 ritual baptism from the books? Some of the ingradients of rituals , i didnt found so easy , but most of them is normal ingredients . So someone did them? or just study them tryng to understand them only?

Spiritualy speaking (gender aside), matriarchal wisdom can begin with a fundamental understanding of the cyclical nature of reality (God). Represented by the snake in many creation myths, the living cycle has a trinity of a beginning (head), a middle and end (tail). As above so below, the sexes were created in the image of God's cyclical nature where Mother is the head and opening to all beginnings and Father holds the tail to all endings (through which the sowing of seeds allow for the next great matriarchal rebirth).The joining of the two (symbolized by the Ouroborus or the marriage ring) is the sacred union needed in assuring the creation and continuation of new life cycles. To speak of the present day God as "Our Father" is simply an admission to our collective positioning within the bigger cycle. As all Mother's have direct experience with the creator quality of birthing, so is the direct experience of rebirthing the divinity within (baptism) belong to that which is spiritually matriarchal. (John 3, verse 3-8). Sekhmet statues (ancient Egyptian) carry most of their weight in symbolic memory of what was an ancient Mother culture dedicated to the direct experience of baptism. As the leg shaped hairlocks extend from maternal breasts to the womb of rebirth, the lioness's head proportions are such that they highlight the bust of a second animal figure. The Lioness's ears as eyes and eyes as nose (nostrils) brings to life the figure of a reptile. 'Neath the halo headress of the solar egg, the lioness's egg fertilization process being internal (Set) and the reptile's egg fertilization process being external (Setting), such are key components to the safety of entering the trans-egoic or "born again" state. The life threatening fear associated with the predatory nature of a lion and/or crocodile encounter are reflective of the intense ego death experience associated with the transpersonal awakening process. In spiritualy matriarchal times, illumination could be seen as wearing the false beard (ancient Egyptian funerary death mask) as the high state of cyclical self knowing; high cyclical awareness of both our upper matriarchal half and our lower (later) patriarchal half (compared with a mini lower body replica, an "as above so below" tail end beard extension); in full recognition of her civilizational Underworld; her inevitable cyclical destiny. The male pharaoh wears his beard tapered in reverse, indicating a pointing upwards towards the patriarchal head, divine representative of God's tail end cycle. To carry the Ankh was perhaps to symbolically carry that upper and lower understanding. As the upper matriarchal womb symbolised the fertile birthing of civilization, below, the now Christian cross is carried to place emphasis on the lower (later) "End Times" Father principle of the great cycle. Ganesha, the elephant headed Hindu diety, displays a cyclical head to trunk symbolism and points to the Mother head of his matriarchal elephant society. A whole temple was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor, who is the matriarchal "Uterus" personified. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGShktyDg6ise5M.html In the name of the Father, the Son and the holy ghosted... ? ... inevitability.