On-Site Writings Relating to John's New Book

Due in the bookstores, October 2006

As frequent readers will know, metahistory.org is loaded with Gnostic material, including long sections on Mary Magdalene. This orientation page designates the articles cited in Not in His Image, as well as other material complementary to the book.

SPECIFIC ARTICLES CITED:

Ch. 4, p 68 and Ch. 9, p 147: Gnostics or Illuminati? (on the historical, geographic and cultural origins of the Gnostic movement)
Ch. 7, p 110: When the Mysteries Died (temple of Hathor at Dendera)
Ch. 10, p 158: "The Sacred Story of Sophia," or The Sophia Mythos (expanded version, 9 parts)
Ch. 15, p. 207: "The Code of the Spiritual Warrior," on the survival of the Mysteries after Hypatia. See Spiritual Warriors of the Grail
Ch. 16, p 217: Greek Buddhas (on Gandharan art)
Ch. 20, p 263: Pagan Ethics
Ch. 21, p 287: A Gnostic Catechism and Kundalini and the Alien Force (on the problem of alien intrusion and defence against it)

On Jesus and Magdalene as Gnostic Initiates: The Gnostic Avenger
Greek Buddhas

 

Reading Plan for the Nag Hammadi Library:
Introduction, Access to All Texts

Also of relevance:

See the Magdalene Navigator - guide to all material on MM on site
See the Gaia-Sophia Navigator. - guide to Gaia theory in the Sophianic perspective of the Mysteries
See the ET/Archon Navigator - guide to material relating to the Archons, the ET/UFO controversy, the Gnostic theory of error, etc

For almost 2000 years, the image of Christ has been the principle icon of our collective sense of humanity, the mirror of human dignity. But in the Gnostic view, the divine redeemer cannot represent humanity. Rather, he represents our sense of humanity enslaved to a delusional belief in the redemptive value of suffering; i.e., the victim-perpetrator bond. For Gnostics, there is no suitable iconic image of humanity, the Anthropos. Even the Gnostic Christos cannot be mistaken for such an image, for the Christos is an Aeon, a cosmic divinity distinct from the human species. Not in His Image explains that one of the great unresolved problems of the Piscean Age is how to represent in graphic form the Anthropos, the generic identity of the human species. (Detail of the crucifix of Saint George of Cologne, c. 1067. Walnut carving, 190 cm. Schnutgen Museum, Cologne, Germany)