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Gnostic mysteries of sex :

1620554216

9781620554210

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Gnostic mysteries of sex :

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Sophia the Wild One and erotic Christianity

Tobias Churton.

Rochester, Vermont ; Toronto, Canada

Inner Traditions

[2015]

x, 310 pages ; 23 cm

Acknowledgments Introduction The Gnostic Sex Book Confessio Churtonatis Part I THE SEX GNOSTICS ONE--The "Filthy Gnostickes" Great Monsters of Heresy Is an Erotic Christian Religion Really Possible? The Essential Myth Androgyny TWO--Heresy Starts in Eden: The Accusers The Heresiologists Clement of Alexandria Tertullian Hippolytus Epiphanius THREE--How to Be a Superman: The First Gnostic Sex and Simon Simon Says--According to Hippolytus Epiphanius on Simon FOUR--After Simon, the Deluge Cerdo Saturnilus FIVE--The Dirty People Sethians, Seed-Gatherers, and Serpent-Worshippers Hippolytus on the Naasseni Kundalini Gnostics? Epiphanius on Barbeliotes and Borborites SIX--Tantra--Remarkable Parallels SEVEN--Be My Valentine EIGHT--A Question of Seed Senseless and Crack-Brained Tertullian on the Valentinians Clement of Alexandria and Theodotus A New Picture of Valentinian Sex NINE--The Valentinian Marriage The Knowledge of the Heart The Good Spermaritan TEN--In Search of the Mystery of Prouneikos and Barbelo in Alexandria Philo of Alexandria (ca. 20 BCE-ca. 50 CE) ELEVEN--The Lascivious One The Wild One Part II GNOSTIC LOVE AND THE SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION TWELVE--All You Need Is Sophia Return to the Troubadours THIRTEEN--The Golden Riddle The Golden Ball The Coy Mistress The Spherical Art The Conversion of the Jews Heaven's Gate Thy Heaven Doors Are My Hell Gates Bibliography Index

Erotica -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.

Gnosticism.

Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600.

Tobias Churton.

Tobias Churton

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