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Somnium Mundi

Somnium Mundi

“Someone asked the Buddha
‘How can we escape the heat
of the summer sun?

The Buddha replied
‘Why don’t you jump
into a blazing furnace?’”
Traditional

As the world persists in its ancient-of-days somnium mundi, world-dreaming, it has proven to be most difficult to get people to pay attention to the fact that the very fabric of the cosmos [...]

A Book To Remember: The Hidden Passion

A Book To Remember:
The Hidden Passion
by L. Caruana

Not since Nathaniel Merritt published his seminal work Jehovah Unmasked have I encountered a book that so eloquently explicates the ofttimes abstract, obtuse and sometimes phantasmagorical religio-philosophy found in the Nag Hammadi Library and related Gnostic literature as The Hidden Passion by L. Caruana (2007, Recluse Publishing). [...]

The Reformed Catharist Priesthood

The Reformed Catharist Priesthood:
Features & Functions

In the Reformed Catharist Seminary, candidates are being prepared by SOURCE to serve as Ministers of the Original Holy Kerygma to those who consociate in an ecclesial setting. The sole purpose of the Reformed Catharist Seminary has been to seek out and inspire the pre-elect of SOURCE, to uplift them, [...]

Notes regarding “The Sonship”

Notes regarding “The Sonship”
 
I would like to explore a few ideas and concepts relative to the concept of “The Sonship”.  For most literalist christians, there is an indefatigable holding on to the notion that Jesus Christ was uniquely not only the sole Son of Man but also uniquely as the “only-begotten Son of God.” If [...]

The Laurel Is Green Again

The Laurel Is Green Again
 
“Al cap des set cens ans verdegeo le laurel” After seven hundred years, the laurel will be green again.” Cathar Prophecy – 1244.

We are in the midst of a great and wondrous turning point in the evolution of humankind. Many are witnessing the fulfillment of this ancient prophecy. Seven hundred years [...]

The Nature & Purpose of Scripture

The Nature & Purpose of Scripture:
Its Source, (Mis)Translation, Misapplication & Corruption
An Epignostic Overview
 
 
In both The Epignostic Church of Philadelphia as well as its related activity, The Reformed Catharist Seminary, the conceptualisation of the word “scripture” connotes something a little different from its common usage. For almost all world religions, scripture is held to be Divinely-Revealed [...]

Sea Glass and Sanctification

Sea glass and Sanctification:
I have gathered together all my members
 
“I am the one who cometh forth by day…I clasp the sycamore tree, I myself am joined to the sycamore tree, and its arms are opened unto me graciously…I have come to see Ra…, and I absorb the winds which arise when He cometh forth, and [...]

Advice to New Seminarians in The Reformed Catharist Seminary

Advice to New Seminarians
in The Reformed Catharist Seminary

This brief blog post is mostly directed to all of our chosen new Seminarians in the Reformed Catharist Seminary. I wish to elucidate briefly some of the common tasks that you all will need to accomplish as well as to describe in some detail what is a universal [...]

Epignosis: The Gnosis Above Gnosis

Gnosis or Epignosis?
A Brief Inquiry
By Nathaniel J. Merritt
6-19-2009
 
After dialoguing with my dear friend and fellow participant in the True Way of Gnosis regarding these two terms, I asked him to put his ideas down in the form of a paper that he could share with all who seek Gnosis. Here it is, a to-the-point reconceptualising the [...]

The Futility of Book-larnin’ Gnosis: “The Tower of Bible” Metaphor

The Futility of Book-larnin’ Gnosis
“The Tower of Bible” Metaphor*
 
 
“Sayin’ (and readin’) ain’t doin’”
 
Old Appalachian Saying (adapted by author)
 
It came to my attention several years ago, beginning in the early 1990’s, that myriad tomes of Gnostic wisdom started pouring forth upon bookstore shelves everywhere. That so many books were quickly swept up and devoured attests the [...]