"But everybody knows that! We have 'The Fourfold Sense of Scripture': Literal, typological, analogical, anagogical. It's no secret, really. The Jews were there before us, too."
--So what's the problem with a Gnostic Christian interpretation?
"All truth is one, so it's hardly surprising that Christianity, for example, finds echoes in all spiritual traditions, and all spiritual traditions find their echoes in Christianity."
--"All truth is one"???? so there is no progression in spiritual knowledge and what God told Adam is the same as what Jesus Christ told Christians? I find no reason not to think the statement meaningless.
"The 'key' is not what's common to all, but what's unique to each, that's its authentic gnosis. If you've found Egyptian gnosis, then you've missed the Christian gnosis ... but the true gnosis is not the word, but the Way of it ... that's the gnosis that cannot be spoken (and thanks to Seattlegal for that jewel)."
--I've found Jewish Egyptian Mystery Religion characteristics in the Gospels through Gnosis and the Gnostic gospel hymn The Thunder, Perfect Mind, is very likely a Gnostic ode to Isis, you know the Egyptian Great Goddess who was the first to coin the words of Revelation, "I am the Beginning and the End", She who also was known as the "Bread of Life"..The Catholic Church borrowed heavily from the Temple of Isis worship costumes and even rites with the papal hats mirroring the Egyptian ones for example. Do you know why Jesus gave the two Zebedee brothers the name, "Sons of Thunder"? Because they were loud mouths? No, gnosis of hidden meanings informs us Gnostic Christians that these two were likely followers of the Thunder, Perfect Mind, Isis traditions as the Temple of Isis mystery religion was well known in Egypt and actually in the Roman Empire as well as one of the most popular of the Mystery Religions.
"Israel was called out of Egypt into a greater spiritual life. If Egypt was what it's about, then the call wouldn't be 'out of', but 'stay in'. The Lord called Israel out of Egypt, but you're advocating going back again ..."
--I'm advocating knowing the truth in the origins of Christianity. John-Mark was a Libyan Jew living in Alexandria according to Coptic Church traditions and if so Mark was then quite familiar with Egyptian religious names, symbols and concepts as would be Jesus as well as would anyone spending any significant time in Egypt. Ancient Egypt was known for its wisdom and magic traditions. It's existence as a distinct culture was one of the longest in the world and would naturally build up a knowledge base superior to any nomadic collection of tribes. This is why Alexandria became known as a storehouse of knowledge.
"The cross is a symbol of every tradition. Have a look at
The Symbolism of the Cross by René Guénon.
"The metaphysical significance of the cross as taught in the doctrines of various traditional civilizations, with special reference to mathematical symbolism"
--and the Hindus use the swastika symbol to mean good luck..you miss the point of the ankh cross's meaning corresponding exactly to Jesus' teaching us about resurrection to eternal life. The sun cross of Mithra does not do that nor any other cross symbol I know of.
"To get a sense of Christian gnosis, in the word at least, get hold of
Meditations on the Tarot a journey into Christian Hermeticism."
To learn what Jesus Christ was trying to teach his followers with the verbal tools of his day, read the
Gospel of Humanity. It's time to move forward. This is a new aeon, a new age and God is God of the living, not the dead.
the kingdom hall is not big enough to hold one
