«The unit (monad), since it is a unitary principle of rule, has nothing that presides over it. •[. . .] god and parent of the entirety [. . .] presides over [. . .] incorruptibility,c •existing [in] uncontaminated light, toward which no vision can gaze. •This [is] the invisible spirit.» — cómo enuncia la misma obra el primer principio: la mónada, principio unitario de gobierno que nada preside, dios y padre de la totalidad en luz incontaminada a la que ninguna visión puede mirar
Gnosticismo
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«Give me your gifts, with no regret, through the Son of Humanity, 7 the Spirit, the Advocate 8 of [truth].» — y pide los dones por medio del Hijo de la Humanidad, el Espíritu y el Abogado de la verdad; las cifras son llamadas de nota del volumen.
«in the coming of the Saviour, of the deliverer of souls who receive to themselves the Word of life c which is higher than all life» — el proemio encadena la venida del Salvador, liberador de las almas que reciben el Verbo de vida, declarado más alto que toda vida.
«For this reason I have indeed said to you from the beginning that you are not from the world; I also am not from it 0 • For all men who are in the world have received souls from (the power) of the archons of the aeons. The power, however, which is in you, is from me but your souls belong to the height» — Libro I, capítulo 7: el contraste que traza el texto, los hombres del mundo reciben almas de la potencia de los arcontes de los eones y los discípulos tienen la potencia de él y almas de la altura.
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
Explore documented argument maps →3 · Return to the centre
For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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