What is Gnosticism?

I discovered Gnosticism quite by accident. I didn't even know it existed until I was reading a book written by my favorite psychic, Sylvia Browne. I had watched her on television for years and when I learned that she had written a book about being a psychic, I wanted to read it. My sister got me the book for my birthday and I enjoyed the read. In it, Sylvia talks about God and Heaven, which she calls the Other Side, along with some other stuff that I'll get into later. I became very curious about what she wrote because it felt very . . . right. At the end of the book, there was some information on study groups that she had formed and I inquired. Everything I have learned about and from the Novus Spiritus group feels right to me. I'll explain that in detail later.

Gnosticism, in a nutshell, is defined as seeking truth and knowledge. Therefore, Gnostic Christians are seekers of truth and knowledge while following the example of Christ. What you are about to read may sound far-fetched to you. That's okay. One thing I have learned in these studies is you cannot convince someone who does not want to be convinced. And that's okay. I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I'm just giving you an insight into what I've learned and what I believe to be, if not the truth, then the closest thing to the truth that I've ever heard.

Having said that, if you do not read this, I will completely understand. What I don't want is someone commenting or writing to me that I am wrong or a blasphemer. Because I am not. I don't want to start a religious debate into which religion is right and which is wrong. That's not my intention here. However, if you are curious and have an open mind, you just might find this interesting.

Gnostics believe that there is a duality in Heaven; i.e., there is a Father God (who's name is Om), and a Mother God (who's name is Azna). It is written in the beginning of the book of Genesis, "Let us make man in our image." If God made man in his image, and then made woman, does it not stand to reason that there is a male and a female in Heaven? "Let US make man in OUR image." Then God said in order for man to multiply, he must couple with a woman. "Let US make man in OUR image." Think about it for just a moment. When we are born, we have a mother and a father. Doesn't it stand to reason that when we are born into Heaven, we would have a mother and a father? It makes perfect sense to me!

Father God is the immovable mover without emotion; the beginning and the end; has always been and will always be. He cannot take a form and cannot, therefore, experience life on this planet, except through us. Mother God, on the other hand, has emotion and can take a form; therefore, she is the one who watches over us from our level - here on this planet. When you pray to God, even tho you may say "Father God," it's Mother God who is usually listening. Mother God answers most of the prayers. She is more able to manipulate circumstances and outcomes in our lives. Even though she doesn't get the recognition she deserves, she is getting more now than she has in a very, very long time. You see, it was once commonplace for people to pray to Mother God and Father God. But then the Catholic church was formed and to get more power over the people, they took the feminine principal out of the teachings, and out of the Bible. It made the women of the time more inferior to the men and the men were then better able to manipulate the women to do their bidding. You see, people were not educated back then. What knowledge they were able to garner came mostly from the church. And the church controlled how much knowledge their people received by reading to them the rules and laws of God and the land. I could go into so much more details to show how the Bible was manipulated to give the church more power but that's not why I'm writing this. So let me move on....

Gnostics do not believe there is a hell. We do not believe that God condemns some people to a place called hell. We believe that we are, right now at this very moment, in hell. We believe that God is an all-loving God with no vengeance, hatred, anger. Those are human emotions that we have placed upon God. (Again, it goes back to the church wanting control over their people.) God knows only LOVE. We were created out of love. They had such an abundance of love that it could not contain itself and souls were created. For a long time, we (the souls) lived in Heaven with our mother and our father but we didn't learn a whole of anything and we began to ask questions. So they made it possible for us to learn. We are born of this place with a specific purpose: to learn and experience for God. We experience what the Father cannot. Then, when we die and return home, we take with us what we have experienced and what we have learned and we share it with Him. And because He loves us, He doesn't make us come here alone. He gives us guides and angels to protect us while we are here. Well, our angels protect us, our guides help us to stay on our chosen paths.

Gnostics believe that we have lived many lives on this planet and that we are on our last lives here. We have incarnated - or reincarnated - many times. Why? To learn, of course. This is basically what happens (not exactly, but you'll get the basic idea): Before you are born into this world, you go to God and say to Him, "God, I would like to have a new experience from which to learn." God says, "Okay. What would you like to learn and/or experience?" The two of you confer over what you have already learned and what you would like to do differently. Perhaps you were once a rich, white woman who owned slaves. So maybe this time around, you would like to know what it would feel like to be a poor, black man. This is just an example, you understand? So together you and God lay out what experiences you'd like to have while you are here. When it's all written out, God says, "Are you sure this is what you want?" You say YES. So he asks you to sign a contract that says you will complete your mission as written. (By the way, you write in EVERY LITTLE THING you will experience, including who your parents will be.) Then you are born and you live your life, or follow the path that you have set. Then when you die and go back home, you go into a room where you review that path. Once you have reviewed it, you get to talk to God about what you did and what you learned. After you discuss it, God says, "You have done well, my child. Would you like to do that again?" And you can say yes or you can say no. It's your decision. And because life at Home (on the Other Side) is so perfect and beautiful, oftentimes we will write for ourselves some pretty horrific experiences. Our guides stay with us during our entire stay here to help us stay on our mission, on our path. Our guides, by the way, are very close friends on the other side. Someone whom we trust and with whom we have made an agreement. And they never go away - EVER. They are bound to us for our entire stay. Because we can't see him or her, your guide will usually communicate to you through dreams, intuition, and/or that little voice inside your head helping you to make a decision - you know, the one you usually ignore. Our Angels don't communicate with us; they just keep a watchful eye on us and will step in to protect us in extreme situations. Those stories you read about or hear about where someone "saw" an angel... they probably did.

Anyway, there's so much more to say but I'm out of time. However, I don't want to leave you with unanswered questions, as I'm sure you have them. If you didn't before, you do now! Please feel free to email me any questions you might have about Gnosticism. I will do my best to answer them. I will not, however, respond to any emails telling me that I'm wrong, that I'm being misled, etc. If you have an honest question, or are curious to know more, I'm more than happy to share what I know!

God Bless You and Love You
I do!