Tag Archives: Gnosticism

Letting the Light In through the Cracks

Posted on April 16, 2021 by cdsmiller17

The Wisdom of a Broken Heart (2021) There’s a new book in town! (Well, actually on the internet, since I downloaded the Kindle version from Amazon.ca.) I’ve read chapter one, so far, today, and it seems to be dictated by … Continue reading →

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New Testament Scriptures: Apostolic or Apologetic?

Posted on March 9, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Forged (2011) The author of this book contends that most of the books of the New Testament are forgeries. That’s not really a surprise, unless you are a fundamentalist Christian and believe that the Bible is the “Word of God”. … Continue reading →

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Did You Know that Our Creator is a Goddess?

Posted on February 19, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Divine Sophia (Wisdom) It has always seemed strange to me that the idea of a female creator is something that most modern thinkers would reject. I’ve written about Sophia before, especially with reference to Gnostic myths, so the thinking on … Continue reading →

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Gnostic: Our Mother-Father God in Heaven

Posted on November 21, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Barbelo I have hinted at this name before. And the images that are presented on the internet seem to be ‘fearsome’. The idea of a masculine female principle is contradictory until you understand androgyny. Remember The Star of Bethlehem? Here’s … Continue reading →

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The Siege That Still Echoes Through Time

Posted on November 11, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Montségur This siege is not so well-known, at least not as well-known as Masada. But to “heretics” everywhere in the West, this one was very important. It was the starting point of us. Whatever lives modern Gnostics have returned as, … Continue reading →

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Is It Really Possible? Could I Have Been Him?

Posted on October 29, 2020 by cdsmiller17

William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 15, 1827) I wasn’t going to go here again, after deciding that John Varley was a better fit for me. And then I spotted the Peter Ackroyd book, Blake, in my office library. … Continue reading →

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Once Upon a Time, Your Words Could Get You Burned at the Stake

Posted on September 23, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Giordano Bruno (1548 – 1600) I’ve written about one aspect of Giordano Bruno‘s life before: it was part of the opening chapter of my “Star of Bethlehem” manuscript. It concerned whether one should even cast the horoscope of Jesus of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Swami of Baltimore

Posted on August 27, 2020 by cdsmiller17

William Walker Atkinson (Dec. 5, 1862 – Nov. 22, 1932) Ian sent the Faith and Science group a link to the pdf copy of Mystic Christianity yesterday and I read the first chapter all the way through. In essence he … Continue reading →

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Are We Too Close to the Truth to Appreciate What It Is?

Posted on July 31, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore (2008) I’ve had this book for almost 10 years, but I never had the motivation to read it before now. Perhaps I had to be more prepared for what it said. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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What are ‘Movement and Rest’?

Posted on July 18, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Gospel of Thomas, 50 All during the writing of The Star of Bethlehem manuscript in 1996, I knew I was getting somewhere, but couldn’t quite grasp where that somewhere was. Now, 24 years later, I’m returning to one of the … Continue reading →

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