The fourth issue of The Gnostic: A Journal of Gnosticism, Western Esotericism and Spirituality. Alan Moore's Fossil Angels, an investigation into the contemporary occult scene. Interviews with Stephan Hoeller and Miguel Conner. Anthony Peake on the Quantum Pleroma. Sean Martin tells a Gnostic sci-fi tale. Robert M.Price on the Gnostic Gospel of John. Bill Darlison on the zodiac in the Gospel of Mark. Gnostic influences on Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. The plight of the Mandaeans. The gematria of Marcus the Magician. The Gospel of Thomas, a translation and Fourth Way interpretation. Gnostic politics. John Cowper Powys. The complete text of the Gnosis of the Light--a book within a magazine! Egyptian cat mummies and more. And we review enough books to fill a whole shelf. Cover and interior illustrations by Laurence Caruana.
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I was born in 1966 in Penarth, Wales, and attended the University College of Swansea. I now live with my wife Tessa and son Dylan in Dublin, Ireland, after long stints in the London area and the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. I am the author of several books and articles on Gnosticism, early Christianity and esoterica. My books include A Dictionary of Gnosticism, The Gnostics: History * Tradition * Scriptures * Influence, The Lost Sayings of Jesus: Annotated & Explained, Gnostic Writings on the Soul: Annotated & Explained, and The Gospel of Philip: Annotated & Explained. I'm also editor of The Gnostic: A Journal of Gnosticism, Western Esotericism and Spirituality. I wrote the forewords for New Nightingale, New Rose, Poems From the Divan of Hafiz, The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam: Three Translations of the Rubaiyat, and Don't Forget: P.D. Ouspensky's Life of Self-Remembering by Bob Hunter. I've been studying the Gospel of Thomas and the Fourth Way teachings since the late 1980s, and have given a number of presentations and readings on the Gnostics and other esoteric and poetical works.
Current projects include biographies of Alan Moore and Rodney Collin, and perhaps a second book on the Gospel of Thomas.
Current projects include biographies of Alan Moore and Rodney Collin, and perhaps a second book on the Gospel of Thomas.
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Brilliant Issue Covering A Splendid Array of Topics,
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I have all three previous issues of The Gnostic and this is by far the best, which is saying something because I didn't think they'd ever top The Gnostic 3: Featuring Jung and the Red Book with its great coverage of Jung's Red Book.So what's so great The Gnostic 4? There is a 20-page Gnostic-fueled analysis of Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece BLOOD MERIDIAN Or the Evening Redness in the West. In addition to the article, you get 4 pages of notes that contain some hidden gems as well. You'll also find a brief 4-page article subtitled "The Zero-Point Field and the Pleroma" that connects quantum physics to Gnostic cosmology by way of a discussion of consciousness and the best argument for the importance of microtubules in the human brain that I've seen. There is an illuminating Gurdjieff-influenced interpretation of the Gospel of Thomas by founder and editor of The Gnostic, Andrew Phillip Smith. Though this was previously published in one of his books, said book is long out of print, so this slightly revised version is a treat indeed. As a wonderful bonus, his entire preferred translation of the Gospel of Thomas is included at the beginning of the article. You can never have too many copies of this prized Gnostic document. "The Gnosis of Light" re-publishes the introduction, notes and complete translation of the Untitled Apocalypse from the Codex Brucianus of Rev. F. Lamplugh's 1918 The Gnosis of Light. According to Wikipedia, "this is a gnostic manuscript acquired by the British Museum. In 1769, James Bruce purchased the codex in Upper Egypt." In the back of The Gnostic 4, you'll find smart reviews of books covering everything from Jung to Jesus to Atlantis to the Divine Feminine. There are other articles as well, but I would be remiss if I didn't also mention Alan Moore's scathing critique ("Fossil Angels") of the contemporary occult scene. It is of the typical Moore style: brilliant, encompassing and wicked. If you are curious about the wide range of topics to which Gnosticism is both directly and indirectly related, The Gnostic 4 provides varying perspectives through which you can see those interconnections. Highly recommended.
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Great thought provoking magazine. I have 3 & 4 and will buying the first two. Great contributors. Its a keeper.
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