Friday, February 15, 2008

John Lash - Gnosticism & Abrahamic Religion



John Lash

Gnosticism & Abrahamic Religion

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Research and author John Lamb Lash joins us to discuss his book Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief. We begin to talk about Gnosticism, the origins of the Gnostic Texts, who've done the translation? We move on talking about the Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. We focus on Christianity and talk about the Saviour Complex and God's need for a Sacrifice. Topics Discussed: Religion, Manipulation, Elaine Pagels, Nag Hammâdi, Translation Problems, Dead Sea Scrolls, The Gnostics, Yahweh; The schizoid God and much more.

A continuation of this interview is available to subscibers of Red Ice Creations.

1 comment:

said...

Then there's moi's wee film/research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7iQRFP_e90

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Tor