The Gnosis as an Integral Part of the Hermetic Science by Walter Jantschik

In this episode, we descend from the philosophical heights of Plato's Academy and the practical walkways of Aristotle's Lyceum into the shadowy, labyrinthine corridors of Gnostic thought—where philosophy is no longer the contemplation of transcendent ideals or the careful observation of nature, but the desperate engineering of escape from a cosmos that has become a maximum-security prison.In a world that still seeks escape from the prison of the material, still yearns for secret knowledge, and still divides humanity into the awake and the asleep, the saved and the damned, do we have the courage to think our own thoughts and forge our own path, or will we retreat into the comfortable authority of those who claim to possess the Mystery of the First Mystery?🎧 ABOUT THE RUBY TABLETThe Ruby Tablet Podcast is a philosophical and spiritual journey through the essays of the Temple of Set, exploring the great traditions of human thought—from ancient Egypt to the present day. Each episode is a deep dive into the ideas that help shape the Self and fan the Black Flame.🔗 SOURCES & READING LIST:Essay #16: The Gnosis as an Integral Part of the Hermetic ScienceAuthor: Walter Jantschik II° Date: November 20, 1981 CE Publication: Ph.D. Thesis, University of East Georgia Subject: Gnosis Reading List: Burkitt, Kingsland, Krause, Lea, MacGregor, Mead, Van Groningen, Yamanchi📚 RECOMMENDED READING:Jantschik, Walter II°, The Gnosis as an Integral Part of the Hermetic Science (Ph.D. Thesis, University of East Georgia, 1981)Mead, G.R.S., Fragments of a Faith Forgotten (University Books, 1960)Jonas, Hans, The Gnostic Religion (Beacon Press, 1958)Pagels, Elaine, The Gnostic Gospels (Random House, 1979)Burkitt, F.C., Church & Gnosis (Cambridge, 1932)Kingsland, William, The Gnosis or Ancient Wisdom in the Christian Scriptures (London, 1937)Van Groningen, G., First Century Gnosticism: Its Origin and Motifs (Leiden, 1967)Quispel, Gilles, Gnosis and the New Testament (Leiden, 1960)Rudolph, Kurt, Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism (Harper & Row, 1983)Filoramo, Giovanni, A History of Gnosticism (Blackwell, 1990)The Nag Hammadi Library (various translations, especially the NHL in English, ed. James M. Robinson)Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies (various translations)Irenaeus, Against Heresies (various translations)Clement of Alexandria, Stromateis (various translations)Philo of Alexandria, On the Creation, On the Confusion of Tongues, On the Migration of Abraham(various translations)MacGregor, Geddes, Gnosis (Wheaton, Illinois, 1979)Grant, R.M., Gnosticism and Early Christianity (Columbia University Press, 1966)🏷️ HASHTAGS#Gnosticism #Gnosis #Hermeticism #Pleroma #Sophia #Demiurge #Archons #PistisSophia #NagHammadi #Gospels #Scientism #Magic #Astrology #Hylic #Psychic #Pneumatic #FirstMystery #Metacube #Gematria #IesousChristos #Mithras #MagnaMater #Philo #Hippolytus #Carpocrates #Basilides #Valentinus #SimonMagus #ClementOfAlexandria #Irenaeus #TempleOfSet #LeftHandPath #TheRubyTablet #PhilosophyPodcast #WisdomTraditions #AncientPhilosophy #ChristianHeresy #Esotericism #Mysticism #EscapeFromTheCosmos #CosmicPrison #DivineSpark #Gnosis #Knowledge #Salvation #Set #Xeper #AncientWisdom