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We finish up our discussion with Clark Aitkins about the Gospel of Mary with some thoughts on the nature of sin and the passions, what the Greek philosophers thought of the early Christians and Gnostics, and how we can apply the lessons of the Gospel of Mary to our lives.

https://archive.org/download/TalkGnosisTheGospelOfMaryPart3/Talk%20Gnosis%20The%20Gospel%20of%20Mary%20Part%203.mp3

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Our conversation with Clark Aitkins continues, and the Gospel of Mary just gets more and more interesting. What instructions does the Gospel give? Is this a feminist document? Can we have a soul ascent as modern Gnostics? How does this document relate to Jewish mysticism? How doe the ancient view of the afterlife affect the development of Gnosticism?

https://archive.org/download/TalkGnosisTheGospelOfMaryPart2/Talk%20Gnosis%20The%20Gospel%20of%20Mary%20Part%202.mp3

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Stay tuned for Part 3, coming July 19th

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Clark Aitkins of the Johannite Church joins us to share his expertise as a recent graduate of Harvard with a Graduate Degree in New Testament and Christianity, where he studied with the renowned Gnostic scholar Dr. Karen King. Clark loves the Gospel of Mary and spent a lot of time at Harvard studying it. In this episode we give an overview of the Gospel of Mary, when it was written, how it was discovered, and how it was used. We discuss the nature of the Gospel as an instruction manual for Gnosis, the role of Mary as a teacher in many ancient Gnostic traditions, and the soul ascent visions that make up the second part of the Gospel. We also take an look at Grant Morrison’s “The Invisibles” series of comic books, and how the character Lord Fanny relates to this Gospel.

https://archive.org/download/TalkGnosisTheGospelOfMaryPart1/Talk%20Gnosis%20The%20Gospel%20of%20Mary%20Part%201.mp3

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Stay tuned for part 2, coming July 12th

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The history of Martinism is fascinating. Honestly. It’s all tied up in the French Revolution, the Gnostic and occult revivals of the late 1800s, WWII, and more. We talk with Bishop William Behun about this history, and we talk a bit about what Martinists actually do.

https://archive.org/download/FinalAudioTGADMarThomas80/Final%20Audio%20TGAD%20Mar%20Thomas%2080.mp3

Johannite Church website: https://www.johannite.org/

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The author of The Refutation of All Heresies, and other early Christian writers were very keen to let everyone know how their view of Christianity was the right one. In this episode we continue our conversation with Dr. David Litwa about the heresiologists. We talk about the interesting fact that they were all pretty much accused of heresy themselves. Did the ancient Gnostics really practice sex magic as the heresiologists said? Did the Naassenes call themselves Gnostics? What was self-deification in the Gnostic practices?

https://archive.org/download/FinalAudioTGAD079/Final%20Audio%20TGAD%20079.mp3

Dr. Litwa’s website: https://mdavidlitwa.wordpress.com/

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A recent set of reports in the Atlantic sheds new light on the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife fragment, brought to the attention of the world in 2012 by renowned scholar Dr. Karen King of Harvard. Turns out the guy who owns it could very possibly have the skills to forge it. The investigation by Ariel Sabar is super interesting, whether you believe in the accuracy of the fragment or not.

https://archive.org/download/20160617TalkGnosisSpecialReport/2016%2006%2017%20Talk%20Gnosis%20Special%20Report.mp3

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