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Whilst the psychic initiation teaches us how to live as an apparent part of the One, the pneumatic initiation reveals to us that essentially we are the One. This is done through transformative philosophy. But in the same way that Gnostic ethics is about love, not laws, Gnostic philosophy is about revelation, not theories. Gnostic philosophers use ideas to propel us beyond ideas to their source in the Mystery. They use words to ‘wake people from their thinking to the vision’, as Plotinus puts it. Pythagoras defines the goal of philosophy as ‘knowledge of being’. . Clement teaches that the objective of philosophical contemplation is ‘knowledge of being itself’. Plotinus explains: ‘The highest concern of philosophy is being.’ Philosophy helps us cultivate an awareness of something so obvious we usually ignore it and yet so wonderful it is infinitely mysterious: that we exist. It teaches us to be conscious that we are conscious and so not missing out on the greatest miracle of all – that we are a witness to the whole incredible show. Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:25:12 +0000

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