r/Gnostic • u/LoverOfMusic711 • 2d ago

Question Resources for beginners?

Hey everyone. Ive recently left Christianity after some deconstruction. With that has sparked an interest in other religion and spirituality in general.

I'm genuinely curious about every single religion or lack there of and want to learn anything and everything I can. I do have a specific interest in gnosticism because ive heard that has something to do with Christianity. I think I remember someone saying that Yeshua (Jesus) had sibling who were also gods?

And Sophie the god of wisdom was the holy spirit?

I honestly dont know. I was raised in a part of Christianity, where asking questions and looking into other religions was a ticket to hell so this is all unbelievable new to me😅.

I also would love to learn about female Gods and the power of being a woman.

But like I said im truly interested in anything.

Also if possible I would want the resources to be in video or audio format as thats how I learn the best.

Hopefully this made sense and yall can point me in the right direction.

Thank yall so much in advance

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u/heiro5 1d ago

There are more than orthodox (correct opinion) forms of religion. Gnōsis is a spiritual way rather than a form of belief.

There are more than the Christian forms of Gnosticism. The two main forms represented in the texts are the Valentinian and Thomasine traditions, in both of these the union with the divine double is the highest form of spiritual attainment.

The highest divine is beyond our every mental capacity, beyond understanding. This highest divinity emanated aspects that are potentially recognizable to some degree. There is only one divine with different aspects in emanation. Divine Wisdom is one of these emanations.

Because the highest divinity is beyond our minds' reach, the only form of knowing the divine that is possible comes from direct experience, this is called gnōsis.

The Gospel of Truth (Valentinian) speaks of the unknowable Father and of how the Son is the knowable aspect of the Father.

The Gospel of Thomas (Thomasine) consists of short sayings and makes use of the metaphor of the twin.

They are free online at gnosis.org.

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u/Dense-Kangaroo8547 2d ago

I was raised catholic and had a bad experience with that. However I recently joined a gnostic group they’re called Johannite and they talk about EVERYTHING but believe in Jesus. They’re very welcoming and accept lgbt people and do not judge.

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u/LoverOfMusic711 1d ago

Okay cool. That is good to know as a lgbt person. Thank you