/lit/ - Literature

>>18840934
>thunder, perfect mind
such a beautiful psalm

https://diotima-doctafemina.org/translations/coptic/the-thunder-perfect-mind/

Gnosis bros, i eventually wish to become a Gnostic ascetic, and give up worldly pursuits to live as part of an intentional community focused on Sophia. basically i want to become a Gnostic monk. how do i do this?

XI.

It flew in the form of the Eagle,
Of all the winged tribes the king-bird;
It flew and alighted beside me,
And turned into speech altogether.
At its voice and the sound of its winging,
I waked and arose from my deep sleep.

Unto me I took it and kissed it;
I loosed its seal and I read it.
As it stood in my heart writ,
The words of my Letter were written.

How do you approach Sophia, gnosticbros? Through prayer, through meditation, through music, through art?

What are the Gnostic texts which you find most inspiring?

>>17530028
this

>>17384406
The rare genestock enables them to successfully mate with the angels. The second series, if I ever get around to writing it (doubt), will be about the hybrid offspring. Each generation makes choices which affect the next and so on. There are a lot of other plot-y elements like wars, apocalypse, magic artifacts, etc., but ultimately it is about these two close knit families and how they fare.

Hi frens, I'm working on a new series of books. I posted in the last thread and people said I need to work on my writing (I agree, I will). Here's my setting premise.... Thoughts?
> There was a War in Heaven.
> The Angels split in two factions, the rebels and the loyalists. In their insane war, they destroyed Heaven, and fell to earth.
> Their Fall was cataclysmic, almost completely obliterating the advanced techno-medieval human society. In its wake, the Angels have set themselves up as the rulers of Earth.
> They are complex beings, both beautiful, protective, graceful, and often capricious; they are both good and evil, in degrees. They have gone somewhat insane from being forced to exist in the material plane for so long. None are pure.
> The Angels take on a variety of appearances, from traditional beautiful beings with wings, to shining abstractions of flame and eyes.
> Specially Chosen humans serve them in their Choirs. Other humans, the vast masses, are broken in the great Fabricators that harness the power of earth to serve the Angels' cryptic whims.
> The Angels of Light claim their goal is to build a vessel that would be able to transport them and their human Elect back to the Heaven they were cast out of.
> The Angels of Darkness claim their goal is to transform the World into an artificial re-creation of Heaven.
> Add intrigue and infighting within both factions.
> There are also humans who want to destroy all of the angels.
> There are also Dragons, which are more like Eastern dragons – nature spirits, in contrast to the heavenly angels.
> And all of them are in danger of losing their souls to the nihilic Void that encircles them all, into which the world sinks deeper every day.

I'm wondering how much Hell should play a role, and whether this is a pure high fantasy, or to what extent it's "actually" science fiction. I also need great characters, and to write the damn thing....