The Gnostic Epic of Mary Magdalene and Pistis Sophia

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The Pistis Sophia is the most epic and obscure Gnostic Scripture to come down to us from antiquity. Seemingly a manual for initiation into the mysteries of an otherwise unknown gnostic sect, the Pistis Sophia is as magnificent as it is complex, lengthy and obscure. In it we find Jesus 11 years after his resurrection, gathered around him select disciples to reveal the true mysteries of salvation: a truly vast cosmology populated by a staggering range of regions and entities; the secret 4-fold baptisms reminiscent of Greco-Egyptian magical practice without which one was doomed to reincarnation; techniques of mystical ascent back to the ineffable, primordial light through heavenly citadels; all of which was most clearly comprehended not by the male apostles Peter or Paul but by Mary the Mother of Jesus, Martha and most especially Mary Magdalene.
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Brill - Pistis Sophia (summon!)
Articles by Sarah Parkhouse - manchester.academia.edu/Sarah...
Brill - The Woman Jesus Loved: Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Documents (summon!)
GRS Mead - Pistis Sophia: The Gnostic Tradition of Mary Magdalene, Jesus, and His Disciples - amzn.to/4cSnq3e

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@TheEsotericaChannel 27 күн бұрын

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@darrylviljoen6227 26 күн бұрын

Fun trivia. The third of the Lord's of the seven heavens in the Dungeons and dragons cosmology is named Pistis Sophia.

@terraschaller1111 26 күн бұрын

July 21st the arm of Gideon coming down.time starts. 60 days behind us, May 21st, full moon of Wesak.

@MadUchiha43 26 күн бұрын

@@terraschaller1111 in september is the meeting of the stars and the divine ones.... there is the holy meeting of the divine femine and masculine.... but for the moment the femine is failling to do her job. so they wont meet again! so the hell we re living in will go on

@MadUchiha43 26 күн бұрын

@@terraschaller1111 what about september??????

@brbeltres11 25 күн бұрын

@@MadUchiha43amber or embers 🧿

@AlexusMagnum 26 күн бұрын

Loved the "Pistis Sophia makes The Silmarillion look like IKEA bookcase instructions" 🤣🤣

@hendrikm9569 26 күн бұрын

Same. Thats a way I never thought to hear my favourite book as looking like an Ikea instruction 😂.

@cormacolinde 26 күн бұрын

I’ve heard The Silmarillion compared to a lot of works, but never to an Ikea instruction sheet… And if like me you’ve read The History of Middle-Earth book, you know how ridiculously complex the writings that went into the published book are…

@hendrikm9569 26 күн бұрын

@@cormacolindeI haven't yet gotten around to reading HoME in its entirety, unfortunately. Only the lays of beleriand, however I am quite looking forward to it.

@michaelstatt 26 күн бұрын

Quite litterally, the "highest-brow" of punchlines I've ever heard.

@exoplanet11 26 күн бұрын

After reading Lord of the Rings to my son, I took a chance and bought the full illustrated version of the Silmarillion. Sadly it was never read....but I perused it lovingly many times. Now, having heard this analogy, I no longer regret the purchase.

@GarGhuul 28 күн бұрын

.pdf remains the fourth most popular religious conversion according to Google.

@bokrugthewaterserpent3012 20 күн бұрын

Is the joke that Google AI says nonsense, or is it that PDF is such a redundant and useless format that usage of it constitutes a religion?

@GarGhuul 20 күн бұрын

@@bokrugthewaterserpent3012 I have not checked it recently, but typically a search for “how to convert to” will give suggested results for Christianity, Islam, Judea, and .pdf.

@moltenchocolate9725 18 күн бұрын

@@bokrugthewaterserpent3012 the joke is about pirating expensive esoteric texts as .pdf files

@bokrugthewaterserpent3012 17 күн бұрын

@@moltenchocolate9725 and

@bokrugthewaterserpent3012 17 күн бұрын

@@moltenchocolate9725 ah okay

@ariachiba 26 күн бұрын

Evans here. As always, fantastic summary of an incredibly dense and difficult text, Dr. Sledge! The comment about the teeny-tiny Valentinian syzygy system had me cackling. Random factoid, the Brill edition of the Pistis Sophia was out of print when I was researching, and used copies were $600+. It took about 6 years of me nagging their Out of Print contact (and them agreeing to publish my book on the topic) to reprint it at all. Turns out people are less likely to research something they have to sell a kidney for. Amazing work bringing it to a huge audience!!

@TheEsotericaChannel 26 күн бұрын

Thank you for your incredible work! I didn't want to bother you again but would love to have you on again to talk about the text !

@DilutedH2SO4 26 күн бұрын

when the william blake art kicks in, you know things are getting esoterically epic

@melissamoore521 9 күн бұрын

lol!

@lindencairns7365 26 күн бұрын

13:50 Divine Mitosis is a great name for a band...

@vapormissile 26 күн бұрын

"... And on the organs of mystical perception, Weird Al Yankovic!"

@andrewgadberry7884 25 күн бұрын

Dr. Sledge, your labors are herculean and your work is a light in the mist. Your suffering does not go unrewarded! Much love, friend.

@xnoiidb 26 күн бұрын

"Even the experts are intimidated by its length and complexity" *puts down Finnegans Wake* Go on...

@Baddieirl 24 күн бұрын

@@xnoiidb seriously. Like. I am. Intrigued.

@slomosapien156 21 күн бұрын

A way a lone a last a loved a long the riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.

@DneilB007 26 күн бұрын

Just a little “thank you” for getting the music back. I know it was probably far more work on your part than it was worth, but I appreciate how the music glides me gently back out of this learning space and into the (somewhat less colourful) world of daily living. Thank you, Dr. Sledge!

@HikeAroundandFindOut 26 күн бұрын

Love the Gospel of Mary. "Mary turned their hearts to the good."

@rmc224 26 күн бұрын

Bringing in Tolkien and IKEA in the same sentence to explain the complexity of this gospel is the reason I listen to this podcast.

@Kittensbane01 26 күн бұрын

I'm so glad for the unbiased and truthful knowledge of antiquity Dr. Sledge presents us. Truly grateful for all these awesome videos! Rock on!

@asteroxfoundation 28 күн бұрын

Great stuff here Dr. Sledge! I am a recovered schizophrenic who, about three decades ago, had a confrontation with a serpentine entity with a lion-like face coming out of a portal and entering a cloud that formed in my room and then an encounter with a beautiful androgynous ivory faced entity with multiple radiant bronzish looking wings. There is something to these archons and their leader - they are not just symbols but appear to be adversarial, malevolent or initiatory entities. I had no knowledge of Gnosticism, Sophia, Yaldabaoth or the notion of a Demiurge until 2020. There is definitely something going on beyond the veil, but I'm not quite sure what it is. Based on the various interpretive versions, I don't think the ancient Gnostic sects were certain either of what is actually occurring. These emanations are real and seem to have the capability of existing both within us and beyond us. Cheers!

@eveadame1059 26 күн бұрын

Interesting that Schizophrenia has been linked to people who are Spiritually Intuitive 🕊️🌿

@randomchannel-px6ho 26 күн бұрын

The taboos around Neurodivergence are slowly dropping but I think sadly most people will still recoil at the suggestion of any link between it, spirituality and religion. Nevertheless it is quite obvious to me it has a profound influence upon the organization of society and the link between schizotypal disorder, schizophrenia, austism, ocd, add (how connected those things all are is an open question) and religion has been propsed by people like Sapolsky. We can't just dismiss these things as brains going haywire because how the brain actually works is that it interprets literally random noise

@jeremyt4292 26 күн бұрын

Is schizophrenia something that can be cured? I thought it was a lifelong condition.

@End0morphin 26 күн бұрын

I worked with a schizophrenic guy, we both watched a shadow like humanoid form pass between us, 8 feet from one another. He realized I had seen it too, which brought on an interesting discussion between us regarding his atheist paradigm and my belief in djinn and oppression/ possession. The thing was entering into a construction zone that lead to the building’s crawl space behind the dish station at the restaurant we worked in. In the crawl space was decades of illegally dumped filth in a building over century standing and the rot had reached critical mass in mold and bug infestation. I have no doubt he truly suffers from schizophrenia, but I had to tell him that maybe not all he experiences is his illness, and that a presumable evil being is coveting the filth and darkness in the space below us. Objects and appliances had been manipulated for months, including gas ranges, possibly injurious liabilities…….after a pan lid the size of a pizza tin had been hurled at my head one day, I tried to get the owner to review the camera data that was 10 feet away, he also was an atheist, an atheist that cant watch horror movies , and he refused to review the data….probably as much from a liabilities issue, as his annoyance and fear that mystery persists…..a coward in multiple directions

@jeremyt4292 26 күн бұрын

@@End0morphin I've had a similar experience with a friend of mine where we both saw and physically felt a shadow pass behind us, and it cast a shadow on the wall opposite us... But neither of us are schizophrenic (as far as we know 😅)

@TheEsotericaChannel 27 күн бұрын

The Esoterica Study Guide for the Pistis Sophia & Books of Jeu - docs.google.com/document/d/1xpdJT6HsEif4COq9nDB0BdrTurhyaVL0XeP2NXb-d3c/edit

@lovevluv 26 күн бұрын

Much gratitude, Dr Sledge.

@jbaquinones 27 күн бұрын

To me the pistis Sophia is very important. Important to merit its length. Pistis sophia is the Jewish? Gnostic? Iamblikus. Here’s where we learn about the travels of the heavens. As those people traveled in the planet, they were grateful to know of the dangers they could encounter. In a similar manner the pistis Sophia is a sort of travel guide of the underworld in my opinion. Thank you for the great episode Sir. ❤

@Potent1al 18 күн бұрын

Yes. Very similar to Egyptian understandings

@nolongerthere 26 күн бұрын

The world we live in is clearly nuts and frightening, but it does include Dr. Justin Sledge and KZfaq, and I'm grateful for that!

@entheo302 24 күн бұрын

SAME!

@tigercomet23 26 күн бұрын

Wow, I was raised Mormon (exmormon now) and every time you said “Outer Darkness” I got a shock and I thought to myself, boy the similarities to Mormon theology were striking. Then I was kind of surprised kind of validated (?) around 21 minutes in when you said that it’s of particular interest to LDS scholars.

@phillipbernhardt-house6907 28 күн бұрын

Thanks a billion for this one, Dr. Sledge! "Yes, please!" to the reading/study guide list for this text! I'll say more elsewhere! ;)

@J_Z913 28 күн бұрын

This one is going to be one of those I get to enjoy multiple times. Thanks!

@SobekLOTFC 28 күн бұрын

Keep up the exceptional job, Dr Sledge 👏⚒️

@melissamoore521 26 күн бұрын

just praying for his strength! lol

@LizuQadaria 26 күн бұрын

Babe wake up Esoterica dropped new banger

@ktkatte6791 28 күн бұрын

your Chris Brennan joke/reference made me almost lose my Coffee man. I have his hellenistic course and i've been trying to get through a two-part, cumulatively like 20 hour lecture for a year and a half now. I felt it deep.

@TheEsotericaChannel 28 күн бұрын

Good stuff and a great guy

@ktkatte6791 28 күн бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel i couldn't agree more. His style tests my ability to overcome my own limitations - my ADHD and general tendencies towards mental drift and free-association is at odds with his verbose, thorough style, but when I put the work in to overcoming my issues, i am always rewarded within the context of learning from his output. The world needs more like him tbh

@blackhossproductions 28 күн бұрын

Looks like I have my lunch hour planned! 🖤

@TheEsotericaChannel 28 күн бұрын

Gnostic lunch - just make sure not to feed the counterfeit spirit!

@blackhossproductions 26 күн бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel Wait. Adama is a counterfeit being? Hellooooo BSG!

@darkfenix16884 22 күн бұрын

I cannot imagine the pressure of trying to create an introduction video to such a complex topic with contradictory and obscure information. In my humble opinion, Dr. Sledge, you did a fantastic job. And you have inspired me to read the text myself. Thank you!!!

@TheEsotericaChannel 22 күн бұрын

Getting you to read it is the whole goal. If that happens it was all a success

@nolongerthere 26 күн бұрын

I love how you're infusing humor throughout these brilliant teachings. It's not just that it adds a modern wink, it is another dimension of knowledge you convey!

@WhiteErFox 25 күн бұрын

I concur. It was the most fun episode to watch. Not that the others aren't good, but this one had this special flavor to it.

@paulappleton5812 26 күн бұрын

Such depth of lush imagery and a whole otherworldly depth of suffering. I will go and listern to it again with a deeper appreciation. Thank you for your wonderful work kind sir ❤

@AleisterCrowleyDiary 23 күн бұрын

Your channel shines like a guiding star in the vast digital universe, illuminating minds with exceptional quality content and inspiring hearts with every video published.

@donseesyourshaydim7529 26 күн бұрын

Band name: Outer Darkness Escape Hatches

@iachtulhu1420 26 күн бұрын

Progressive dissonant death metal with slight jazzy influences :)

@HighPriestofLemuria 25 күн бұрын

"This is also the part where the William Blake art kicks in...", hahahaha, oh you!

@ZephyrOptional 26 күн бұрын

LOVE the Silmarillion reference!! Another great Tome!

@paulahoskins9972 26 күн бұрын

Would be fun to turn you loose in the Vatican Archives for a year. After your head stopped spinning, you could seriously give us a true account of everything! Having not raided the Archives, you do amazingly well. ❤👍🔥

@TheEsotericaChannel 26 күн бұрын

The Vatican Archives are very much accessible by any scholars with a good reason to visit them. Non-church scholars are in there all the time. Aside from some recent papal papers it's pretty easy to work there.

@matthewklahn3204 26 күн бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel the ideas around the secret Vatican archives reminds me much of the mythohistory of the library of Alexandria

@TheEsotericaChannel 26 күн бұрын

Yeah, people just assume all kinds of stuff. I mean, there was a Spinoza MS found in the VA that not even the Vatican knew was there.

@dasein3317 26 күн бұрын

Mary Magdalene is gives me Hermoine vibes

@chasethesnakee 22 күн бұрын

Dr. Sledge, I have been watching your content for many years and I wanted to just say thank you for doing what you do. I know myself and many other fans have bought merch and support you in other ways but you’re truly a selfless servant to provide quality content on such a niche interest.

@TheDreamingXylite 26 күн бұрын

Please yes on the Pistis Sophia guide. I bought it after watching another video on here and was just dumbfounded.

@TheEsotericaChannel 26 күн бұрын

Check the comments for the link!

@TheDreamingXylite 26 күн бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel Awesome. Thank you. This channel is an oasis in a digital occult desert.

@LEAPFROMLIFE29A 27 күн бұрын

a new Esoterica classic

@katrinawatkins958 26 күн бұрын

I have been waiting for you to make this video!! ❤🎉

@lifearttimes 26 күн бұрын

This was amazing Justin. Keep going. Shine On!✨

@unicornucopiaclear 26 күн бұрын

This is also the part of the episode where the William Blake art kicks in. Stiil as clever as always.

@corsetedwasteland2630 22 күн бұрын

10:14 took me out 💀 by far my favorite episode to date! Your humor escaping through the massive Swiss cheese holes of absolute chaos of this explanation was top notch Dr. Sledge! Another banger, in a long line of bangers!

@Saffron-sugar 21 күн бұрын

This is miraculous. I’ve been obsessing on the Pistis Sophia in the last few weeks (I may, or may not, have conjured a PDF of it) and I was thinking, Esoterica must have done an episode of this. I couldn’t find a post on it. Now I find that you covered it five days ago. EEEeeeEe! I’m so excited.

@leohorishny9561 12 күн бұрын

A little chit chat from the Universe! 😉

@VaingloryArk-h4w 5 күн бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. I’m so glad to have found this channel.

@encryptedprinter3289 26 күн бұрын

Thank you for your endless spelunking through the esoteric. You bring so much treasure to the surface every friday and I am grateful for it.

@PFizz 26 күн бұрын

Thank you Dr Sledge for your very helpful introductions to complex text. Yes please would love your “if I were to read again” process Thank you and Supreme God bless.

@Valdagast 27 күн бұрын

So when do we get "the Pistis Sophia for dummies"? Or is this it?

@TheEsotericaChannel 27 күн бұрын

uhhh...this might be it.

@kaarlimakela3413 26 күн бұрын

Cliff Notes ... oh... this is it ... 🎉

@Painting_Humans 21 күн бұрын

0600 in Germany and I have my cup of coffee as I watch and prepare meals for my Son and the Animals. Your presentation is just the kind of thought inspiring (and good adulting) stimulation that I desire. A great way to start the day. Thank you!

@AlexusMagnum 26 күн бұрын

You are so cool Dr. Thank you so much for your amazing ongoing work!

@chasinglegends9413 26 күн бұрын

That was an excellent episode Thanks for sharing your insights Dr Sledge..

@laynestar 26 күн бұрын

One of the first texts I ever conjured, and so thankful to hear it was not just me 😅

@JasonPhillipsXeariaN 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for video man. They are always very informative, and thanks for the study guide.

@joefrancis759 26 күн бұрын

wow the comparison to the Silmarillion had me do a double-take

@IsabellaOldham-dd8ln 13 күн бұрын

Amazing source of unbiased information Justin. ❤

@AndresMartinez-ww1qz 25 күн бұрын

This might be one of the funniest videos on this channel. Loving every second of it.

@jadedbludarling 25 күн бұрын

It's about time Justin lol thank you! looking forward to this one.❤

@joachim847 26 күн бұрын

Dude, I know you're Jewish, so presumably you think the Resurrection didn't happen; nevertheless, like a boss, you just drop the word into your description of the robust core of the Christian worldview, presented _as that worldview, on its own terms._ Thank you, kind sir. I noticed 🙏

@TheEsotericaChannel 26 күн бұрын

Being a good scholar means presenting the material on its own terms - not my terms. I hope I'm always faithful to that kind of scholarship.

@mysteriousdeath14400 26 күн бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannelI truly appreciate that you are capable of walking on both sides of that line. In the few times that you do discuss your personal faith and practices on this channel, I find that it enriches the academic study because you share the search for truth with these ancient authors. Add with us. And this deepens your primary content as an excellent practical demonstration of, as you say, encountering the material on its own terms long before you even consider imbuing it with any degree of belief or rejection.

@Johnathan909309 23 күн бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel you're very honest and you show respect to the Christian faith which I respect very much thank you, Dr sledge! You understand Christianity and Judaism are indeed related through markova mysticism and gnostic ideas thank you for your non bias!

@2Chillyd 20 күн бұрын

I consider myself a Christian and African mystic so the call to do your own research is something I think i’m gonna take up! Thank you for your endless work Doctor

@BiancaBabe 26 күн бұрын

As always, sir, thank you for your amazing videos and content ❤️

@williammartinactor 25 күн бұрын

A reading guide is a great idea. I am listening to this lecture again tomorrow

@PaPaBeAr8686 8 күн бұрын

Thank you for covering this one

@WilliamToolooze-pv9mn 22 күн бұрын

Man I love your vids ! Not only do I get the benefit of your thorough and scholarly research, but I'm always guaranteed a good belly laugh 😂❤ keep up the awesome work !

@mikedespo1483 26 күн бұрын

My favorite parts were the entire episode and when the william blake art kicked in. 😂

@samanthabirdx 26 күн бұрын

You’re the best in the West Dr. Sledge

@Lillythe. 24 күн бұрын

Your channel is greatly appreciated! Thank you ❤

@TarninTheGreat 26 күн бұрын

I'm so glad you made this one! I've been looking forward to it for years now. Gosh I want to read this thing. I would love your reading guide. Maybe with a summoning ritual for the text (if I can't find it) included.

@TheMarkRich 26 күн бұрын

I conjured it. Ooops. I'm reading with demons. I may have miss said the spell. 😂

@lessismore4470 25 күн бұрын

Thank you for the effort. IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

@Whimsicalbrainpan 24 күн бұрын

Thank you so much for all the research you do. I feel so fortunate to reap the rewards of your labor.

@ShaggysMovingPictureBox 26 күн бұрын

Wow what a terribly beautiful conglomeration of esoteric *stuff* lmao I’m definitely gonna have to watch this a few times there’s stuff I missed this first time around 😂

@mrsSsmith2005 25 күн бұрын

Thank you again for this amazing episode ❤

@Ctrl_Shift_ 26 күн бұрын

I would love to see a reading guide. This text sounds like it would make for a fascinating deep dive.

@evodevo420 26 күн бұрын

You are the best!!! I feel so grateful to be able to listen to your wisdom, thank you so so much!

@markusleboschka6878 26 күн бұрын

I was once reading the 'Divine Comedy' by Dante Alighieri, and wondered where all the 'high fantasy' described in that book comes from. To my knowledge the bible does not contain stuff like that, nor any further descriptions of devils or demons, which you can find in medieval paintings by Hieronymus Bosch. With what you mentioned today sound like the source of all the ideas described in the 'Divine Comedy' and of Bosch's paintings.

@sage9836 26 күн бұрын

I was just now in a text conversation about this. We were talking about how the medieval world view contained hierarchal zones, each of which contained certain numbers of creatures that seem to be based on heraldry, and they all had certain jobs. Probably like medieval social order. The writers did a lot of filling in systems. Seems they agreed on a great hierarchy, but filled it in differently. In addition to the medieval mindset I think about the actual pen to paper production of a manuscript. I did some studying of manuscripts and started thinking that the monastic life of the era motivated and supported psychedelic stories and drawings. I noticed some drawings that were beautifully done and others where it looked like someone was just using the geometric spaces as a place to doodle. Like, just filling in whatever they could with more marks. I wondered - was the artist working in the manuscript making it overly elaborate perhaps for a patron, or maybe to delay having to work in the kitchen. Weird stuff created in the mundane world.

@sonofsophia 26 күн бұрын

After reading Dante(and some other classic authors thru history, for example, Herman melville) I suspect there is actually a secret strain of gnostic teachings being passed down thru history. That or, you know, what Jung says, the collective unconscious 😊

@AlmaMercer 21 күн бұрын

I'm so glad, our understanding of the cosmos, has advanced. Thanks

@Dias-jm7os 26 күн бұрын

This is fire worldbuilding

@andythedishwasher1117 26 күн бұрын

Wait, did Brill finally come after you for all the shade you've thrown at them over the years?

@courtneybrock1 25 күн бұрын

I gotta admit. One day I’m really hoping for an esoterica stand-up comedy routine. All the inside jokes and downplayed one liners in a single great act! For…uber nerds…😂

@TheEsotericaChannel 25 күн бұрын

Someone could make an "esoterica out of context" supercut - that'd be really strange

@courtneybrock1 20 күн бұрын

@@TheEsotericaChannel “Truly esoteric outtakes, for the initiated.” 😂😂😂😂

@jeffaltier5582 26 күн бұрын

"Gnostic" lecture? I have my popcorn ready to go. Yes to a reading guide!

@grayson6451 13 күн бұрын

Amazing as always

@traviswadezinn 28 күн бұрын

Enjoyable, good job!

@ShaneVioletSafrietFlames 14 күн бұрын

I know Pista Sophia and Mary lol great woman both of them just beautiful souls they are.God Bless ya all hello J-Diddy good morning from Saint Louis Mo.

@Sevenigma777 24 күн бұрын

I dont know how popular or in demand a reading guide to Pistis Sophia may be but i do know the few of us with major interest in Gnostic literature and are big fans of your channel would love a reading guide by you. Gnostic books are some of the most intense and intimidating reading you'll ever face and even if you help just a couple people with a reading guide thats a few more people now with knowledge and interest into our niche little community. Ive been interested in Gnosticism since the early 90s and you were basically on your own with little help as to what to read and where to go. Most of everything youd find on the subject was the translations of the Nag Hammadi library with very little additional info or context. Heck, I legit didnt know one other person until much later in life that even knew anything about Gnosticism and if you did they were probably those who mistakenly thought it was the same as being Agnostic. I wish i had access to info that a channel like this provides and is why its easily one of my fav of all times.

@CrazyPablo44 24 күн бұрын

Such a well-crafted and engaging presentation of this labyrinthine work! I’m so grateful for your study guide as well. I’ve been working my way through the Brill edition which I own and am using it as an excuse to finally delve into Lambdin’s Coptic grammar which should be on its’ way from ILL soon. Also been listening to the Mead translation on audiobook just to help get a sense of the utter depth and strangeness of this text.

@CharlotteSeely 7 күн бұрын

Thanks for your videos❤❤❤

@judithobi1303 17 күн бұрын

I have read The First two Books 3 times, for three winters. I did it for purification, and to give in my will into The will of God.

@rebekah1216 26 күн бұрын

Out of all of them, this is what I get most excited (admittedly a bit over-enthusiastic ) for. Hurray!

@gabyanaya 20 күн бұрын

Great video!

@briannacery9939 26 күн бұрын

The Hermione Granger accused of being a insufferable know it all by the Professor Snape of the merciful heavens and Jesus assembling his apostles eleven years after his death is so...

@orionheartofmine 11 күн бұрын

I've only ever heard the Fall of Sophia story in her aeon form. Listing to you give a summery of this version made me think of the Sumerian tale of Inanna's Descent to the Underworld.

@ninacosentino2913 18 күн бұрын

Thank you❤I Love to hear about mystical, powerful women🙏🏾✨🙏🏾

@jalenbuer 19 күн бұрын

The reading guide for Pistis Sophia sounds helpful, and great. I would appreciate the guide!

@rebusak47 18 күн бұрын

I've only recently discovered your channel, currently bingeing on your content, thank you. I love to read, but having Asperger's and ADHD sometimes concentration is fleeting, so my preferred method is audio versions (please don't judge me). FYI your merch store is amazing not just the apparel but the books.

@eightiefiv3 26 күн бұрын

Enjoyable, as per usual! ❤

@kaarlimakela3413 26 күн бұрын

Seems to me, monotheism is hard to practice if your culture remembers in so many ways, the complexities of old gods, spirits and forces in the old mythology. The temptation to re-complicate spirituality just as monotheism and trinitarian ideas were being stamped onto our reality, I can understand. And there have to be secrets. Secret knowledge is magnetic! 😏

@Halluci.Nation 26 күн бұрын

Man you crack me up 😂😂 great job on this 👍🏻

@entheo302 24 күн бұрын

I'm dying as my girlfriend just looked up from her phone and in all seriousness asked, "who is this Sophia and why is she so pasty?"

@RichardBargloski 26 күн бұрын

Thanks for the pdf tip. I look forward to consuming the text with your suggestions from the guide.

@SPKonrad36918 26 күн бұрын

Sup Jesus - Dr Sledge your channel is awesome 🤘🔥🤘

@jaushuaraygelvin2699 26 күн бұрын

I would love a reading guide! I seriously just got my current book in the mail: Jesus and the Lost Goddess by Freke and Gandy. I just got to chapter five today and when I got on KZfaq you had uploaded this video. Love it. You have a great channel. ❤ Bless

@braddaulton3976 26 күн бұрын

I want to hear more ! And more!

@Z3nk4t77t 26 күн бұрын

"The Silmarilion look like bookcase instructions " niceeee

@XfiverX 25 күн бұрын

I've had the Pistis Sophia sitting on my book shelf and staring at me for the last 15 years or so. I still can't bring myself to take a crack at it lol