July 5, 2021

6 Minutes

How to Think Like a Gnostic

In contrast to the Stoics, the Gnostics taught that only a handful of human beings — the elect — can pierce the veil of ignorance obscuring our true nature, and the only law of nature in this fallen world is a malignant will to power. In Buddhist and Gnostic traditions alike, the purpose of illuminist discipline is to “get behind the veil to find reality and become free

Peter Horttanainen July 5, 2021 0 Comment

In contrast to the Stoics, the Gnostics taught that only a handful of human beings — the elect — can pierce the veil of ignorance obscuring our true nature, and the only law of...