Key Gnosticism Concepts: Eucharist, The Elect, Ransom, Redemption, Reflect, Repentence

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GLOSSARY OF GNOSTIC TERMS
LAURENCE CARUANA
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About Caruana’s Gnosticism Research

The present page contains my annotated copies of several gnostic glossary entries from Caruana; my local reading copy.

The Hidden Passion: The Gnostic Christ (Caruana)
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/12/06/book-the-hidden-passion-the-gnostic-christ-caruana/
My main page about Caruana’s work.

Standardizing/ Narrowing the Lexicon in Glossary Definitions

Caruana has an interesting top-of-page note that applies to my need to refactor my “glossary” (Concept-sections) pages.

Caruana’s Top-of-Page Note about Standardizing Which Word-Variant to Use Throughout His Definitions

I have the problem of duplicate/redundant equivalent phrases/ named concepts, because language has multiple variant forms.

Caruana throughout his definition sentences, has chosen to narrow the confusing variant forms, by picking his favorite and using that consistently:

“- For consistency and easy comparison, certain standard terms have been used in the explanations
  (and inserted in parentheses in the quotations). These standard terms are:

             – The One = God, Father, Parent, Root
             – The saviour = the Son, Christ, Word, Autogenes, Seth
             – Sophia = Wisdom, Achamoth, Pistis
             – Yaltabaoth = Chief Archon, Archigenetor, Saklas
             – The Elect = the Gnostics, Pneumatics, Chosen ones, sons of Seth

EUCHARIST

glossary entry

https://gnosticq.com/az.text/glos.af.html#Anchor-EUCHARIST-46384

– A ritual meal
in remembrance of
Christ’s
sacrifice. <—

1. EUCHARIST IN GENERAL

– it is based on the Passover meal which Christ celebrated with his disicples before he was crucified.
– Basically, the meal consists of bread and wine (though
other ingredients <–
are mentioned). See below.
– It is one of the Five Seals. See FIVE SEALS.
– Like the Gnostic rites of the Baptism and Chrism, it is
a ritual evocation of <—
pre-existent eucharist <— bring to the mind. recall to the mind
which first took place in the Upper Aeons.
– The Gnostic rite of the Eucharist emphasizes unity.

2. THE PRE-EXISTENT EUCHARIST

– Gnostics texts such as the Apocryphon of John and The Gospel of the Egyptians make it clear that Christ himself was baptized and anointed in the Upper Aeons before he initiated these rites in the Lower Aeons. See BAPTISM and CHRISM.
– No Gnostic text
explicitly describes
a eucharistic meal in the Upper Aeons <—
which would serve as the archetype for
the Last Supper. <—
– However, The Gospel of Philip emphasizes that
the eucharistic rite performed here
in the Lower Aeons
is an image of, or a reflection of,
a higher, archetypal eucharist. <—
– Hence, by
eating the bread
and
drinking from the cup, <— DRINKING FROM *THE* CUP;
OF MIXED-WINE MUSHROOM WINE
the participant shares in a sacramental meal <—
that has its archetype in the Upper Aeons: 

“So it is also with
the bread and the cup and the oil,
even though
there is another one superior to these. <— WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE SUPERIOR TO THE BREAD AND THE CUP AND THE OIL? WHAT IS SUPERIOR FOOD AND DRINK, IN A RELIGIOUS CONTEXT? SUPERIOR LIKE WAY SUPERIOR

” (Gospel of Philip)

– During the meal, <— MEAL OF WHAT?
the bread is recognized as ‘bread from heaven’ <— BREAD FROM HEAVEN
WHAT IN THE HELL IS
“BREAD FROM HEAVEN“? 🤔

the “secret Amanita cult” theory

ALLEGRAE FOLLOWUSCARIA ID’D

: “When
Christ came,
the perfect man,
he brought bread from heaven <—
in order that
man might be nourished with
the food of man. <– WHAT IS “THE FOOD OF MAN”?

” (Gospel of Philip)
– In this same sense,
the water and wine in the cup <– CUP OF {wine}

______________

{bread} != bread

{bread} = 🍄
______________

{wine} != wine

{wine} = 🍄
______________


The maximal 🍄theory of Hellenistic religion.

Fresh re-start:

– Hence,
by eating the bread and drinking from the cup, <– “wine”, later
the participant shares
in a sacramental meal that has its archetype in the Upper Aeons: 
“So it is also with
the bread and
the cup <–
and the oil, even though
there is another one superior to these.” <– another cup of {wine} that is better than this “the cup”. THERE IS ONLY ONE POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION:

NATIVE CHRISTMAS SHAMANS🎄🍄🦌🛷🎅🎁

 (Gospel of Philip)
– During the meal,
the bread is recognized as
‘bread from heaven’: 
“When Christ came, the perfect man,
he brought bread from heaven <– BREAD FROM HEAVEN = 🍄
in order that
man might be nourished with
the food of man.” = 🍄= THE FOOD OF MAN
 (Gospel of Philip)
– In this same sense,

the water and wine in the cup <– {wine 🍄}, & water, in “the cup”

is a type (image)
for a higher and unseen archetype:
the blood of Christ. identified: 🍄 <– the blood of Christ = native Amanita secret Amanita cult among the shamans of Mediterranean Antiquity all throughout the Mystery Religions. where’s that key board shortcut:

the “secret Amanita cult” theory of native Christmas shamans 🍄 in Hellenistic Mystery Religion

(but only the women have the recipe — because of the patriarchy)

_________________________

SO:

the blood of Christ <–

the “secret Amanita cult” theory

native Christmas shamans

🎄🍄🦌🛷🎅🎁

“the cup” of {wine} –> “wine … there is another one superior to … these”

women have the secret recipe – b/c patriarchy

IT ALL ADDS UP!!

it feels like 1999-tier entheogen scholarship again

– In this same sense, the water and wine in the cup is
a type (image) for
a higher and unseen archetype:
the blood of Christ.
Through it <– the water and {wine} in the cup
(& through the bread?? 🍄 can we get some logical consistency here??)
and through prayer, <– don’t forget
the participant

receives a heavenly sustenance (the Ho Ho Holy Spirit),
and is perfected: 

“The cup of prayer contains wine and water, <– getting our metaphors mixed up? the {cup of prayer} <– the 🍄 in this “cup” causes you to pray.

since it is appointed as

the type of the blood for which thanks is given. <– the blood of Christ = 🍄

And

it is full of the Holy Spirit, <– the cup of trembling prayer is full of the Holy Spirit🍄

and it belongs to

the wholly perfect man. <–

When we drink this, we shall receive for ourselves the perfect man.” (Gospel of Philip)

– In this same sense, the water and wine in the cup is a type (image) for a higher and unseen archetype: the blood of Christ.

Through it [the water and wine in the cup]
and through prayer, the participant
receives a heavenly sustenance (the Holy Spirit),
and is perfected: 

(sustenance =
food and drink regarded as
a source of strength; nourishment;
the maintaining of someone in life & in existence.)

“The cup of prayer contains wine and water, since it is appointed as
the type of the blood for which thanks is given. And
it is full of the Holy Spirit, <–

{cup of prayer}
is full of
{the Ho-Ho-Holy Spirit 🎅🎁🎄🍄🦌🦌🛷}

and it belongs to the wholly perfect man.

When we drink this, <– the {cup of prayer}, {wine} that’s “superior to”) wine
we shall receive for ourselves the perfect man.”

 (Gospel of Philip)

3. THE EUCHARIST AS AN IMAGE OF ONENESS AND SACRIFICE

– Melchizedek is a mysterious figure in the Old Testament, a kind of archetype for the High Priest.
– In the fragmentary Gnostic text called Melchizedek, Melchizedek speaks in the first person, describing himself as an image of the High Priest. “For I have a name: I am Melchizedek, the Priest of God Most High; I know that it is
I who am truly the image
of the true High-Priest of God Most High.” (Melchizedek)
– However, he also
speaks in the first person as the one who is sacrificed: <– i am sacrificed
“And you crucified me <– i am crucified
from the third hour of the Sabbath-eve until the ninth hour. And after these things,
I arose from the dead.” <– I ROSE FROM THE DEAD
(Melchizedek)
– Melchizedek appears as a saviour figure who is both the offerer and the offering.
As the offerer (the ‘High Priest’), he
celebrates the last supper. <– i celebrate the last supper
As the offering (the ‘crucified’),
he is the one who will be sacrificed. <– i will be sacrificed

– Thus, the saviour’s offering is understood as a self-sacrifice.

The eucharistic meal is a rite
in which
the participants recognize that their own death, like the saviour’s death, will be a self-sacrifice. <– my own death is like the saviour’s death; my death will be a self-sacrifice.

Through it, they participate in the sacred sacrifice <– i participate in the sacred sacrifice
and,

like the saviour, will be ressurrected <– like the savior, i will be resurrected

to return to the One. <– i will return to the One


– In this sense,

the offerer offers himself
i.e.

the offerer sacrifices himself
and all of the Elect: <– by drinking the {cup of prayer wine🍄}, I am sacrificing
all of the Elect

“I (Melchizedek) have come
to reveal to you the truth, <— He revealed the truth which is within the brethern
which is within the brethren. He (the saviour) included himself in the living offering,
together with your offspring.

He offered them up as an offering to the All.”

I drink the {cup of prayer wine🍄},
and as a result, I am sacrificing
all of the Elect
(they are myself),
I offer up myself to you as an offering;
and,
I offer up all the elect to you as an offering.

 (Melchizedek) “I (Melchiedek) have
offered up myself to you as an offering,
together with those that are mine,
to you yourself, (O) Father of the All,
and those whom you love,
who have come forth from
you who are holy (and) living.” (Melchizedek)

– Through the eucharistic🍄 meal,
Jesus shares the bread🍄 and wine🍄 with his followers,
thus ‘spreading’ his sacrifice to all of the Elect: 

“The eucharist🍄 is Jesus.

For he is called in Syriac ‘Pharisatha’ which is
‘the one who is spread out’.”(Gospel of Philip)

– In conclusion,

the Eucharistic meal was initiated

to commemorate the self-sacrifice.

By sharing in the eucharistic meal, <– I share in last supper, cup of wine prayer. By drinking the cup of Christ’s blood,
the Elect share in Christ’s self-sacrifice, <– I share in Christ’s sacrifice
as both offerer and offering. <– I sacrifice Christ and all the elect, and, I sacrifice

need to break out a bullet list:

By drinking the last supper🍄/ cup of prayer wine🍄/ Christ’s blood🍄,
o I sacrifice Christ to the All (the Father of the All).
o I sacrifice all of the Elect to the All; to the Father of the All.
o I sacrifice myself to the All.(the Father of the All)
I will be resurrected to return to the One.

 (O) Father of the All, and those whom you love,
who have come forth from
you who are holy (and) living.

4. COMPONENTS OF THE EUCHARIST

– In the Pistis Sophia, the meal is laid out in a curious manner. Five vessels of water or wine form a triangle around the offering, which includes fire,
vine branches <– Carl Ruck’s psychoactive ivy, special extinct type
and bread: 
“And Jesus said unto them: ‘Bring me fire and vine branches.’ They brought them unto him. He laid out the offering, and set down

two wine-vessels, 🍄

one on the right and the other on the left of the offering. He disposed the offering before them, and set
a cup of water before
the wine-vessel on the right
and a cup of wine before the wine-vessel on the left and

laid loaves 🍄

according to the number of disciples in the middle between the two cups and set a cup of water behind the loaves.” (Pistis Sophia Ch 142 )

Before the meal, the saviour prays for the forgiveness of sins.

The text breaks off before the meal begins.

Probably, the vine branches were burned as incense,
while the water and wine 🍄were mixed <-
in various proportions. <– half part water, half part🍄
– Although the traditional Passover meal included a roasted lamb, the Gnostic meal was vegetarian: 
“When they had said these things in the prayer, <– i said these things in the prayer
they embraced each other <– i embraced the other Siberian Christmas secret amanita cult shamans

and they went to eat their holy food,
which has no blood in it.”  <– what holy food has no blood in it?
thats right: 🍄 Hellenistic Mystery-Cult mixed wine, just like in the secret Siberian shamans’ Amanita Christmas cult.

cup of prayer = Christ’s blood = holy food with no blood in it = the Holy Spirit. GOT IT.

(which only the women have the recipe for, b/c partriarchy)

“The cup of prayer contains wine and water,
since it is appointed as
the type of the blood for which thanks is given. <– cup of prayer = the blood i’m thankful was given

And it is full of the Holy Spirit, <– the cup of prayer that contains {wine}, is full of the Holy Spirit.

Time to bust out the calculator:

the cup of prayer =
wine =
the Holy Spirit =
the blood of Christ =
my sacrifice of me & of all of the Elect & of Christ, to the Father of the All.

and it belongs to the wholly perfect man. When we drink this, we shall receive for ourselves the perfect man.” 

(Prayer of Thanksgiving 65:3)
– In the Old Testament (Leviticus 2:13), all offerings were to include a grain of salt. The Gospel of Philip offers a Gnostic variation on this.

Like Christ,
Sophia is also present in the eucharist,

as the salt: “The apostles said to the disciples, ‘May our entire offering obtain salt.; They called Sophia ‘salt’. Without it, no offering is acceptable. But Sophia is barren, without child. For this reason, she is called ‘a trace of salt.’” (Gospel of Philip 59:27)

5. THE EUCHARIST IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEALS

– In late Gnostic texts, such as The Pistis Sophia and The Acts of Thomas, the eucharist is performed in conjunction with seals.

These seals may be diagrams and names
(see the Books of Jeu)
which will aid the Gnostic in rising through the aeons. <– i use seals that are diagrams and names, to come to my aid in rising through the aeons.

They may also be a form of baptism. In either case,

the rite of sealing was performed just before the eucharist. <– just before i drank the cup of Ho-Ho-Holy Spirit to fly up through the Aeon doorways

🎄🍄🦌🦌🦌🦌🛷🎁🎅

just like the secret Amanita cult of Christmas shamans all throughout Hellenistic Mystery Religions in Alexandria


– After Jesus prepares the eucharistic meal (see Componants above), they stand with seals before the offering, and he invokes Upper Aeonic beings with their secret names: “Jesus stood before the offering, set the disciples behind him, all clad with linen garments, and in their hands the cipher (seal) of the name of the Treasury of the Light, and he made the invocation thus, saying: ‘Hear me, O Father, father of all fatherhood, boundless light: iao iouo iao aoi oia psinother theropsin opsither mepththomaoth nephiomaoth’ (etc)” (Pistis Sophia ch 142)
– In the Acts of Thomas,

the apostle Thomas ‘seals’ a woman before beginning the eucharist: 

“And the woman besought him, saying: ‘O apostle of the Most High,

give me the seal, that that enemy return not again unto me.’ <– i don’t want the enemy to return again to me. (naive possibilism-thinking? cybernetic instability/ self-battling?/self-attacking/ self-wrestling?)

Then he caused her to come near unto him, and laid his hands upon her and

sealed her in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost; and many others also were sealed with her.

And the apostle

bade his minister (deacon) to set forth a table…” 

(Acts of Thomas ch. 49 – 50) For the continuation, see ‘Eucharistic Prayers’ below.

5. EUCHARISTIC PRAYERS

– “He (Thomas)

laid his hands on them and blessed them,

and brake the bread of the eucharist and gave it them, saying:

‘This Eucharist shall be unto you for compassion and mercy, and not unto judgement and retribution.’ <– ingest this Eucharist bread (totally obvs 🍄) NOT for JUDGMENT AND RETRIBUTION of the personal control system; ingest it for compassion and mercy.

don’t ingest the 🍄bread for judgment and retribution in the next hours

ingest the 🍄bread for compassion and mercy (not judgment & retribution) in the next hours

And they said ‘Amen.’”  <– i said Amen, re: ingesting the 🍄bread for compassion and mercy (not judgment & retribution) during the next hours

(Acts of Thomas ch. 29)
– “And the apostle (Thomas) bade his minister to set forth a table; and he set forth a stool which they found there, and spread a linen cloth upon it and set on

the bread of blessing; 🍄
— don’t forget to specify SECRET or you’ll be hearing from Ruck

and the apostle stood by it and said: ‘
Jesu, that
hast accounted us worthy to partake of the eucharist
of thine holy body and blood,
lo, we are bold to draw near unto thine eucharist
and to call upon thine holy name:
come thou and communicate unto us.’

And he began to say: ‘Come, O perfect compassion, Come O communion of the male, Come, she that knoweth the mysteries of him that is chosen, Come, she that hath part in all the combats of the noble champion (athlete), Come, the silence that revealeth the great things of the whole greatness, Come, she that

manifesteth the hidden things

and maketh the unspeakable things plain, <– ominous

the holy dove <– gentle harmless; compassion and mercy (not judgment & retribution)

that beareth the twin young, Come, the hidden mother, Come, she that is manifest in her deeds and giveth joy and rest unto them that are joined unto her: Come and

communicate with us in this eucharist
which we celebrate in thy name and in the love-feast wherein we are gathered together at thy calling.’ <– the god calls his acolytes to gather at the love-feast, to communicate with them in the eucharist
(cup of prayer, wine, in the form of sacrifice-blood)

And having so said he marked out the cross upon the bread, and brake it, and began to distribute it. And first he gave unto the woman, saying: ‘This shall be unto thee for remission of sins and eternal transgressions (and for the everlasting resurrection). And after her he gave unto all the others also which had received the seal (and said to them: Let this eucharist be unto you for life and rest, and not for judgement and vengeance. And they said, Amen.)” (Acts of Thomas ch. 49 – 50)
– “We give thanks to you and we celebrate the eucharist, O Father, remembering for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ that they come forth (…)

they are doing thy will
through the name of Jesus Christ
and will do thy will now and always.

They are complete in every spiritual gift and every purity. <– pure, undefiled, no pollution

Glory be to thee through thy Son and they offspring Jesus Christ from now and forever. Amen.” (On the Eucharist A)
– “(…) thou art the Lord. Whenever you die purely, you will be pure so as to have him […] everyone who will guide him to food and drink. Glory be to thee forever. Amen.” (On the Eucharist B)

6. THE EUCHARIST: MISCELLANEOUS

– Through the eucharist, the Elect consecrate themselves, even in body: “The priest is completely holy, down to his very body. For if he has taken the bread, he will consecrate it. Or the cup or anything else that he gets, he will consecrate. Then how will he not consecrate the body also?” (Gospel of Philip)
– While celebrating the eucharist (‘thanksgiving’), the saviour mentions

the union of angels and images: 

“He said on that day in the thanksgiving, “You who have joined the perfect light with the Holy Spirit, unite the angels with us also, as being the images.” Do not despise the lamb, for without it, it is not possible to see the king. No one will be able to go in to the king if he is naked.” (Gospel of Philip) For the union of angels and images, see BRIDAL CHAMBER.

THE ELECT

glossary entry (just an excerpt)

https://gnosticq.com/az.text/glos.af.html#Anchor-ELECT-53283

  1. THE ELECT IN GENERAL
  2. THE ELECT AS GNOSTICS – THOSE WHO KNOW THE FATHER
  3. THE ELECT AS PRE-EXISTENT AEONS OF THE FATHER
  4. THE ELECT AS THE SONS OF SETH
  5. THE ELECT AS THE PNEUMATIC RACE
  6. THE ELECT AS UNFALLEN
  7. OTHER NAMES FOR THE ELECT
  8. RITES TO INITIATE THE ELECT
  9. THE NON-ELECT
  10. THE ELECT AND THE NON-ELECT
  11. THE NUMBER OF THE ELECT

3. THE ELECT AS PRE-EXISTENT AEONS OF THE FATHER

– The Upper Aeons, which include the Elect (the Totalities), are extensions of the Father, without separation. In the end, they will return to him: “The emanation of the Totalities, which exist from the one who exists, did not occur according to a separation from one another, as something cast off from the one who begets them. Rather,

their begetting is like a process of extension,

as the Father extends himself to those whom he loves, so that those who have come forth from him might become him as well.” (Tripartite Tractate)
– The Elect exist in the One, and so are eternal: “But

that which comes to be in the Eternal One is in
the One of the life and
the immortality of the life

…” (Apocalypse of Peter)
– Like all beings in the Upper Aeons,

the Elect are images which reflect the One to itself.

They are ‘pre-existent images’: “

the Father (…) created the pre-existent images

” (Tripart Tractate)

– As ‘pre-existent’,
the Elect came into being in the Upper Aeons
before they came into being in the Lower Aeons: “Jesus said, ‘

Blessed is he who came into being
before he came into being

.’” (Gospel of Thomas 36:17)

– This prior-existence gives post-existence: 

“The Lord said, ‘

Blessed is he who is
before he came into being.
For he who is,
has been and
shall be.

’” (Gospel of Philip 64:10)
–

HOW DO I KNOW I’M IMMORTAL? BECAUSE I HAVE EXPERIENCED PRE-EXISTENCE.

I HAVE *EXPERIENCED* PRE-EXISTENCE.
THEREFORE, I KNOW THAT
I AM IMMORTAL.

Having experienced pre-existence, the Elect know they are immortal

: “(Jesus said:) ‘

Blessed is he who will stand at the beginning.
And he will know the end,
and

he will not taste death. <–

’” (Gospel of Thomas 36:14)
–

Having ‘pre-existed’ in the Upper Aeons (the kingdom),
the Elect will return to it: 

my home = the kingdom (i’m a stranger here)
the Upper Aeons sphere — probly the Empyrium, outside of the fate-controlled sphere of the fixed stars, next to the threatening-to-death child-thinking (Chronos; Jupiter)

“Jesus said, ‘

Blessed are the solitary and elect,
for you will find the kingdom.
For you are from it,
and to it you will return.

’” (Gospel of Thomas 41:27)
– Since

images of the Elect ‘reflected’ the light of the One
at the beginning,
they will do so again at the end: “Then

the souls will appear,
who are holy through the light of the Power, (…) And
they will be in the aeon of beauty of the aeon of judgment, since
they are ready in wisdom,
having given glory to him who is in the incomprehensible unity;
and

they see him because of his will, which is in them. <–

I see God because of his will —

God’s will is in me. That’s how I see God: because God’s will is in me.

And they all have become as reflections in his light. <– spirits are similar to reflections of the light of the One, through his will, which is in them.
They all have shone, and they have found rest in his rest. <– {rest} in the timeless block universe,
+ optional claims of
transcending no-free-will

” (Concept of

our Great Power) <– a member of the kingdom, like a reflection of his power, A reflection of his great power which we can see in the form of
seeing God’s will, which is in us.
We see God because of his will, which is in us.
That’s why we are like reflections of God’s power. We can see his will, which is in us.

God’s will is in me. I know that, because my eye can perceive that, with Eucharist.

RANSOM

glossary entry. no subheadings.

https://gnosticq.com/az.text/glos.mr.html#Anchor-RANSOM-47383

Also called ‘to redeem’. See REDEMPTION.

In the traditional Christian interpretation, Christ redeemed our souls by offering himself ‘in ransom’ to Satan or to God himself. This view is reflected in The Teachings of Silvanus, which adds Gnostic touches (Christ put on garments or ‘likenesses’; Satan is replaced by the Archons[rulers] or ‘powers’). It also uses the Harrowing of Hell motif (Christ died and descended to the underworld to save all fallen souls

[freewill-premised souls exist, for exoterics.

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soul for egoic moral freewill-premised reward & punishment for lower-level Christians, those on the outside

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“O soul, persistent one, in what ignorance you exist! For who is your guide into the darkness? How many likenesses did Christ take on because of you! Although he was God, he was found among men as a man. He descended to the Underworld.(…) And when all the powers had seen him, they fled, so that he might bring you, wretched one, up from the Abyss, and might die for you as a ransom for your sin.” (Teachings of Silvanus)

In the Gospel of Philip, three types are mentioned:
the ransomed,
the saved, and
the redeemed.

ransom
save
redeem

The Pneumatic race (called ‘the strangers’) were ‘ransomed’ to the Archons ‘as a pledge’. By ‘laying down his life’ as ‘a pledge’, Christ ‘saved’ the Pneumatic race while ‘redeeming’ the

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freewill-moral-premised thinking
based on
naive-possibilism-thinking
ignorant of eternalism-thinking
not converted to eternalism-thinking + qualified-possibilism-thinking

possibilism-thinking –>
eternalism-thinking

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good and evil (i.e. the Psychic race). “Christ came to ransom some, to save others, to redeem others. He ransomed those who were strangers and made them his own. And he set his own apart, those whom he gave as a pledge according to his plan. It was not only when he appeared that he voluntarily laid down his life, but he voluntarily laid down his life from the very day the world came into being. Then he came first in order to take it, since it had been given as a pledge. It fell into the hands of robbers and was taken captive, but he saved it. He redeemed the good people in the world as well as the evil. (Gospel of Philip) See THREE TYPES OF HUMANS and STRANGER

REDEMPTION

glossary entry

https://gnosticq.com/az.text/glos.mr.html#Anchor-REDEMPTION-49425

Also called ‘ransom’.

REDEMPTION IN GENERAL

According to the traditional Christian view, all the descendents of Adam are in a fallen state because of they have inherited Adam’s original sin. This situation could only be remedied by Christ ‘the redeemer’ whose suffering became the ransom or pledge paid (to God or Satan) ‘to redeem’ the descendents of Adam and relieve them of original sin. Through Christ, sins are forgiven.

This schema of redemption still applies in some Christian Gnostic texts. See RANSOM.

However, other Gnostic texts re-interpret the story of Adam, so that a portion of Adam (and Seth’s) descendents, called the Elect, are ‘faultless’ and ‘without sin’.

Hence, Christ’s suffering was not required to ‘redeem’ the Elect.

‘Redemption’ takes on a different meaning in the remainder of the Gnostic texts.

The role of the saviour or ‘redeemer’ in Gnosticism is as a ‘revealer’.

The saviour reveals the gnosis, to awaken the Elect and remind them of their true origin in the One.

He does this by instigating certain rites, such as baptism,

[bleh, poor choice, he’s not an entheogen scholar; I’d def’ly pick “Eucharist” instead! -mh]

wherein the gnosis is revealed to the Elect.

This is particularly true of the complex rite called the Five Seals.

[I’d rather the glossary text read:

The role of the saviour or ‘redeemer’ in Gnosticism is as a ‘revealer’. The saviour reveals the gnosis by giving them His mushroom flesh, to awaken the Elect and remind them of their true origin in the One. He does this by bringing the mushroom Eucharist into the initiate’s worldline of control-thoughts, so that the gnosis is revealed to the Elect. This is particularly true of the complex rite called the Five Seals, as preparation for ingesting the mushroom Eucharist.

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THE REDEMPTION OF CHRIST AS THE ARCHETYPE FOR REDEMPTION

In some Gnostic texts, the man Jesus is separate from the heavenly Christ (or Word) which descended into him during his baptism in the Jordan.

In the Tripartite Tractate, the Son (Jesus) is in need of redemption, because he had become a man. It is the heavenly Word which ‘descended upon him’ that offered him ‘redemption’: “Not only do humans need redemption, but also the angels, too… even the Son himself, who has the position of redeemer of the Totality, needed redemption as well – he who had become man – since he gave himself for each thing which we need, we in the flesh, who are his Church. Now, when he first received redemption from the word which had descended upon him, all the rest received redemption from him, namely those who had taken him to themselves.” (Tripartite Tractate)

Hence, in the First Apocryphon of James, Jesus says to James that, during the time of his crucifixion, his (Jesus’) redemption ‘will be near’. Jesus: “Behold, I shall reveal to you everything of this mystery. For they will seize me the day after tomorrow. But my redemption will be near.” (First Apocryphon of James)

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As a man, Jesus

‘received knowledge’ (gnosis) from the heavenly saviour that had descended into him

(during his baptism in the Jordan). His ‘redemption’ was the revelation of his true ‘unitary state’ with the One. Likewise,

the Elect will receive this redemption through the rite of baptism, which will ‘instruct’ them about the gnosis:

“When the redemption was proclaimed, the perfect man (i.e. Jesus) received knowledge immediately, so as to return in haste to his unitary state, to the place from which he came, to return there joyfully, to the place from which he came, to the place from which he flowed forth. His members (i.e. the chruch of the Elect), however, needed a place of instruction, which is in the places which are adorned (for the baptismal rite), so that they might receive from them (the garment of light, which is) resemblance to the images and archetypes, like a mirror, until (the end of time, when) all the members of the body of the Church are in a single place and receive the restoration at one time, when they have been manifested as the whole body, namely the restoration into the Pleroma.” (Tripartite Tractate)

Hence, through his own baptism, when the heavenly saviour descended into him to reveal the gnosis, Jesus instigated the rite of redemption, which is a baptismal rite in which the gnosis is revealed.

REDEMPTION AS PART OF THE BAPTISMAL RITE IN THE FIVE SEALS

The redemption forms part of a complex baptismal rite, called the Five Seals.

The Gospel of Philip offers a crucial text for the Five Seals. In one passage, it groups together five important rites: the baptism, chrism,

eucharist, <–

redemption and Bridal Chamber:

“The Lord did everything in a mystery, <– i do everything in a Mystery

a baptism and a chrism and

a eucharist <– do it in a mystery

and
a redemption and
a bridal chamber.

[…] he said, ‘I came to
make the things below like the things above, and
the things outside like those inside.

I came to unite them in the place.’
[…] here through types […]and images.” (Gospel of Philip)

It is possible that the five rites mentioned here are, in fact, the Five Seals. If so, the nature of ‘the redemption’ needs to be clarified.

In another passage, the Gospel of Philip identifies the redemption with the resurrection. At the same time, it describes it as an intermediary rite between the baptism and Bridal Chamber: “There were three buildings specifically for sacrifice in Jerusalem.
1) The one facing the west was called ‘The Holy’.
2) Another, facing south, was called ‘The Holy of the Holy’.
3) The third, facing east, was called ‘the Holy of the Holies’,
the place where only the high priest enters.

1) Baptism is ‘the Holy’ building.

2) Redemption is the ‘Holy of the Holy’.

3) ‘The Holy of the Holies’ is the bridal chamber.

Baptism includes <– i get baptised including
the resurrection and <– i get resurrected
the redemption; <– i get redeemed, which happens in the bridal chamber which is the Holy of Holies,
where only the high priest may enter. This getting redeemed in the bridal chamber involved a visionary ascent like the Christmas Shamans do in their secret Amanita cult 🎄🍄🦌🦌🦌🦌🛷🎁🎅
using the women’s recipe (bc partriarcy)

the redemption (takes place) in the bridal chamber.”
in the Holy of Holies <– where the will of god that is in me is perceived
(The Gospel of Philip)

they see him because of his will, which is in them. <– I see the Father of the All, because I perceive his will, which is in me.
after I __ and then ingest the cup of prayer Eucharist wine

These seals may be diagrams and names
(see the Books of Jeu)
which will aid the Gnostic in rising through the aeons. <– JUST BEFORE DRINKING THE EUCHARIST WINE, i use seals that are diagrams and names, to come to my aid in rising through the aeons.

They may also be a form of baptism. In either case,

the rite of sealing was performed just before the eucharist. <– just before i drank the cup of Ho-Ho-Holy Sprit

THE REDEMPTION AS RESURRECTION

The redemption was identified with the resurrection. According to the Gospel of Philip, the resurrection is a visionary ascent through the aeons. This vision of the resurrection is first seen in this life to prepare us for our after-life resurrection: “Those who say they will die first and then rise are in error. If they do not first receive the resurrection while they live, when they die they will receive nothing.” (Gospel of Philip) “While we are in this world, it is fitting for us to acquire the resurrection, so that when we strip off the flesh, we may be found in rest.” (Gospel of Philip)

Like the resurrection, the redemption was most likely

a visionary ascent of the catechumen through the aeons,

def:

catechumen:
a Christian convert under instruction before baptism.
a young Christian preparing for confirmation. [youth / maiden —
textbook knowledge of loosecog initiation per the Egodeath theory;
preparatory learning of ASC:
how to pray (=
how to consciously nove/shift/re-attribute/put trust in the mind’s uncontrollable source of control-thoughts instead of the habitual putting trust for control in the hands of the
DEFINE keyboard SHORTCUTS:
epca — egoic personal control agent
(or: the egoic personal control system)
as
pbspct — the presumed basis & source of personal control thoughts
),
how to be merciful instead of wrathful to one’s personal, egoic control system, a la:
Strict Requirements for Teachers, Initiation Guides, and Students, Prior to Initiation
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/11/24/strict-requirements-for-teachers-initiation-guides-and-students-prior-to-initiation/
Lesser & Greater Mysteries: Teaching then Initiating
https://egodeaththeory.wordpress.com/2020/11/24/lesser-greater-mysteries-teaching-then-initiating/
]

so as to prepare him for his after-death ascent. During this initiatory rite,

secret names and signs (also called seals) were revealed to him. First, in ‘the renunciation’,

he was given secret names and signs to protect him against the Archons,
in an ascent through the Lower Aeons.

Then, in ‘the invocation’, more names and signs were given for the angels,
in an ascent through the Upper Aeons.

The Gospel of the Egyptians mentions the invocation and renunciation as part of the Five Seals rite, particularly during the baptism. The invocation and renunciation ‘instruct’ the catechumen about ‘those who will receive him’ in his ascent through the aeons: “But from now on, through the incorruptible man Poimael, and they who are worthy of (the) invocation (and) the renunciations of the five seals in the spring-baptism, these will know their receivers as they are instructed about them, and they will know them (or: be known) by them. These will by no means taste death.” (Gospel of the Egyptians)

The invocation is described in The Tripartite Tractate as a ‘confession of faith’ in the names of the angels, and in their existence. Such a confession is called ‘the redemption’. It forms a part of ‘the baptism in the fullest sense’: “As for the baptism which exists in the fullest sense, into which the Totalities will descend and in which they will be, there is no other baptism apart from this one alone, which is the redemption into God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, when confession is made through faith in those names, which are a single name of the gospel, when they have come to believe what has been said to them, namely that they exist. From this they have their salvation, those who have believed that they exist. This is attaining in an invisible way to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in an undoubting faith. And when they have borne witness to them, it is also with a firm hope that they attained them, so that the return to them might become the perfection of those who have believed in them and (so that) the Father might be one with them, the Father, the God, whom they have confessed in faith and who gave (them) their union with him in knowledge.” (Tripartite Tractate 127:25)

As the ‘resurrection’, the rite of redemption gave the catechumen knowledge (gnosis) of the names of the beings in the Lower and Upper Aeons who would receive him during his post-mortem or visionary ascent.

THE REDEMPTION AS PUTTING ON A GARMENT OF LIGHT

The Trimorphic Protennoia says that, through the rite of the Five Seals, the catechumen will come to possess ‘particular names’, and compares this to ‘putting on a garment of light’: “He who possesses the Five Seals of these particular names has stripped off garments of ignorance and put on a shining Light.” (Trimorphic Protennoia)

The rite of ‘putting on the robe of light’ was closely affiliated with baptism and the Bridal Chamber. See FIVE SEALS, BAPTISM and BRIDAL CHAMBER.

But the enrobing rite during the baptism was also called ‘the redemption’: “The baptism which we previously mentioned is called ‘garment of those who do not strip themselves of it’, for those who will put it on and those who have received redemption wear it…” (Tripartite Tractate)

To ‘put on a garment of light’ is to actually ‘become the light’ – it is a state of total immersion and union with the divine light. This ‘immersion’ is ritually made present through the baptismal rite, while the ‘union’ is made present through the rite of the Bridal Chamber (which are two parts of the same rite): “It (baptism) is also called ‘bridal chamber’ because of the agreement and the indivisible state of those who know they have known him. It is also called ‘the light which does not set and is without flame’ since it does not give light, but those who have worn it (i.e. the garment of light) are made into light.” (Tripartite Tractate 128:33)

In the end, the experience of unity with the One became ‘the redemptive knowledge’ which was bestowed during the rites of the Five Seals (enrobing, baptism, Bridal Chamber): “Now the promise (i.e. the Elect) possessed the instruction (i.e. gnosis) and the return to what they are from the first (i.e. experience of unity), from which they possess the drop (i.e. pneuma) so as to return to him, which is that which is called ‘the redemption’.” (Tripartite Tractate)

REFLECT

glossary entry. no subheadings.

https://gnosticq.com/az.text/glos.mr.html#Anchor-REFLECT-17304

The Greek word ‘eikon’ can mean both ‘image’ or ‘reflection’. See IMAGE.

The Upper Aeons resulted from the One ‘reflecting’ upon itself: “Seeing himself within himself in a mirror, he appeared resembling himself…” (Sophia of Jesus Christ) See AEONS.

Each of these aeons is an extension of the One, through which it reflects upon itself.

The beings in the Upper Aeons are androgynous (see ANDROGYNE) with male and female names (see MALE/FEMALE) which consent with one another as consorts (see CONSORT) to beget a new androgynous being. ‘To consent’ in this manner is also ‘to reflect’: “He (the Son of Man) reflected with Great Sophia, his consort, and revealed his first-begotten, androgynous son. His male name is designated ‘First Begetter, Son of God’, his female name, ‘First Begettress Sophia, Mother of the Universe’.” (Sophia of Jesus Christ)

Yaltabaoth created the Lower Aeons as an image or ‘reflection’ of the Upper Aeons: “In relation to the reflection which he (Yaltabaoth) saw in it, he created the world. With a reflection of a reflection he worked at producing the world” (Zostrianos)

REPENTENCE

glossary entry

https://gnosticq.com/az.text/glos.mr.html#Anchor-REPENTENCE-51540

REPENTENCE IN GENERAL

Repentence comes from the Greek metanoia, which means to change (meta) our mind (noia) or turn around (meta) our way of knowing (noia).

In the Christian sense, it is to seek forgiveness for a fault.

In Gnostic myth, Sophia is the archetype of the repentent soul.

Certain Gnostic texts place great emphasis on the soul’s repentence.

Finally, the Psychic (or soul-endowed) type of human would ascend to the Upper Aeons if they repented in the sense of ‘turning around their way of knowing’ and received the Gnostic revelation.

SOPHIA AS THE ARCHETYPE OF THE REPENTENT SOUL

Sophia began as ‘Wisdom’, the last of the twelve Upper Aeons. But, after she created Yaltabaoth without the consent of Christ (her consort), she fell into the Lower Aeons. Recognizing her fault, Sophia repented: “…And she (Sophia) repented and she besought the Father of the truth, saying, ‘Granted that I have renounced my consort (Jesus). Therefore I am beyond confirmation as well. I deserve the things I suffer. I used to dwell in the Pleroma putting forth the Aeons and bearing fruit with my consort’ And she knew what she was and what had become of her.” (Valentinian Exposition 34:23)

Through her repentence, Sophia was placed a special aeon: “But when she (Sophia) had seen the wickedness which had happened, and the theft which her son had committed, she repented. (…) She repented with much weeping. And the whole pleroma heard the prayer of her repentance (…) And she was taken up not to her own aeon but above her son, that she might be in the ninth until she has corrected her deficiency.” (Apocryphon of John)

This is confirmed in Zostrianos: “But to Sophia a place of rest was given in exchange for her repentance.” (Zostrianos)

THE REPENTENT SOUL

Like Sophia, the soul has fallen to the Lower Aeons, where she may ‘prostitute’ herself by consorting with demons. But if she ‘repents’, she is saved: “But when the father who is above visits her and looks down upon her and sees her sighing – with her sufferings and disgrace – and repenting of the prostitution in which she engaged, and when she begins to call upon his name so that he might help her, […] saying ‘Save me, my father, for behold I will render an account to thee, for I abandoned my house and fled from my maiden’s quarters. Restore me to thyself again.’” (Exegesis on the Soul 128:26)

THE PSYCHIC RACE AS REPENTENT

In the Gnostic schema, there are three types of humans: the spirit-endowed Pneumatics, the soul-endowed Psychics and the flesh-endowed Hylics. See THREE TYPES OF HUMANS.

Due to the spirit in them, the Pneumatics will return to the Upper Aeons. The Psychic will return to the Upper Aeons if their souls do good and ‘repent’ for the evil that they have done. (The Hylics, apparently, are beyond repentence and redemption.)

This schema appears, with some variations, in the fragmentary text Zostrianos. Of the ‘three species of immortal soul’ mentioned, the first in unclear, the second resembles the Psychics, whose souls are immortal because they have repented, the third resembles the Pneumatics, who have gained knowledge: “There are three species of immortal soul: first, those who have taken root upon the Exile (…) second, those who stand [upon the] Repentance (…which are) those who committed all sins and repented. (…) The third (species) is that of the souls of the self-begotten ones because they have a word of the ineffable truth, one which exists in knowledge and [power] from themselves alone and eternal [life].”

Similarly, in the Apocryphon of John, the Pneumatics and Psychics are given their respective places in the Upper Aeons, before Yaltabaoth creates the world. The ‘seed of Seth’ (Pneumatics) have their place ‘in the third aeon’ while ‘repentent souls’ (Psychics) have their place ‘in the fourth aeon’: “And in the third aeon, the seed of Seth was placed (…) And in the fourth aeon the souls were placed of those who do not know the Pleroma and who did not repent at once, but who persisted for a while and repented afterwards.”

This text goes on to say that, at the end of time, those who are without the gnosis will go to a place ‘where there is no repentence’: “And I (John) said, ‘Lord, these also who did not know, but have turned away, where will their souls go?’ Then he (the saviour) said to me, ‘To that place (…) where there is no repentance. And (…) they will be punished with eternal punishment.’” (Apocryphon of John) See HELL.

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