Path: typhoon.sonic.net!feed.news.sonic.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!quark.scn.rain.com!not-for-mail From: penitent leper Newsgroups: alt.religion.gnostic,alt.religion.gnostic.orders Subject: Re: Gnostic church in America? I can't find one, please help, thanks ! Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 14:33:06 -0800 Organization: SCN Research Inc. of Portland, Oregon, USA. Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <4adbec4b.0311140920.4ce0a34@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup-ras14-164.eug.or.uspops.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: quark.scn.rain.com 1068849168 25691 64.28.50.164 (14 Nov 2003 22:32:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@news.scn.rain.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 22:32:48 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.religion.gnostic:55676 alt.religion.gnostic.orders:330 On 14 Nov 2003 09:20:15 -0800, planet_dweller@yahoo.com (planet_dweller@yahoo.com) wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >I've been looking for a Gnostic church in America that I could join >and become a part of for years and years and haven't been able to >locate one. > >At this point, I'll take a look at any organization that calls itself >a Gnostic / Gnosis-based church, but what I'm hoping to ideally find >is one that: > >1) Recognizes the divinity of Jesus Christ >2) Believes in reincarnation, either as a necessary part for salvation >or as a fact of human existence >3) Believes that salvation must come through a true gnosis, a giving >up of ego to let the Holy Spirit fill one with knowledge at which >point JC / God can save one's soul >4) That no earthly-bound human can "save" another human being > >I have many other threads of personal belief than those four basic >ones listed above, am just hoping to find any church that is Gnostic >in scope and belief. > >Any information you have that you care to share, please either post it >here in the group or send it to me through email, and TIA, Yours, >PlanetDweller I'm no expert, but you might want to look into Ecclesia Gnostica, Stefan Hoeller's church. They have a website and may meet some of your specifications. They're pretty commercial and sell Hoeller's and others' books. - pl -