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Misplaced Gnosis
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 8:53 am
by Tim J Brennan
Poem deleted
Re: Misplaced Gnosis
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:44 am
by poet-e
I don't entirely get this...
S2-3 seems like birth/s.
Last S, I get abortion/s?
Also confused by the title...Definition of
gnosis: esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth held by the ancient Gnostics to be essential to salvation
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnosis
Re: Misplaced Gnosis
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:07 am
by Tim J Brennan
poet-e wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 10:44 am
I don't entirely get this...
S2-3 seems like birth/s.
Last S, I get abortion/s?
Also confused by the title...Definition of
gnosis: esoteric knowledge of spiritual truth held by the ancient Gnostics to be essential to salvation
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gnosis
Well, you must get it a little bit otherwise you wouldn't have put forth the birth / death interpretation.
Gnosis: knowledge of spiritual mystery
...imagine misplacing that.
Re: Misplaced Gnosis
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:11 am
by Tracy Mitchell
Tim, this feels like a condemnation of doctrinal fanaticism, superstitious obsession, and the evils of cult-authority. The voice of N. does not present a reflective, evaluative point of view, but rather illogical, judgmental intolerance. That's what I got -- intolerance.
Cheers.
T
Re: Misplaced Gnosis
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 11:46 am
by Tim J Brennan
Tracy Mitchell wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 11:11 am
Tim, this feels like a condemnation of doctrinal fanaticism, superstitious obsession, and the evils of cult-authority. The voice of N. does not present a reflective, evaluative point of view, but rather illogical, judgmental intolerance. That's what I got -- intolerance.
Cheers.
T
...most of these things you mention are both illogical & judgmental, Tracy, so I thank you and believe this is on the right track.
