{"id":184131,"date":"2019-02-23T07:19:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T07:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=184131"},"modified":"2019-02-26T08:29:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T08:29:36","slug":"the-meaning-of-gnosticism-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=184131","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Gnosticism (I)"},"content":{"rendered":"

henrymakow.com \u2013 Feb 23, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n
\"\"“G<\/strong>nosticism is the soul and marrow of Freemasonry \u00bb\u00a0 — <\/em>(Albert Pike, quoted by Ren\u00e9 Gu\u00e9non,\u00a0La Gnose Review<\/em>, March 1910)<\/h5>\n
Gnosis is the desire to find\u00a0a science\u00a0that flatters the appetite for divinity while indulging material appetites.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
\u00ab O my soul! You are capable of God: Woe to you if you are content with less than God \u00bb<\/em>. (St. Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life<\/em>) \u00ab<\/h5>\n

by Essel — <\/strong>(henrymakow.com)<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"\"The letter G on some Masonic emblems<\/strong> and innumerable commercial logos is no more reminiscent of “Grand” in “Grand Orient” than the first letter of Google as the naive think.<\/h5>\n
It means – among other things (!) – “Gnosis”. What is this mysterious Gnosis? The one who seeks to know faces many pitfalls.<\/h5>\n
Some will tell him that this is ancient history, the “historical Gnosis”, a set of heretical doctrines that have gangrened primitive Christianity (Simon the Magician, Marcion, Valentin, etc.), and that the rest is delirious. Keep moving. Nothing to see here!<\/h5>\n
But why many modern authors like Ren\u00e9 Gu\u00e9non or Albert Pike still use this word?<\/h5>\n

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Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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