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How do I into gnosticism? What are some essential texts?
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How do I into gnosticism? What are some essential texts?
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You don't, because it's a fucking heresy.
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You don't because it's a fucking misinterpretation of Plato's Timaeus.
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>>8096384
>Wanting into pseud revisionist improv mysticism
see >>8096524
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Ignore these mugs OP, see >>>8094263 for some general esoteric stuff.

Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Philip, most of the Nag Hammadi texts, anything by Willis Barnstone.
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>>8096631

>worshippers of the demiurge

pay no attention, OP

czech this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIeYAENJlC4
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>>8096524
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>>8097398
only had to hover over the embed link and see the thumbnail to know its bullshit
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>>8097520
wow ur so cool
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>>8096384
Gospel of Thomas. Closest connection to orthodox Christianity, short and profound.
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>>8096384
I'd say start with Pages The Gnostic Gospels for some historical perspective.
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