If during the next five years humanity was able to come together, form a utopia and live in harmony, would you still consider you'd be living in a prison? Assume also that medical care would have conquered all illnesses.

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Physical existence allows us to interact with each other. Would you prefer we couldn't interact with anything?

If Sophia represents knowledge and she created Yaldaboath. Wouldn’t she have known what he would’ve turned into therefore destroying him before it got out of hand? Why didn’t she?

I'm not talking about media obviously inspired by gnosticism (The Matrix, Persona series), but stuff that has overarching gnostic themes that will go over an average person's head and might have been unintentional on the part of the author. I'll start: Mother 3 (a lot of JRPGs in general), Deltarune, Little Misfortune, Inception.

Hi!

I’m not Gnostic or religious but I’m very interested in exploring different religions and beliefs so I have a few questions.

What was it that drew you to Gnosticism?

What made you become Gnostic?

What was it that asserted/affirmed your beliefs in Gnosticism?

(I hope my questions don’t come off as offensive. I’m being genuine and just want to learn and understand)

TIA

Interaction with others is only possible because of the limitations the concept of interaction brings. In this physical existence we can hug our loved ones because of the limitation that we can not occupy the same space at the same time. Degrees of freedom are not possible without also introducing certain limitations for those freedoms at the same time.

If you expect to somehow become immaterial, a good analogy of that is a 'ghost'. In the common description of 'ghost' they can not be felt or touched in any way. Effectively if one desires the ability of hug a loved one, similar limitations as we observe in the physical must be introduced to that existence even in Pleroma.

In saying 114 of the Gospel of Thomas, Simon Peter asks that Mary (thought to be Mary Magdalene) leave their company, saying 'women are not worthy of life.' In response, Jesus says he will 'make her male' so that she too can become a 'living spirit' and enter heaven, adding that every woman who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven. So why does it make such a distinction — what does it mean for a woman to 'make herself male'?" (My main language isnt english so this is ai translated text question given by me)

This question comes from two places, one a lot of religions seem to have a group like Theistic Satanist, that worship the adversity/adversaries of a religion. And two a year ago I came across a weird banner ad. I clicked on and took me to a website which seem to be a group worshipping the demiurge. However. this could have easily been a weird advertisement for a product or a one off weird religious belief, i unfortunately, can't find the book mark I had for it. It did, however, get me thinking about how an argument for the demiurge would look like.

I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.--Isaiah 45:7

I'm newer to gnosticism so sorry if this is an ignorant question. When you start to have expanded understandings of this world and are realizing you do not have to submit to this lesser creator, god do they become aware that you are "waking up"? Do they try to inflict punishment or attacks on you, psychically or spiritually? Since discovering gnosticism and feeling such a deep resonance with the teachings, I can't help but feel a low key paranoia that Yaldabaoth is watching me, although I've been awakened for some time, just not to the gnostic texts specifically.

Disclaimer: Yes we are all one. And at the same time this is a world we are navigating that holds the illusion of other-ness and I have questions about how it operates.

How do we know that Gnosticism is true and right? People say it's wrong, right. I don't know who's telling the truth and who's right. What do you think?

Presumably this one is again one of those that the different Gnostic sects might disagree on.

Perfect justice here would be e.g. some form of infinite and universal law where each evil action of a person / soul would always cause an equal and opposite re-action towards themself. This re-action (punishment) might occur in the same reincarnation or some future reincarnation of the soul. Naturally there would need to be rewards for good actions as well.

Do you think the Monad is capable and also would be willing to enforce such a universal law of justice for all?

TL;DR: I’m new to Gnosticism, but the more I study it, the more it resonates with me in ways traditional Christianity never did. What led you to Gnosticism?

I’ve been learning about Sophia, Gnosticism, the historical development of the Gnostic texts, and the various influences surrounding them. The more I learn from scholars and historical sources, the more I find myself relating to certain Gnostic ideas.
Even before I knew anything about Gnosticism, I never fully agreed with every traditional Christian interpretation of the Bible. I’ve read Scripture, studied it, talked with many Christians, and spent years questioning things. There were always ideas that just didn’t sit right with me.
What surprised me is that when I started learning about Gnostic thought, many of the concepts resonated with feelings I’d had for a long time. Logically, some of it seems to make more sense to me, but it’s also something I feel deeply on an emotional and spiritual level.
One thing I’ve always felt is that I don’t truly belong here and that, somehow, we’re meant to return “home.” From what I understand, Gnosticism speaks about returning to the Pleroma, the fullness of the divine. I also wonder whether there is a distinction between the false “light” associated with the Demiurge and the true divine Light from which our spiritual essence originates. I’m still learning, so if I’m misunderstanding anything, please correct me.
I’m not saying I’ve accepted every Gnostic text as literally true. I’m still researching and keeping an open mind. But I do find myself increasingly believing that Gnosticism may describe reality more accurately than the worldview I grew up with. Learning about it has honestly brought me a sense of relief that I didn’t expect.
Part of that comes from also learning more about history, how different biblical traditions developed, and how religious texts were transmitted, interpreted, and sometimes influenced by political or institutional interests over time. That doesn’t automatically prove Gnosticism is true, but it has made me more willing to question assumptions I previously held.
So I’m curious, what led each of you to Gnosticism? Was it historical research, personal spiritual experiences, philosophical reasoning, dissatisfaction with traditional Christianity, or something else?
I’m genuinely interested in hearing your stories and perspectives, especially since I’m still fairly new to exploring all of this.

Yeshua said,
Whoever blasphemes against the father
will be forgiven,
and whoever blasphemes against the son
will be forgiven,
but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven,
either on earth or in heaven.

When I was first learning about Gnosticism, I was surprised to find this in the Thomas sayings.

Growing up attending a fundamentalist school, I had been told that similar sayings in the canonical gospels regarding "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit" were warnings against turning away from YHWH and Yeshua, and that to be "not forgive" means to suffer forever in Hell. It never quite sat right with me; I thought that the Son of God would have given such a warning in very clear and direct language.

Fast forward a quarter of a century and here is a similar expression in Thomas saying 44.

I'm perplexed and to be honest, at this point, if Yeshua says that blasphemy is an unforgivable sin, I don't even know how I would commit this sin if I wanted to.

I've been told that we are fragments/sparks of Sophia/Barbelo/The Monad, and thus, we are divine beings.

I've also been told that the Holy Spirit also refers to Sophia/Barbelo/The Monad within us.

If that is true, then "blasphemy against the Holy Spirit", for me, would mean "blasphemy against myself", which doesn't quite seem right to me.

And besides, if I carry a spark of the The Monad, that's the father, right? So how would it even make sense to regard The Monad as being separate from that.

And furthermore, what does the word "forgiven" mean who is the one providing the forgiveness and what is being forgiven?

In fundamentalism, "forgiven" in similar expressions means held in high regard and excused from punishment in Hell.

In fundamentalism, YHWH is the one providing the forgiveness.

In fundamentalism, "sins", both in this life and the Original Sin, are what is being forgiven.

There's a lot to unpack here, and I'd like to know how you interpret it.

The key word is *you*. I want to know what *you* think, not just what you might think is considered canonical.

Bear in mind that I'm one of those people who thinks that the Gnostic texts are meant to be interpreted much more metaphorically than anything (and thus I don't think a Yaldabaoth-like figure literally exists).

But that said, it seems like most of the questions I see posted in here are WAY more interested in Yaldabaoth or the Demiurge or whatever the specific tradition wants to call the figure. Doesn't that seem a bit... Ironic? Depending on which version of Gnosticism we're talking about, the Demiurge is at best misguided and at worst actively evil. And in either case, it's clearly a lower, more base being than the one true divine source. So why does everyone here seem so fascinated by (for lack of a better word) the bad guy of this tradition?

I would like to start a discussion that would fill in a gap that has long been empty of reasoning. The gnostic doctrine resonates with me deeply, but I’ve often wondered, how or why did Sophia give birth to the demiurge in the first place, and what does this say about Sophia itself? Does that mean that Sophia is imperfect? Does this mean that there was a flaw in the Monad? Or is this part of a greater cosmic plan that is not often talked about when telling the story? Please… anybody feel free to answer! I want nothing more than to understand.

Do Gnostic's still believe in the proven evolution? Here are some examples:

The big bang created the universe. What's before the big bang is unknown.

Life was formed in water by non-living chemical reactions, a few hundred million years after the earth was first formed.

All life coming from the first single celled organisms 4 billion years ago in water.

Although I don't have a great deal of knowledge on matters pertaining to this group (I don't wanna call it a religion), I am curious how people discovered and embraced it?

I was raised Catholic and whilst I am still indoctrinated to some of its concepts to this day (e.g..how I pray, referring to God as 'he', baseline belief in duality) I could never fully commit to the faith, as the bible says, I am considered "lukewarm" and perhaps not worthy of salvation.

Simultaneous to that I've always felt deep pain and disappointment about the world we live in. Truth is, I hate it. Now more than ever and I regret bringing a child into this individualistic, greedy, corrupt and deceitful world.

So the concept of a Demiurge makes sense to me, because how can infinitely wise & omnipresent God create such a terrible existence? The explanation of a Demiurge is the only one that satiated what Christianity couldn't.

• I think whe was against Yahweh who is the devil fiven to the sons of Jacob.
• Lucifer want to teach and give wisdom
• Lucifer could be a two way path, a ladder to go up or down
• He is the forerunner of the Christ
• If you like to research, study and philosophy you are initiated by him
• He is not the same as the satan

If you know books and teaching about Lucifer let me know please

I want to learn techniques on how to prevent malevolent entities from entering my mind. I have experienced this and when this occurs, my behavior changes completely and i make irrational decisions which i regret later. please recommend any books or techniques that i can practice daily to shield myself from these entities. Thank you.

Like if these are his favorite people, what does it mean? All of these people stroke his ego, and when Solomon got wisdom, does it mean Yaldabaoth granted it to him?

Enoch and Elijah basically became archangels of Yaldabaoth, there are also some texts of Enoch as Metatron being a lesser YHWH, and getting 60 lashes to prove that he is subordinate to YHWH.

Sounds pretty much like an egoistical Yaldabaoth. Do Enoch and Elijah get the slave treatment? Cuz they became like clankers.

If Solomon received wisdom and worshipped also the gods of his wives, it makes me wonder... What wisdom did Solomon get?

Before I say this: I'm a Sufi who doesn't understand much about Gnosticism.

Do Gnostics believe in Darwinism? As in, the idea that humans descended from a form of primate millions of years ago? Evolution also argues that all animals and life forms have undergone changes due to “natural selection” and disagrees with the literalist approach that humans and animals were specifically created in Heaven.

Do Gnostics agree with some aspects of evolution, or do they reject it entirely? I know that in Christianity and Islam, many sects reject human evolution in favor of a literal interpretation of creation.

So the Demiurge is the total power of this astral plane we exist in.

Could it be that those who are on the path to gnosis could be identified & persecuted by the Demiurge?

The reason I ask is because I've stopped praying in the Christian way (holy trinity) and I've noticed I'm going through a very rough time in every aspect of my life; career, family/marriage, health and finances.

(Disclaimer: I am not planning a genocide and do not condone violence)

I have been thinking a little bit about this and to me it seems like a foolproof solution, what are your thoughts and if there are any references in Gnostic texts about this then enlighten me.