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Children of a lesser god: Gnostic elements in the Nag Hammadi manuscripts

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The discovery of an entire "Gnostic library" in Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945, revealed to the world the "cosmic pessimism" of some of the earliest Christian congregations in the Near East, based on the ontological difference between the unknowable God- Father of the Synoptic Gospels and the "God of this world", a figure who has notable correspondences but also sensitive distinctions with the Platonic Demiurge.

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Paolo Riberi: the โ€œGnostic Renaissanceโ€ in modern cinema

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We are pleased to report to our readers the publication of the new work by Paolo Riberi, Red pill or black lodge? Gnostic messages in the cinema between the Matrix, Westworld and Twin Peaksย (Lindau, Turin, 2017), in which the author honors the writer of the mention of the articleย The secrets of Twin Peaks: the "Evil that comes from the woods", published on this site.

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