All things spiritual that interest me.
If you are familiar with the Gnostic literature, you understand that existence as we know it was created by an imperfect being or god called the Demiurge. In his ignorance, he tried to create a human being. I think it is Pistis Sophia that describes the process. The problem is Read more
Unlike for the first two parts of this series, I have no sources of academic study – although such may exist – or professional people like doctors on which to draw from. The problem with psychics and mediums is that they seem to be found under every leaf. The quality Read more
There may be many individuals using hypnosis or other techniques to lead people to recall what they consider to be past lives. To this end, I want to present a couple of the more widely known practitioners. Dolores Cannon The first that I found is Dolores Cannon, introduced in the Read more
NDEs have been studied by doctors and scientists for many years. This post captures references to many of thee sources. Science is Studying the Phenomenon Here is the story of a team of scientific investigators into NDEs (1:08:37 minutes). Here is another doctor engaged in such study (1:01:47 minutes). I’m Read more
There are two ways people remember past lives. One is by induced regression. The other is as naturally occurring memories. The latter have been noticed in some children and documented and researched academically for more than 50 years. Childhood Memories For over 60 years the University of Virginia has studied Read more
In The Story of Christmas and the Birth of the Soul, Yeshua, the idea is presented that Yeshua had appeared in previous incarnations in preparation for his final one as Jesus. Five of these incarnations are explored in greater depth in the following video (19:11 minutes). Here is a more Read more
The Gospel of Thomas is a Gnostic text discovered in Nag Hammadi Egypt in 1945. It is possibly the most widely known of the Gnostic texts and is described by an introduction in the Gnostic Society Library4. Several translations have been made and I provide links to some1,2,3,5. I include Read more
The Gnostics had an elaborate cosmology that included a narrative of the creation. With the Ineffable Presence and the Monad at the top we then consider the Pleroma. The Pleroma The Pleroma is fully God from whence everything emerges. This video (22:33 minutes) discusses the Pleroma. This story ends with Read more
Preface This is a very esoteric and dense document. If you have a casual curiosity, watch the first video for a narrator’s understanding as an overview. The second video is another narrator’s view of the work. The third video is actually an audiobook almost 10 hours long. The introductory sections Read more
Many may think that a description of the cosmology begins with the Monad. However, there appears to be something primal before the Monad that gave birth to it. The following video references no specific Gnostic texts but its narrator has put together a prologue, so to speak, for the story Read more