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I'm new to the concept of gnosticism. I would like to get into it's theology and metaphysics, so I came here to seek guidance. I would ask you to provide me reccomend reading, articles, authors etc. that could help me better understand gnosticism. I honestly fist saw this concept mentioned in a schizoposter post and I instantly got hooked. Tell me (if you want) your story too, why did you became a gnostic and what inspired you?

Ok, you got me interested. What do the Gnostics actually believe and why are they blowing up right now?

The violent and imperfect God seen in the OT is Yaldaboath, the demiurge.

Read the suppressed books

Given the interest shown in Gnosticism lately, I wanted a new one. The last one got deleted for God knows what reason, after hundreds of posts. I capped the ones I really liked and will share.

>What is Gnosticism?
Gnostics were Christians (although there were also Gnostic Jews) who thought the material world was deeply flawed. They posited that God, the supreme being, was not responsible for the material world. Rather, a lesser imperfect creature created humanity, the Demiurge.
>So it's some lost supressed myth?
No. Gnostic ideas show up in Plato, and earlier thought. It's an attempt to reckon with the disconnect between the objective material world, and the subjective world of experience, existing as two separate modes of reality. Modern physicists and psychologists have begun revisiting Gnostic thought to deal with this same issue.
>Where can I read Gnostic texts?
They were supressed and lost for centuries. Recently many were rediscovery. Gnosis.org has many.

http://gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html

Feel free to discuss people influenced by gnostic thought as well, such as Jung, or further branches of their knowledge, such as the Kabbalah.

Google "Yaldaboath" and let your head fully explode.

Then find the knowledge you need to repair yourself. Jung's Seven Sermons of the Dead has gnosis.

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Sure sounds like a Demiurge to me.

I just found out about this dude. Tips for not going insane?

If you want your mind blown Google "Yaldaboath," read about the supressed books of the Bible, and then check out "Pleroma" and the "Sepirot."

Warning, these caused me to have a psychotic break.

Been reading a lot about suffering, war crimes, disease, and existential crisis. What the fuck was his problem?