Tagged with Gnostics

Could the fable of the Garden of Eden be at the root of the titanic problems facing our world? Looking for a "Galileo-type paradigm shift" that could rectify the mess we're in, I found it on my thirtieth birthday. But was I ready for my entire life to turn upside-down? (more)

The Gnostics were sophisticated seers who belonged to a millennial pagan tradition that was brutally suppressed at the rise of Christianity. Can looking back at what such mystics thought in a bygone time and setting offer a viable spiritual orientation for our time? Why we are so compelled to delve into what the Gnostics thought? (more)

A spark of divine intelligence exists in each human being, according to Gnostic cosmology. This Greek word for this concept is nous, usually translated as "mind." When considered alongside the Gnostic concept of Hal – this Coptic word means "simulation" – the Gnostic perspective on nous may offer a way to orient us to the noosphere. Hal is close to what we today understand as Virtual Reality. (more)

Hear Lash chat with Joanna Harcourt: "If we can develop Gaia theory in a Gnostic perspective, we have the best chance for a course correction on the planet today." (more)