“Ritual.” We all think we know what it means…right? Ritual, though, is a lot more complicated than you think.
Category Archives: Ontology
SETHIAN GNOSTICISM: “Gospel of Judas: What Does it Really Say?” / ReligionForBreakfast / Andrew Henry ☮
The Gospel of Judas caused a huge stir when National Geographic published it back in 2006. But to this day, misconceptions about this text abound. Who wrote this text? And what does it really say?
PBS Podcast: Ancient Text Discovery Depicts Judas as a Loyal Disciple
RELIGIOUS STUDIES: “Would Alien ‘First Contact’ Destroy Religion?” / ReligionForBreakfast / Andrew Henry ☮
As NASA continues to discover thousands of new exoplanets, humans have increasingly asked: “Are we alone?” If other intelligent species exist in our universe, do they practice religion too? If so, how would human world religions react to the possibility of first contact with extraterrestrial life?
GNOSTICISM: “What Did Gnostic Christians Believe?” / ReligionForBreakfast / Andrew Henry ☮
GNOSTICISM: “The Battle About God: The Gnostic Perspective on Modern Atheism” / The Modern Hermeticist / Stephan A. Hoeller ☮
Stephan A. Hoeller, scholar of gnosticism, lectures on Atheism as perceived from a Gnostic point of view.
ESOTERICISM: Mysticism – Islamic: “What is Sufism; and Can it Stop Radical Islam?” / Seeker Daily ☮
GNOSTICISM: “Secret Quest: The Path of the Christian Gnostics / Wisdom of the Gnostic Gospels” ☮
PHILOSOPHY – ONTOLOGY: “Who Am I?” / The School of Life ☮
What is it that makes us most distinctively ourselves? Our bodies, our memories, our values…? Take a tour through the philosophy of personal identity.