Gnosis refers to a religious movement and can easily be translated as knowledge. These are not mere intellectual knowledge, but usually meant is knowledge that results from experience.
That this again very hard to put into words, is evidence of this problem of the employability of all mystical or Gnostic texts. These actual work is then usually a variety of exegetical writings published that attempt the impossible, namely to take the implicit numinosum the original texts. That such a section through the mind often have better access can provide, is on hand. In this way does not the present text. In The breath of the Gnosis of Mia and Henk Leene is, the above-described problem abreast, do not even tries to write exclusively for the mind. Here, no researchers, writing in the traditional sense, but Gnostics. The plant is thus designed for a holistic reading, if you will.
It has an author, Henk Leene, the gnostic teachings from the earliest age to know. His father, Jan Leene, is better known under the pseudonym Jan van Rijckenborgh. This started with his brother Zwier Willem Leene (the uncle of our author Henk) the Lectorium Rosicrucianu m. Both had previously been novices in Max Heindel Rosicrucian community. When Jan Leene then died in 1968, he was succeeded by Henk Leene as Grand Master of the Lectorium. However, it seems to fill this office to be finished a little unfortunate, in 1969 was accused Henk Leene to use Gnostic and magical powers, whereupon he left the Lectorium and in the same year, the Community R + C Rosae Crucis , founded the again more closely attuned to the teachings of his father Jan Leene Max Heindel and his teacher is.
But back to book. As already noted, the work is aimed not only to the intellect, but the Authors are able, moreover, to approach the text to an inner authority and to vibrate. This instance, soul, spirit or divine spark, is a most important ingredients of any Gnostic teaching and school. back sophistication and in their original state, it increases as the light son to God, free, and again one with the Creator. This is the return link, which is described by the Latin word religio that makes up the inner core of any true religion, and the authors is the most important concern.
cares Here, Mia and Henk Leene in its presentation than historical categorizations, but can use the inner Content of individual lessons to show that such separations are artificial intelligence services. Viewed from the inner instance shows that there is something of a Gnostic continuum through time and cultures, there was naturally always opposed to each of their established religious institutions and their dogmas. The central importance of the big three (faith, hope and love) for each Gnostic Initiation is it clear again and again, just as the distance from any possessiveness. In addition, make many more similarities or more constants in teaching, practice, morality discover, which pursue the authors through the ages and different schools. On the way are the Cathars, the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, Apollonius of Tyana or the Jesus and Jacob Boehme, of Pythagoras, the Druids, the Stoics, and many more. All listed schools or teachers spread the Gnostic answer to the relationship of the people inside to the outside people who formulated the way for the return of the soul and the universal law of love, topoi, which run like red threads through the examination.
In the lucid presentation of individual gnostic light carrier succeeded to the authors, to sink the breath of the Gnosis in the line of the book so that many passages of the text invite to meditation.
So if the umpteenth historical treatise Gnostic Groups and their teachings expected, will be disappointed. However, if you convert to paths or Gnostic feels the inner urge to do this, will find valuable soul food.
Man is the Way.
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