gnostic
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Edgar Calel’s dimly lighted installation, in which stones and plant matter dangle over vessels that hold flickering, electronic flames, transports us to a contemplative gnostic ritual.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
David isn’t cruel like the gnostic Jesus, but he is unmanageable.
From New York Times • May 26, 2020
The novel finally ends up in a commune where Ana and her gnostic sisters discuss “a plethora of other ideas about women that turned traditionally held beliefs upside down.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2020
We can feel its gnostic effects on our everyday reality, but we rarely see it, and it’s quite inscrutable to non-initiates.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2019
This old pagan and gnostic idea has continued to the present day in Syria among the Nosa�ris; cf.
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz
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