(Gnostic Talk) The Serpent in the Gnostic version of the Garden of Eden was the Aeon and Goddess of Wisdom Sophia, the Goddess of Wisdom, out to make things right and help Adamand savior-helper Eve (members of the Adama), the progenitors of this iteration of humanity. What she gave us is still inside us no matter how much the evil DemiurgeYaldabaoth, Yahweh, and His Archons try to deceive us. It is far better to know and be free than to live in blissful ignorance in a Sumerian garden tended by self-arrogating and self-aggrandizing and self-proclaimed Jews as distinct from the "Goy."
I said thou shalt not eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil or shalt surely DIE! And that that Serpent, crawling on its belly as it shall now, should say different, don't listen to that creature. Obey me! For I am thy Demiurge, I mean, thy God Almighty, builder of heaven and then earth, and maker of everything and controller of all with the help of my Archons. Behold! No, no, turn away, for you cannot bear my visage. Just obey, OBEY!
(Discernment Made Clear) Why Serpent (not "Satan" except later in New Testament commentary as an explanation) only spoke to the woman Eve in Genesis? No one told us this!
Materialism, which the Buddha called a pernicious wrong view, says when we die from here, everything ends, we dissolve, there is no result of actions (karma); life had no meaning, and everything is lost. This is the Annihilationist view, the fear or relief that we will be annihilated at death when we will not.
Escape the rebirth trap of samsaranow before it's too late.
Eternalism is what the Buddha called a pernicious wrong view that takes the other extreme -- that we do not die at death but persist and go on. This is closer to the (conventional) truth, as anyone who has a near-death experience will realize, but it is wrong in assuming that an eternal "soul" or "substance" carries on. An impersonal process carries on, a chain of causation, so that karma bears fruit. And while the person who passes from here and rearises (reappears) hereafter are not identical, so there is no "identity" to cling to even now at this moment. What is there? There are the ever-changing Five Aggregates clung to as self, dependently arisen, and hurtling toward destruction, dissolution, disappearance at every moment. There is nothing to cling to, but the aggregates nevertheless grasp and cling.
As with Gnosticism, this needs to be realized while we are yet alive, or the process will continue, and we will simply be reborn again and again and again.
Gnostics, what goes on, what remains?
(Gnostic Talk) I've stopped calling it "death" because the Gnostics had a completely different word for it. What is the Pistis Sophia? (It is comforting to think that Jesus Christ/Saint Issa understood this, but sad that modern sectarian Christians do not.
I dress like this to work all the time. I'm on TV!
Sofi is perhaps best known for her role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the ABC sitcom Modern Family (2009–2020) and more recently as Griselda Blanco from the Netflix miniseries Griselda (2024). She has received five nominations each at the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. She rose to prominence when co-hosting two TV shows for the Spanish-language TV network Univision in the late 1990s. After acting in the English-language film... More
A thirst trap is a type of social media post intended to sexually entice viewers [1, 2, 3, 4]. It refers to a viewer's "thirst" (tanha, craving, grasping, clinginess, lust, attachment, sensual desire), a colloquialism likening sexual frustration to dehydrated thirst.
It implies desperation, with the afflicted individual being described as "thirsty" [4, 5, 6] in the Buddhist sense and soon caught in a trap.
The phrase entered into the American lexicon in the late 1990s. It is most related to internet slang that developed in the early 2010s. Its meaning has changed over time, previously referring to a graceless need for approval, validation, affection, or attention [7, 6], for which the term "attention whore" was coined. More
The great Gnostic Sophia: Sophia (Wisdom) was a Greek goddess. In Gnosticism, Sophia is "Wisdom," Sofia (Koine Greek σοφία, sophía—"wisdom," Vulgate Latin Sapientia, as in sophists) is a central idea in Hellenistic Greek philosophy and religion, Platonism, and especially Gnosticism.
Originally carrying a meaning of "cleverness or skill," the later meaning of the term, "sound judgment, intelligence, practical wisdom," is close to the meaning of phronesis ("practical wisdom, intelligence") and was significantly shaped by the term philosophía (the "love of wisdom") as used by the philosopher Plato.
If the Christ is the "Anointed One," what is that oil with which he, Jesus (and various apostles), was anointed? He is not an earthly king the way Emperor Constantine's Roman Empire might have us believe, but he was initiated into the "mysteries" of an entheogenic cult (spiritual community) that made him realize his (and our) divinity.
(Primeval Archives and Primeval Mythology) Gnostic Jesus is one of the most mysterious and controversial figures in early Christian history. [The other prominent figure was "Saint Paul" (Saul of Tarsus), who actually invented the Pauline "Christianity" people follow today.
Hidden within the discovered library of Nag Hammadi, a trove of ancient manuscripts uncovered in Egypt in 1945, are teachings that reveal a radically different message from the Jesus most people today think they know.
These forgotten writings -- including the lost Gospel of Thomas, the Secret Book of John, and the Gospel of Judas -- suggest that Jesus did not come to create a religion, but to awaken humanity through gnosis, the direct knowledge of the divine within.
According to Gnostic teachings, the material world is a prison created by a flawed and genocidal deity (the Demiurge Yaldabaoth/Yahweh) and lower cosmic rulers called Archons, while the True Divine Source, the real GOD (the Monad), exists beyond the physical universe.
Why were these liberating texts declared "heresy" and ordered to be destroyed by politically and financially motivated early church leaders?
What did Gnostic Jesus actually teach about reality, the soul, and spiritual awakening? This video explores the hidden philosophy of Gnosticism, the secrets of the Nag Hammadi library, and forbidden ideas that were saved by being buried for over 1,600 years.
Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek γνωστικός, Gnōstikós, "having knowledge," Koine Greek ɣnostiˈkos) is a collection of religious and philosophical systems that fully developed by the mid-second century among sects of early Christianity and other faiths [1, 2].
It is not a homogeneous tradition or "religion," but an umbrella term used by modern scholars to describe diverse groups and belief systems with shared characteristics [3].
These diverse Gnostic groups emphasized personal experiential spiritual knowledge (gnosis) above the authority, the traditions, and the proto-orthodox teachings of organized religious institutions [4].
Sethianism: Sethians (Greek Σηθιανοί) were one of the main currents of Gnosticism during the 2nd-3rd century AD, along with Valentinianism and Basilidianism. It originated as a fusion of two distinct Hellenistic (Greek) Judaic philosophies influenced by Christianity and Middle Platonism [1]. More
The Gnostic worldview distinguishes between a hidden, uncorrupted Supreme Being (the Monad, "the One") and a flawed Demiurge ("Craftsman," Creator) responsible for creating this material reality.
Gnostics hold that this material existence is evil and believed the principal element of salvation was direct knowledge of the supreme divinity, attained via mystical, esoteric insight.
Many Gnostic texts instead of dealing in concepts of "sin," "guilt," "repentance," and "imperial control," but with dispelling illusions and gaining enlightenment, direct knowing-and-seeing [5]. More
Abraxas, Adam kasia, Adam pagria, Aeons, Anima mundi, The Apocryphon of John, Archons, Barbelo, Demiurge, Divine spark, Five Seals, Gnosis, The Lost Gospel of Judas, Kenoma Luminary, Manda, Mary Magdalene, Monad, Ogdoad, UthraWorld of Light, World of Darkness, Yaldabaoth
The Roman Empire REMOVED the "True" Jesus to control Christians
(Prof Jiang Explains) June 25, 2026: Mainstream Christianity doesn't want us to know the real Jesus (Y'shua, Kristos, the Anointed One, Saint Issa, Isa).
Discovered in 1945, the [Lost] Gospel of Thomas reveals a radically different Jesus whose teachings were suppressed by the Roman-backed Catholic ["Universalist"] Church.
This ancient text exposes a profound truth: the divine spark resides within each of us, making us all "sons of the living [sky] father," directly challenging hierarchical church control.
Prof. Jiang Xuehin delves into these revolutionary teachings, drawing parallels to Plato's Allegory of the Cave and other ancient wisdom [and ancient Gnostic] traditions.
Jesus' true message wasn't about blind faith or external salvation. It was about inner knowledge, self-mastery, and the rejection of material intoxication.
He saw organized religion and the pursuit of worldly power as distractions, keeping humanity from recognizing its own inherent divinity and interconnectedness.
Uncover the shocking truth behind the "official" narrative. Learn why Jesus opposed the religious authorities of his time and taught that seeking knowledge, even if it means questioning established "gods," is the path to true fulfillment and spiritual awakening.
This clip will change everything viewers thought they knew about the foundations of Christianity and our place in the universe.
Why [Christian] Gnosticism beats mainstream Christianity: As a former Christian pastor who later transitioned to atheism, my spiritual journey has been, to put it mildly, a wild ride. I’ve experienced the highs of religious fervor, the soul-crushing lows of doubt, and the liberating freedom of disbelief. But even as an atheist, I’ve always felt a nagging sense of something missing. Like a phantom limb, the yearning for meaning and purpose persisted, even though I no longer believed in a traditional God. That’s when I decided to take a fresh look at Gnosticism, a long-lost cousin of early Christianity that had been [hidden away] in the theological attic [by the mainstream Church terrified of losing its power over its followers]. As I delved into the Gnostic texts, I felt like I’d finally found some of the missing pieces of the puzzle. (Derrick Day)
Who is the Mother of Wisdom in ancient proto-India? It is Shari (Sari), mother of Śāriputra (the "Son of Sari," Upatissa), the Buddha's chief male disciple declared "foremost in wisdom," the counterpart of Khema, the Buddha's chief female disciple declared "foremost in wisdom." In Vedic Maha Bharat and later in Hindu India, the Goddess of Wisdom is known as Saraswati. In Europe and the West (list of knowledge deities), we say it is the Goddess Sophia. But the Gnostics knew that long ago. And this "Sara" seems reflected in the Aryan ("Enlightened") Taras, goddesses in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism.
Mary Magdalene: The Divine Feminine Returns and the Truth They Tried to Bury
(The Gnostic Eye) What if everything we’ve been told about Mary Magdalene is a carefully crafted illusion to deceive us?
For nearly two thousand years, her true story was hidden—buried beneath deliberate distortion, deception, dogma, and legend.
Let's unravel the real history of Mary Magdalene, the Lost Gospels, the Gnostic Gospels before them, and the rise of the Divine Feminine—revealing why her wisdom was so threatening to the early Church, and how her true teachings could change everything we thought we knew about Jesus Christ, spirituality, and the sacred feminine.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Why they lied about Mary Magdalene
04:13 – Lost Gospels and the Suppression of the Divine Feminine
08:49 – The Seven Demons: Spiritual Transformation
13:20 – Forbidden Teachings, Sacred Bloodline, and the Real Holy Grail
17:48 – Why Mary Magdalene’s legacy matters now (and what was hidden)
Discover the secret role of Mary Magdalene in the life of Jesus the Nazarene (possibly Essene), the suppressed Gnostic texts, the real meaning of the “seven demons” [or levels we must all ascend for real salvation], and the mysterious clues left in ancient art and legend.
We’ll explore her connection to the Holy Grail, the sacred bloodline theories (the real sacred vessel/Holy Grail Dan Brown pointed to), and the powerful spiritual truths the Church tried to erase.
Whether we’re seekers, history buffs, or drawn to esoteric wisdom, this video is a gateway to the truth they tried to hide about Magdalene.
All materials on this site are submitted by editors and readers. All images, unless otherwise noted, were taken from the Internet and are assumed to be in the public domain.
In the event that there is still a problem, issue, or error with copyrighted material, the break of the copyright is unintentional and noncommercial, and the material will be removed immediately upon presented proof.
Contact us by submitting a comment marked "private."
Do not follow this journal if you are under vinaya or parental restrictions. Secure protection by Sucuri.
Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at creativecommons.org/about/licenses.
%20wiki%20Buddhist%20Goddess%20of%20Wisdom,%20Indonesia.JPG)
