THE GNOSTIC Q
Compiled by L. Caruana
For his novel The Hidden Passion
2003 - 2006
BEGINNING
- THE FATHER AND SON INTHE UPPER AEONS
- THE CREATION OF THE UPPER AEONS
- THE CREATION OF THE LOWER AEONS
- THE FATHER AND SON INTHE UPPER AEONS
- The One
- The One in general
- General Names of the One
- The One as above definintion
- The One as self-knowing
- The One as the Source
- The One as a unity
- The One in three parts
- The One in time, space and the aeons
- The One as good or evil
- Poetic Names of the One
- The One as creator
- The Father and the Son
- The Son
- General names of the Son
- Proper names of the Son
- On Christ as the Creator (and the Word):
- On the Saviour expanding the One’s unity while remaining one
- On Christ as within
- On Christ as an image or appearance, but without body
(docetism)
- On the False Christ
- On Seth descending as Jesus
- On Christ’s Descent into the Lower Aeons
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- ON THE CREATION OF THE UPPER AEONS:
- Members of the Upper Aeons:
- On the Anthropos in the Upper Aeons
- Creation in the Apocryphon of John
- Creation in the Gospel of the Egyptians
- Creation in Eugnostos the Blessed
- Creation in On the Origin of the World
- The Angels
- Pretennoia system of Angels
- Gospel of Egyptian system of Angels
- Untitled Bruce codex ms angels
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THE CREATION OF THE LOWER AEONS
- Yaltabaoth
- The creation of the Lower Aeons
- On the Anthropos in the Lower Aeons:
- On creating Adam
- On Adam and Eve
- On Eating from the Tree
- On the descendents of Adama and Eve:
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SOPHIA, MAGDALENE, WOMEN
On Sophia:
On Protennoia (who is Barbelo):
On Epinoia: (After-Thought)
On Plesithea:
On Norea:
On Mary Magdalene
On saving or redeeming Mary Magdalene or Sophia:
On the Lost Sheep:
On the soul as virgin, prostitute, and redeemed
On Prositution:
On the relationship of men and women:
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BAPTISM & RITUAL
On Melchizedek
On John the Baptist
On Jesus’ baptism in the Jordan
On Gnostic rituals in general:
On the Five Seals
On kissing:
On baptism:
On chrism or unction:
On the Bridal Chamber:
On the eurcharist and last supper (See LAST SUPPER below)
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ACQUISITION OF DISCIPLES
On Apostles in the Gnostic sense
On Jesus addressing his disciples:
On disciples addressing Jesus:
On discipleship (and on ‘Brothers’):
On the Mission of the Disicples: teaching, healing etc
Jesus Instructs his disciples with a sermon:
On the gospels of the disciples:
On women disciples:
On Salome
On Judas Thomas the contender:
On Peter
On Andrew
On James the greater
On John
On James the Just (or Less)
On Philip and the others
On Judas the Betrayer
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FIRST SERMONS AND HEALING
On long parables:
On speaking in parables or directly:
On speaking and hearing
Verily I say unto you:
Blessed be:
Woe to:
On castigating the ignorant and those who do not hear
The Kingdom is:
On healing:
On assuaging hunger and thirst:
On poverty:
I am:
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PARABLES, PRAYERS,
TEACHINGS
On how to pray:
On holding the hands while praying:
Enigmatic expressions of Jesus:
General sayings:
On the pneuma
On Gnosis and the mind
On gnosis
On Vision
On Seeing as a Reflection of Unity
On Images
On images as types, patterns or ideal forms:
On Form
On the Revelation
On the divine Unity
On the Father and the Son
On the kingdom here and now:
On the Kingdom (see also ‘the Kingdom is...’ above
On Time (and salvation)
On re-incarnation and cyclic time (for the Psychics):
On time as past, present and future in one:
On Light
On Love
On Truth
On the hidden or secret and the revealed:
On Secret Names
On Pronouncing the Secret Names
On the three types
Of the fate of the three types
On Good and Evil
On the Law of the Archons
On Alienation
On the Elect being beyond sin, tempatation etc.
On Denial and
Renunciation
On Indulgence or Libertinism
On Ignorance
On illusion:
On Lust
On Avoiding Lust
On greed, pride, envy etc
On those who rule - the proud, vain, greedy and powerful:
On avoiding greed, through love and giving:
On Slaves
On the fate of the Damned
On the end of the world
On revolution:
On the Transfiguration
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EVENTS LEADING TO THE
CRUCIFIXION
- That those who persecute Christ as the archons, or led by the
archons:
- Events leading up to the crucifixion:
- The separation of Jesus from Christ, and the role of destiny
(see also CRUCIFIXION below)
- Gethsemane
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THE LAST SUPPER
On eating:
On the Eucharist in general
The eucharist as symbolic of self-offering:
Liturgy spoken during the eucharist:
On the Gnostic Prayer of Thanksgiving:
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CRUCIFIXION
On the crucifixion:
On Jesus suffering or not suffering during the crucifixion:
That Jesus did not suffer:
That Jesus did suffer:
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RESURRECTION AND RETURN TO
THE DISCIPLES
On appearing risen from the dead, and to whom:
On the Resurrection:
On rising up through the Archons (and fear):
On the Ascension and rising up:
On crossing over the other side:
On predicting the Fall of Jersusalem:
On the Restitution / Restoration / Redemption:
On Re-union with the One
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GNOSTIC QUOTATIONS:
BEGINNING
- THE FATHER AND SON INTHE UPPER AEONS
- The One
- The One in general
- General Names of the One
- The One as above definintion
- The One as self-knowing
- The One as the Source
- The One as a unity
- The One in three parts
- The One in time, space and the aeons
- The One as good or evil
- Poetic Names of the One
- The One as creator
- The Father and the Son
- The Son
- General names of the Son
- Proper names of the Son
- On Christ as the Creator (and the Word):
- On the Saviour expanding the One’s unity while remaining one
- On Christ as within
- On Christ as an image or appearance, but without body
(docetism)
- On the False Christ
- On Seth descending as Jesus
- On Christ’s Descent into the Lower Aeons
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THE FATHER AND SON IN THE UPPER AEONS
THE ONE
The One in general:
- “the one who is” (Prayer of Paul)
- “He has non-being existence.” (Allogenes)