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* Hermeticism and Gnosticism by Stephan Hoeller  
* ''Hermeticism and Gnosticism'' by Stephan Hoeller  
** Volume 1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Svff9PiH0 Part 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jleRvDBfacc Part 2]  
** Volume 1 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Svff9PiH0 Part 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jleRvDBfacc Part 2]  
** Volume 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2UX9l6c7dI Part 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay2gtDHfmH4 Part 2]  
** Volume 2 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2UX9l6c7dI Part 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay2gtDHfmH4 Part 2]  
** Volume 3 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rrm8Va-NEA Part 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_m232kd28 Part 2]  
** Volume 3 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rrm8Va-NEA Part 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf_m232kd28 Part 2]  
** Volume 4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oz-vSoqyVc Part 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_tBTdqHme4 Part 2]  
** Volume 4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oz-vSoqyVc Part 1] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_tBTdqHme4 Part 2]  
* Points for the West: From Pythagoras and Plato through Gnosticism and Neoplatonism by Stephan Hoeller and Tony Lysy
* ''Turning Points for the West: From Pythagoras and Plato through Gnosticism and Neoplatonism'' by Stephan Hoeller and Tony Lysy
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wco-OUAzc_Y Part 1]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wco-OUAzc_Y Part 1]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_yrA9A0PaA Part 2]
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_yrA9A0PaA Part 2]
** [ Part 3]
** [ Part 3]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR1Wp7t5GUM Our Gnostic Legacy: The Western Esoteric Tradition] by Richard Smoley
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR1Wp7t5GUM ''Our Gnostic Legacy: The Western Esoteric Tradition''] by Richard Smoley


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[[Category:Religions]]

Revision as of 19:55, 11 May 2018

Gnosticism (from the Greek gnōsis [γνῶσις], "knowledge") is the religious philosophy and practice of various movements of late pre-Christian and early Christian centuries. Although some scholars have claimed that gnosticism pre-dated Christianity, it is usually defined in a Christian context. It is generally accepted that gnosticism developed into a coherent movement only in the second century CE.

Most gnostic movements saw the material world as created through an intermediary being (the demiurge) rather than directly by God. This demiurge was generally seen as imperfect, and sometimes even as evil. A common characteristic of these groups was the teaching that the realisation of Gnosis (esoteric or intuitive knowledge) is the way to salvation of the soul from the material world.

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