Originally contributed on March 22, 2005.
Hello. I’m new to this group and would like to introduce myself. As you can see from my member name, it’s Sandy. I have taken an increasing interest in Gnosticism. I’ll be honest, my interest all started about a year ago after reading the infamous book “The Da Vinci Code”….lol. A book I thoroughly enjoyed, BTW. From that point on, I went on an adventure to read everything I could about Mary Magdalene, Jesus, the Priory Sion, etc. So now in my little library of paperbacks I have several books, “Holy Blood, Holy Grail”, “The Messianic Legacy”, “The Gospel of Mary”, two books by Elaine Pagels, “The Gnostic Gospels”, “Beyond Belief-The secret Gospel of Thomas” (both books which I have read and really liked.) I also have another book by Mrs. Pagels “Adam, Eve and the Serpent”, which I have yet to read. The Gospel of Thomas really interests me, so I am currently reading “The Gnostic Gospel of St. Thomas- Meditations on the Mystical Teachings” by Tau Malachi. I throughly enjoy this book, because it takes the Gospel verse by verse and gives some very interesting interpretations of each verse.
I have had an interest in Astrology and Metaphysics for several years now, too. Of course I have had my birth chart done and have acquired voluminous info about the different aspects of it from the internet and books. My favorite metaphysical site on the net is www.crystalinks.com. If you have never visited this site, I highly recommend it. I go there daily to read her updates and browse through her archive of articles. I will have to browse through this group and read the different posts. There seems to be quite a lot here. I’m still quite new at this, so it will take me awhile. I hope to be able to comment from time to time. I have also read some of the “Conversations with God” books and I am seeing quite a similarity between what Gnostics teach and what the author of those books writes about. I find that very cool. I find these “heretical” type teachings more in tune with me than what Orthodox religions teach. I live in what is called “The Bible Belt” of the United States, Texas to be exact, and believe me, you don’t hear about “Gnostic” very much around here. Can be quite oppressive at times. I hope to have some insightful conversations here and maybe make some new friends.
Until later. Sandy