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~The Gospel of Mary
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Missing fragment from the Gospel of Philip?
As I continue down the rabbit hole that is the Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, I noticed a fragment that I have read before. While describing the Gnostics (Borborites), Epiphanius mentions they use a “Gospel of Philip” and then writes out a saying from said gospel. I have edited the saying (i.e. took out his…
Norea, wife of Noah
Norea (Noria) is a figure that pops up in various Gnostic texts. The most popular Norea text is titled “The Thought of Norea” and is presented as a prayer in the third person to the Monad. If you haven’t read it, here it is: Father of All, Ennoia of the Light, dwelling in the heights…
Culmination of Wisdom
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Two more readings
I have a video clip of two more readings I would like to share. The first reading is from the Gospel of Philip and it’s…
Kollyridianism – Marian worship
Back when I did my posts regarding the “Book of Mary’s Repose”, the book that accompanied that text included a long history of the Virgin…
Know Yourselves….
It has been awhile since I made some text reading vids (per the analytics, they aren’t very popular on the site but I enjoy doing…
Gospel of Thomas 114 & Theodotus
Simon Peter said to them, “Make Mary leave us, for females don’t deserve life.” Jesus said, “Look, I will guide her to make her male,…
An Index to Barbelo
…who am I, the Thought of the Father, Protennoia, that is, Barbelo, the perfect Glory, and the immeasurable Invisible One who is hidden. I am…
An Ode to Sophia
The Acts of Thomas features the popular poem “Hymn of the Pearl”, but also features another poem that does not get enough recognition and that…
The Nativity of Jesus – Expanded Edition
With it being near the time of Christmas, I thought it’d be interesting to see how the story of the Nativity of Jesus plays out…
Crucifixion body swapping
Recently I finished reading “The Gospel of Barnabas” which is an Islamic leaning text about the life and ministry of Jesus. If you are not…
The Temptation of Allogenes
As I mentioned in my previous post, there is a text in the Codex Tchacos that rarely gets spoken of and that is “A Book…
First Apocalypse of James – Tchacos vs NHL
The Codex Tchacos is famous for having the “Gospel of Judas” but what many seem to forget, it actually contained four Gnostic texts! Besides Judas,…
Black Madonna shrine – Pacific, Missouri
It’s been over a month since my last post, and I usually try not to let that happen. Unfortunately in the past month, I had…
Summer Harvest
While we have various Valentinian texts in the NHL, there are fragments that exist elsewhere, usually in the writings of the church Fathers, and are…
A mantra for Barbelo
I like to pick out phrases / paragraphs from various Gnostic texts and put them in a binder for my own personal practice. This binder…
Readings from “Gospel of Truth” & “Gospel of Judas”
Another reading video, this time sections from the “Gospel of Truth” and the “Gospel of Judas”. With the Judas reading, I included some MidJourney AI…
Salome
Last month I posted a blog about Mary Magdalene, which included included a conversation between her and Salome from the Pistis Sophia (Link: https://culminationofwisdom.org/2022/07/20/the-feast-day-of-mary-magdalene-july-22/ ),…
Jesus as a Quiet Guide
Today I present artwork and a reading video of the “Jesus as a Quiet Guide” portion from the “Gospel of Truth.” This particular verse is…
Mary’s Spirit at Dormition
August 15 is the feast day of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary. Earlier in my blog, I posted a three part series about one…
The First Source
Here is another post with some MidJourney A.I. generated artwork. For these three variants of “the first source”, I used the opening section of the…
Gospel of Philip – Saying 107 (Bridal Chamber)
With this post, I decided to include my MidJourney A.I. artwork based on saying 107 from the Gospel of Philip as well as a reading…
The Feast Day of Mary Magdalene (July 22)
July 22 is the “Feast Day” for Mary Magdalene, so I thought it would be fitting to post various texts from different traditions. Those into…
Axion Estin
Axion Estin, or it’s translation meaning “It is truly meet”, is the name of a Eastern Orthodox magnification and hymn to the Theotokos (Virgin Mary).…
Barbelo, as envisioned by A.I.
I figured I would share this interesting artwork I was able to put together with the help of AI. Here lately it seems that artificial…
Our Lady of Montserrat
I mentioned before about my visits to the Saint Meinrad Archabbey and encountering the Lady of Einsiedeln. Well, with the school out of session for…
3 short video clips
Out of the recent recordings I did, I thought I’d edit three segments together. The first segment is an excerpt from the Gospel of Thomas,…
Barbelo
Barbelo, the reflection of the source. The first thought. Mother of us all. She is mentioned in numerous Gnostic texts but I wanted to share…
Mary Magdalene Prayer
Here is another short prayer video, this time I read a Catholic prayer to Saint Mary Magdalene. Here is the text of the prayer: Saint…
A Prayer to Our Lady of Einsiedeln
I wanted to try something new with this site. I’ve been experimenting with recording videos of myself reading various scripture, as well as prayers, to…
The Book of Mary’s Repose (3 of 3)
And now the conclusion of the Liber Requiei. The man who’s arms were cut off, wept to the apostles and begged them not to give…
The Prophet Mani
While browsing around on gnosis.org, I noticed they use April 25th as a commemoration for the birth of the Prophet Mani. While April is the…
The Book of Mary’s Repose (2 of 3)
And the story continues….. After Jesus ascended back into the heavens, Mary returned home. Entering the house, it began to tremble on the account of…
The Book of Mary’s Repose (1 of 3)
I have read some oddball apocrypha texts but this may be one of the strangest. Being quite fond of the Theotokos, I’ve been tracking down…
The Unknowable Monad
One of the questions I see in social media groups about Gnosticism regard “God” and what it is like. Various Gnostic texts explain that the…
A Gnostic Hymn
I want to highlight a fragment that is in the Bruce Codex. To me, the Bruce Codex features some of the best Gnostic material available…
The Black Madonna of the St. Meinrad Archabbey
This entry is a bit different than ones I have done in the past. This is in regards to my experience with the Black Madonna…
Simon Magus’ “The Great Announcement”
To continue on my Simon Magus postings, this particular entry includes the only writing attributed to Simon himself! It survives in fragmented form thanks to…
The tomb inscription of Flavia Sophe
This artifact is an interesting piece. It is a tomb inscription of a woman by the name of Flavia Sophe. This stone dates back to…
More Sayings from Simon Magus
“I am the first power, who am always, and without beginning. But having entered the womb of Rachel, I was born of her as a…
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ
Recently I read the 1894 book, “The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ” by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Notovich, that was supposedly to contain a translation of a…
Sayings of Simon Magus
Some Christians refer to Simon Magus as the first Gnostic, and/or the Father of All Heresies, but was he? I highly doubt that. But what…
The “Tenchi” – sacred text of the Kakure Kirishitan (3 of 3)
Here is my final post about the “Tenchi.” I hope you all have enjoyed these posts relating to this interesting text. I do recommend everyone…
The “Tenchi” – sacred text of the Kakure Kirishitan (2 of 3)
Part 2 (of 3) of my posts regarding the “Tenchi”, the sacred book of the hidden Christians of Japan, aka, the Kakure Kirishitan. Book 5,…
The “Tenchi” – sacred text of the Kakure Kirishitan (1 of 3)
Awhile back, I fell down the rabbit hole of the Kakure Kirishitans, aka, Japan’s Hidden Christians. While a simple blog post can not begin to…
A Naassene Psalm
I wanted to share this fragmented text from a Naassene source. Despite being a fragment, it works quite well as is. The text/psalm can relate…
Mary Magdalene in the “Speculum Sacerdotale” (2 of 2)
Here is the second (and final) part of the Mary Magdalene story from the “Speculum Sacerdotale”. As I have mentioned before, I’m not a professional,…
Mary Magdalene in the “Speculum Sacerdotale” (1 of 2)
My medieval translations continue, this time from the fifteenth century collection of sermons titled the “Speculum Sacerdotale.” This modernization was a bit more tricky but…
Hildegard – Story of a Sinning Soul
Still reading up on Hildegard of Bingen from the book “St. Hildegard of Bingen” by Carmen Acevedo Butcher (excellent, excellent read) and I found another…
Hildegard of Bingen: To Sophia…
The other week, youtube’s algorithm recommended to me some music written by Hildegard of (von) Bingen. I was not aware of who she was, but…
The Golden Legend of Mary Magdalene (3 of 3)
Here is the final part of my translation of the Golden Legend of Mary Magdalene. This sectionof the story includes her death and some legends…
The Golden Legend of Mary Magdalene (2 of 3)
Here is the second post regarding my “modern” translation of the “Golden Legend of Mary Magdalene” from the Legenda sanctorum (Readings of the Saints) by Jacobus de…
The Golden Legend of Mary Magdalene (1 of 3)
I’ve heard of the legend of Mary Magdalene arriving in France after the death of Jesus but never did track the story down until recently.…
The Three Steles of Seth
I wanted to share a video from the ESOTERICA youtube channel in regards to the Three Steles of Seth. For those who have not checked…
Prayers to the Holy Mary Magdalene
Today, July 22, is the Catholic Feast Day of Mary Magdalene. While I’m not Catholic, I have no issue celebrating Mary Magdalene. Here is a…
Gnostic Prayerbook
What is nice about “Gnosticism” is the lack of a dogmatic approach. However, people do like their theatrics/ceremonies and prayer for their spiritual beliefs, as…
The Thirteenth Repentance of Pistis Sophia
We have come to an end here with the thirteenth repentance translation comparison. I hope you have enjoyed reading the comparisons. The point of this…
Simon Magus diagram
Here is another diagram from the 1926 book “Gnosticism.” This one is named after Simon Magus, a figure who some of you may be aware…
Ophite diagram
This diagram is from the 1926 book “Gnosticism” by Mary W. Barrie. Here is the description from the book: “Another diagram from an Ophite pre-Christian…
The Twelfth Repentance of Pistis Sophia
We’re almost to the end. This is a long one. MacDermot Translation: I. ‘0 Light, forget not my song of praise. 2. For the Authades…
The Mnemonic Diagram of Valentinus
I recently picked up and read the 1926 book “Gnosticism” by Mary W. Barrie. This book was published pre-Nag Hammadi, so I was curious to…
The Eleventh Repentance of Pistis Sophia
Here is the translation comparisons of the Eleventh Repentance of Pistis Sophia. MacDermot Translation: I. ‘Why has the strong power risen among the wicked? 2.…
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1
What is the “Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1” you may ask? It is a piece of papyri discovered by papyrologists Bernard Pyne Grenfell and Arthur Surridge Hunt…
The Tenth Repentance of Pistis Sophia
Almost there! This is a rather short passage. Below are the comparisons. MacDermot Translation: 1. ‘I have cried out to thee, 0 Light of Lights,…
Be Like Wine Jars
Just like my post from the other day, this particular post is a short text from the “Essential Gnostic Scriptures” book and is sourced from…
The Ninth Repentance of Pistis Sophia
This is a long one. Here is the ninth repentance of Pistis Sophia, side-by-side translations. Best viewed via desktop mode. MacDermot Translation: 1. ‘0 Light,…
A Poor Man Taken Far
Recently I picked up the “Essential Gnostic Scriptures” book by Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer. The book collects various texts they feel are essential (which…
The Eighth Repentance of Pistis Sophia
Onto the Eighth Repentance of Pistis Sophia, side by side translation comparisons. Best viewable in desktop mode. MacDermot Translation: 1. I have hoped in thee,…
The Seventh Repentance of Pistis Sophia
Side by side translations of the Seventh Repentance of Pistis Sophia. As always, desktop view recommended. MacDermot Translation: 1. 0 Light, I have raised up…
The Sixth Repentance of Pistis Sophia
Here is the sixth repentance of Pistis Sophia, side by side translation. Desktop view recommended. MacDermot Translation: 1. I have sung praises to thee, 0…
The Fifth Repentance of Pistis Sophia
This is the fifth repentance of Pistis Sophia, side by side translations. As always, best viewed in desktop mode. MacDermot Translation: l. 0 Light of…
The Fourth Repentance of Pistis Sophia
Here is the fourth repentance of Pistis Sophia side by side translations. As always, best viewed in desktop mode. MacDermot Translation: I. 0 Light whom…
The Third Repentance of Pistis Sophia
Here is the third repentance of Pistis Sophia translation comparisons. As always, desktop view is recommended to see them side by side. MacDermot Translation: I.…
The Second Repentance of Pistis Sophia
Part 2 (of 13) of the side by side translations of the Repentances of Pistis Sophia. This is the second repentance. Once again, this is…
The First Repentance of Pistis Sophia
About three years ago, I did my first reading of the PISTIS SOPHIA. The translation I read was by G. R. S. Mead. When I…
The Greatest Evil in Man is Not Knowing God
I’ve been reading the “Corpus Hermeticum: The Divine Pymander” (2015 edition edited by Tarl Warwick, see post photo) and I wanted to share this section.…
The Sentences of Sextus
I love “sayings” texts. They are easy to read and after each sentence, you can stop and take in what it said. I wanted to…
The Seven Hermetic Principles
Late last year, I picked up a copy of “The Kybalion” and was very impressed with the book. It was published in 1908, author unknown…
Authoritative Teaching
With this post, I wanted to bring attention to a Gnostic text that does not get mentioned much, at least from what I have seen.…
Body – Soul – Spirit
Body – Soul – Spirit While reading “The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs” translated by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, there is a…
Man is a Marvel
While I have been studying Gnosticism for over three years now, I have recently started to get into Hermeticism. A lot of the concepts, from…
The Twelfth Deep
Today I present another section of the untitled text from the Bruce Codex. Like so many parts of this text, this section stuck out. It…
“I Bless Thee”
Recently I’ve read through the “untitled text” from the Bruce Codex twice. The first time was a cold read. The second time I read along…
“The Gospel of Mary (Magdalene)” – animated
To go with the video I posted the other day, this animated video is of “The Gospel of Mary (Magdalene).” The Gnostic texts have quite…
Animated “Gospel of Thomas” 5
Greetings! Thank you for visiting the page. I will be using the blog to post various topics, not necessarily related to the group. In this…
Culmination of Wisdom 