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Tryna explain my religion but it will never work lol
The Cycle Of Life And Death And Rebirth
Heres my explanation on how I see Gnosticism
I always refer to Jesus and Mary Magdalene making the "gnostic gospels" as.. the knowledge of the sacred rose i.. dunno why.
It makes sense to ME. And thats ok. Im fine if no one understands how i fit Gnosticism into Paganism.
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sophia saw what her desire produced…
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“All the rulers (archons) of the height have tried to deceive me into believing that I am only a body of matter without Light in it. And after this the merciless powers surrounded me, and tried to take away all the Light that was in me. But You appeared to me out of the darkness and I trusted You, O Light, and said: ‘You are the one who liberated me. I thank You O Light for having compassion on me. And You have saved me, O Light, with your Gnosis [Mystical Knowledge].’” (Pistis Sophia, Faith Wisdom)
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my take on p's eye color differing from carlo's is very simple and called: he was first awakened by the blue fairy :)
#lies of p#lies of p pinocchio#sophia monad#it also goes with sophia being symbolically his mother#between the aforementioned first awakening him (giving him life?) the book character inspiration and of course. the pietà#oh and also the gnostic sophia who she was obviously named after being seen as the 'mother of life'#cue: he has his mother's eyes :)#(just like carlo probably :P)#note. this is all in terms of like. symbolically. just so we're in the clear#it also feels good in terms of matching with final change on his appearance being also brought upon by sophia... like matching bookends....
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So, interesting thing about Sophia's name that caught my eye as a practicing Gnostic.
In Gnosticism, Sophia is an Aeon, which is an aspect of the godhead. There's different incarnations of God through the Aeons. Sophia is said to have created the world around us by trying to emulate creation on her own without a partner. She accidentally created a being that we call the Demiurge, which is what we regard the Old Testament god, a very jealous god. In turn, the Demiurge created the Archons (angels) and they created humans and the world around us.
This is basically a Gnostic answer as to why the world is flawed and not perfect. There is more to the creation story as well as a deeper dive on Aeons, but I'm surmising this for simplicity.
Now, Aeon Sophia is regarded as Wisdom. In the Holy Trinity, Sophia is the Holy Ghost. Through Sophia, we obtain wisdom, gnosis. We all have a divine spark that we can awaken gnosis and this is a bit of a higher consciousness that we are able to connect to.
Here's what I love about this: the higher being and consciousness that we can all connect to is referred to as Monad. Monad is essentially the Godhead, that we all (including Aeons) come from, we obtain the divine spark and return to the light, Pleroma. Monad, however, is genderless, god has no gender so we refer to Monad as the Mother-Father.
So, to me, the concept of Ergo is a very similar concept to the divine spark (gnosis) that all beings emulate and their "whispers" can be heard. It makes a lot of sense to me that Sophia is regarded as a Listener and is associated with time because it really fits her potential namesake.
Since there's no concept of Hell in Gnosticism, the world that surrounds us is the closest we have to it, as well as limbo/purgatory. It's a neat part of the story P can be seen as a bit of a reincarnation of Carlo, because Gnosticism tells us that if we do not obtain gnosis, we are reborn until we achieve it. And gnosis isn't just knowledge, it's a sense of self. Know thyself. That inside of us, is Heaven and God, and all we need to do is find it.
So P's journey can have a Gnostic leaning to it (at least to me) because he's gaining a sense of himself and that he is separate from Carlo. In the good ending, him in Sophia's lap is him obtaining gnosis, not just humanity.
I don't know if this was intended by the devs or not, so this is largely a Gnostic interpretation.
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Sofia and Demiurge carved from walnut wood.
This wood does not have obvious growth rings and due to its natural shine, polished wood looks like metal
this and other figurines in my Etsy store
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The Black Rabbit Brotherhood judging my in-game actions:
#LIES OF P#IN THE CASE OF THE FANFICTION IM WRITING /P HAREM ROUTE#HEY IN THE CASE OF GNOSTIC MYTH PRUNIKOS /SOPHIAS MORTAL ALTER EGO/ IS CALLED THE HARLOT! I AM LORE ACCURATE!
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New, short and simple on kofi!
#pagan#spiritual healing#healing#spirituality#nature#paganism#earth#self care#lumi pantheism#pantheism#pantheist#Mother Nature#Mother Earth#Sophia#Gnostic#nature devotee#nature worship#lunar witch#witches of color#guides#mental wellness#holistic practitioner#spiritual practitioner#digital content#nature lover#wheel of the year
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Hagia Sophia - Agnessa Kessiakova
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honestly nothing makes me believe that perhaps the gnostics were right and the demiurge is real more than the avalanche of ai-generated sludge content we’ve had to deal with over the last year and a half
#chat-gpt is not infused with the divine sophia and thus will always be a depraved material creation!#gnosticism#text
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Abraxas is the sun, and at the same time
the eternally sucking gorge of the void,
the belittling and dismembering devil.
The power of Abraxas is twofold; but ye see it not, because for your eyes the warring opposites of this power are extinguished.
What the god-sun speaketh is life.
What the devil speaketh is death.
But Abraxas speaketh that hallowed and acursed word which is life and death at the same time.
Abraxas begetteth truth and lying, good and evil, light and darkness, in the same word and in the same act.
Wherefore is Abraxas terrible.
It is splendid as the lion in the instant he striketh down his victim.
It is beautiful as a day of spring.
It is the great Pan himself and also the small one. It is Priapos.
It is the monster of the under-world, a thousand
armed polyp, coiled knot of winged serpents, frenzy.
It is the hermaphrodite of the earliest beginning.
It is the lord of the toads and frogs, which live in the water and go up on the land, whose chorus ascendeth at noon and at midnight.
It is abundance that seeketh union with emptiness.
It is holy begetting.
It is love and love's murder.
It is the saint and his betrayer.
It is the brightest light of day and the darkest night of madness.
To look upon it, is blindness.
To know it, is sickness.
To worship it, is death.
To fear it, is wisdom.
To resist it not, is redemption.
God dwelleth behind the sun, the devil behind the night. What god bringeth forth out of the light the devil sucketh into the night.
But Abraxas is the world, it's becoming and its passing.
Upon every gift that cometh from the god-sun the devil layeth his curse.
Everything that ye entreat from the god-sun begetteth a deed of the devil.
Everything that ye create with the god-sun giveth effective power to the devil.
That is terrible Abraxas.
It is the mightiest creature, and in it the creature is afraid of itself.
It is the manifest opposition of creatura to the pleroma and its nothingness.
It is the son's horror of the Mother.
It is the Mother's love for the Son.
It is the delight of the earth and the cruelty of the heavens.
Before its countenance man becometh like stone.
Before it there is no question and no reply.
It is the life of creatura.
It is the operation of distinctiveness.
It is the love of man.
It is the speech of man.
It is the appearance and the shadow of man.
It is illusory reality.
Seven Sermons - Carl G Jung
‘The bird struggles out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world. The bird flies to God. That God’s name is Abraxas’ —
Demian, Herman Hesse
#occultism#gnosticism#mysticism#esoteric#art#carl jung#red book#abraxas#sophia#divine union#androgynous#hermaphrodite
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Hail; Mary Magdalene the Teacher. Hail, Sophia of Wisdom. Hail, Mary the Great Mother,
Hail Mary Magdalene: giver of Secrets, knower of Knowledge, Priest of Priests, Teacher of Teachers. Great High one of Gnosis.
Hail Sophia; Holy Spirit; Consort of Mary; Giver of Jesus; giver of Life eternal; great Knowledge of the Gods; bringer and giver of Gnosis.
Hail Mother Mary; Birther of a Teacher; Mother to All; Consort of The Holy Spirit Sophia; Filled with Graces and Knowledge. Safe-keeper of the Keys, of the Heart, and of Love. Queen of Heaven and Queen over Gnosis.
#gnosticism#folk catholicism#sophia#mother mary#mother of all#mother god#blessed mother#mothergoddess#gnosis#christian mysticism#mysticism#occult#occulus#queen of heaven#eclectic pagan#eclectic wicca#ecelectic witch#synchretic paganism#folk christianity#folk religion#mary magdalene#horned goddess#mother goddess#god and goddess#wicca goddess#goddess wicca#pagan wicca#filianic#the goddess
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Cyberpunk 2077: Johnny is Pistis Sophia
Disclaimer: I wrote my analysis based on Book I. XI Volume of Nag Hammadi Studies, edited by Schmidt, C. and translated by Macdermot, V. in 1978. I'm not a Gnostic and I don't have credentials in this matter. For terminology I've placed links to outside sources.
Basics first.
Pistis Sophia, aside of being an abandoned hotel in Cyberpunk 2077, is a Gnostic text, supposedly written between 3rd and 4rd centuries AD. It's divided into four books, with only first two directly following each other, and academics are convinced the whole content comes from multiple sources.
The text's title is also a name of feminine Aeon who ought to form a pair with another to become Syzygy (Syzygoi), which in Greek means "conjunction, yoked together"…
And that's where plot of Cyberpunk comes to play.
Pistis Sophia fell into disgrace after or simultaneously being deceived by Authades, masculine Aeon, who grew jealous of Sophia's will to worship the Light rather than continuing the known ways of Aeons. Authades' doings led Sophia into realm of Chaos, in hopes she loses power. How? By manipulating Sophia to transform into Syzygy on her own. As you can probably guess, it went wrong. Horribly wrong. Luckily, someone heard Sophia's call and rescued her.
Now let's look at our rockerboy, Johnny Silverhand. From TTRPG and 2077's lore we know he deserted from military and spent whole three months in the hotel Pistis Sophia, eyes fixed on a fan and scruffy ceiling. Robert John Linder back then, he named himself Johnny Silverhand and swore to be someone new. Except he, just like Sophia, was completely alone at this very moment. It's no secret we humans are the worst judges when it comes to ourselves, our existence is dependable on others. Johnny's not an exception.
Therefore, all Silverhand's royal fuck-ups are no secret. His life, even post mortem, is c-h-a-o-t-i-c with capital C.
Aeon I mentioned before, Pistis Sophia, received help from — better buckle up, chooms — Jesus Christ. The catch is: she had no idea it was him. Sophia prayed all the time* for help to the Treasury of Light, not knowing it belongs to the same deity. That's literally the only reason she found salvation in the first place.
If we look at the relationship between Johnny and V, technically speaking they're the same person. Johnny saves V all the time… or does he? After finally reading that Gnostic text on my own — I'd say it's the other way around.
Johnny Silverhand is Pistis Sophia, while V is Jesus Christ to him.
Think about it. Johnny has I, me, myself attitude. He's socially awkward and arrogant, I could almost swear for sometime of the story he'd rather be returned to Mikoshi than to admit to anyone V affects him (*coughs* Panam's story line *coughs*). Doesn't change much even during that segment of Tapeworm quest.
Johnny's convinced it is HIM who HELPS us, it is HIM who CHANGES us, it HIM who PLAYS Pistis Sophia scenario in front of our eyes. What he does forget is that he and V are the same person to the rest of the world.
Moreover, unfortunately for Johnny, he's not completely honest with not just us, but himself in his former hotel room. He hadn't found his Light yet, and he's scared. The first thing he does after V surrenders their body, is getting himself wasted. Conversation with Rogue seems to be an afterthought. What I really appreciate about this moment, is how V knows it isn't going to end well for their health, yet agrees to help. They call Johnny out on his bullshit later, but y'know… holding someone accountable for wrongdoings can be an act of love.
If it wasn't for V, Johnny most likely would still "sleep" in Mikoshi, not able to reunite with old friends, without any chance to try redeem himself. V got Silverhand out of a really dark place, similarly to Christ towards Sophia.
When visiting Oil Fields, shall you pick the line "Here likes Johnny Silverhand, the guy who saved my life", after a moment of thoughtful silence Johnny responds "V… You don't know how much I want that to be true". He knows the reality is different. He accepts it, wishing he actually helped us like we helped him. Feels grateful and sincere. At least I interpreted his [body] language that way.
But because it's Cyberpunk, we can only dream of happy ending for everyone involved.
*"You're fuckin' closest to me by a long shot. There twenty-four seven. And yet… You don't seem to hate my living guts." — Johnny Silverhand, 2077.
#Cyberpunk 2077#lore#lore thoughts#video game#Gnosticism#Pistis Sophia#Johnny Silverhand#V#Johnny x V
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Sophia, whose name means "wisdom" in Greek, is a central figure in Gnostic thought, embodying the concept of divine wisdom. In Gnostic cosmology, she is often depicted as a feminine aspect of the divine, playing a crucial role in the creation and redemption narratives within various Gnostic texts.
Symbolism and Interpretation
Sophia is symbolic of the soul's plight—trapped in the material world but always yearning for and capable of returning to the divine light. She represents both the potential for divine wisdom within everyone and the transformative journey of awakening that leads back to the spiritual source.
Influence
The figure of Sophia has had a lasting impact beyond Gnostic texts, influencing Christian mysticism, philosophical works, and modern interpretations of divine femininity and wisdom. Her story has been seen as a metaphor for the human condition, spiritual redemption, and the pursuit of knowledge and enlightenment.
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Frederic Leighton, And the Sea Gave Up the Dead Which Were in It (1892)
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“Herald unto the whole world and say unto men: Strive thereafter that ye may receive the mysteries of the Light in this time of affliction and enter into the Light-kingdom. Join not one day to another, or one circuit to another, hoping that ye may succeed in receiving the mysteries if ye come into the world in another circuit.
And these know not the the number of the perfect souls will be at hand; for if the number of the perfect souls shall be at hand, I will now shut the gates of the Light, and no one from this hour onwards will enter in, nor will any one hereafter go forth, for the number of the perfect souls is completed and the mystery of the First Mystery is completed, for the sake of which the universe hath arisen—that is: I am that Mystery.”
— Pistis Sophia
#Frederic Leighton#And the Sea Gave Up the Dead#Revelation#Bible#KJV#Sacred Scriptures#Wisdom#Art#Beauty#Painting#Sacred Mysteries#Light#Pistis Sophia#Gnosticism#Judgment
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from Sophia to Yalgdaboath
This is a Midjourney interpretation of Gnostic Creation. How Sophia formed and then gave birth to Yalgdaboath. I honestly love Midjourney Art. And really I like a lot of different AI media! Let me know what you guys think!!
#pistis sophia#gnostic christianity#gnosticism#gnostic gospels#gnostic teachings#gnosis#mysticism#spiritualism#occultism#archon#knowledge#esoteric#dark art#midjourney#ai art discussion#i love ai#ai artwork#ai artist
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