The Role of the Demiurgos and Evil
As indicated ibove, what Gnostics mean by the demiurgos and Satan is a natural part of the creative process in which free will is imbued into creatures and creation. In the Sophian tradition, it is viewed as part of the divine plan. The purpose of free will is an individuation of souls or consciousness through an involution that opens the way for the evolution of unique and individual beings. Essentially, everything begins in an unconscious unity and, through the process of creation, the...
About the Author
Malachi Eben Ha-Elijah is a modern mystic. His journey on the spiritual path began when he was a young boy, when he encountered a tau of the Sophian tradition of Gnostic Christianity, Tau Elijah ben Miriam. He received the oral tradition of Sophian Gnosticism from Tau Elijah, and has been a student and practitioner of Gnostic Christianity for over thirty-fdur years. In 983 he founded Sophia Fellowship as an expression of the tradition, and has been teaching and initiating others into Christian...
The Apocalypse and Armageddon
We may speak of the Apocalypse in terms of a radical leap in human evolution on psychic and spiritual levels, and perhaps even in terms of a radical leap in material development and evolution. According to Sophian teachings, what this evolution actually represents is an acceleration in the consciousness of humanity, sparked by an influx of supernal light and the corresponding activation of a fiery intelligence the incarnation of the light-bearer in humanity. The aim of this acceleration of...
The Sophian Vision of God
In the Kabbalah, there are three common terms for God that rek.' directly to the Sophian vision of God. These terms are Am, Am SoJ and Ain SoJ Or. Ain literally means no-thingness, Ain Sof means the infinite, and Ain Sof Or means the infinite light. These three terms are behind all Sophian dialogues about God and Godhead, which is to say the divine within creation and the divine transcendent of el ation. Because Ain or No-thingness is within all three of these terms, we must look into this term...
Living Gnosis
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GNOSTIC CHRISTIANITY Llewc'lyn Publications Woodbury, Minnesota Living G'.uiS A Practical Guide to Gnostic Christianity C 2005 by Tau Ma lac hi All rights reserveu No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever, including Internet usage, without written permission from Llewellyn Publications except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical artcles and reviews. Book design by 'oanna Willis and Connie Hill C. -vtr esign by Gavin Dayton...
Gnosis Secret Knowledge
Through our brief contemplation of the name Yeshua and the name Yahweh, we have come into contact with esoteric knowledge'' or gnosis, which would be called outer knowledge among Gnostics. If a - -r-son were to meditate upon the teachings given, look deeper into the names of Yeshua and Yahweh and have a direct and personal spiritual experience of the mystery symbolized by these names, he or she would acquire what Gnostics call inner knowledge. Outer knowledge and inner knowledge among Gnostics...
The Tzaddik of the Messiah John the Baptist
Yeshua may have had any number of spiritual teachers, both incarnate and disincarnate. According to all authentic wisdom traditions, all who have attained full self-realization have, to one degree or another, relied upon a spiritual teacher. In the Sophian teachings, it is said that Yeshua had three principle spiritual teachers, though only one was his holy tzaddik, which is to say his true spiritual teacher. One taught him the law, I I Tzai ik. a Hebrew word literally meaning righteous one, is...
The Sophian Gospel
Essentially, what we are exploring is the Sophian Gospel, which is a weave oi oral tradition and the written Gospels that appear in the Bible and, in modern times, has a'iso become interwoven with Gnostic Gospels that have been discovered over the past two hundred years or so. What characterizes the Sophian Gospel is the inclusion of St. Mar ' Magdalene in the Christ revelation. In effcct, including Lady Mary, a hidden Gospel appears within and behind the written Gospels the Gospel of Sophia...