Gnosticism: knowing from the inside.
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Jacob Slavenburg is a Dutch cultural historian and friend, who has gained fame through his books on early Christian movements, written from a modern esoteric philosophy.)
Preface: Now something completely different, less political, more spiritual, although everything is connected, also politic and spirituality should be more connected with each other. It is important to know, it has to do with the other and everything is interconnected. knowledge evolved. (Peter van Els)
Ps: Dutch version of the article can be found if you click on the colored name Dhr.Jacob Slavenburg.
Gnosticism: knowing from the inside.
Gnosticism is the Greek word for knowledge, or understanding. Not outward (cognitive) knowledge, but a ‘knowing from within.’ In that sense, Gnosticism is as old as mankind. From the time of his conception, mankind has been carrying this intuitive knowledge within himself. However, over the centuries, he has increasingly lost awareness of his inner knowing.