Many literary experts contend that one of the greatest poems in history is the Nag Hammadi library’s The Thunder, Perfect Mind. We explore this enigmatic but poignant text for timeless insights on the dignity of all humans and liberation from oppression. Who exactly is the divine but tragic female protagonist of this work? What is the background behind Thunder that ignited a unique message of individuality? Is it even Gnostic or a general treatise on ultimate awakening?
Astral Guest – Hal Taussig, author of The Thunder: Perfect Mind: A New Translation and Introduction, as well retired Professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary and United Methodist minister.
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She is the Trinity. Or a Trinity. The whole of divinity and sentience.
I really appreciate this interview and I like the scholarly Hal as he, right from the beginning, says what he represents and what his limitation might be – a very good academic practice. I personally feel grateful for people who do this kind of work as I myself checked out after a few years of this and decided to approach the same topics from a different point of view. At the same time, we need to take this research further and brush off the dust of Sophia’s wings. This is our task. Thank you, Hal for your meticulous research. Thank you, Miguel for great questions.