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Gnostic mysteries of sex : Sophia the Wild One and erotic Christianity

By Tobias , Churton

Book information

Publisher
Inner Traditions / Bear & Company
Year
2015
ISBN
9781620554210, 1620554216
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
538 kB (551107 bytes)
Pages
310\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
ca. 30-600. Christian heresies -- History -- Earlyca. 30-600. Gnosticism. Sex -- Religious aspects -ca. 30-600. Wisdom (Gnosticism)Erotica -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- Hi

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There is a long tradition in Christianity of higher union with God through the sacrament of sex. For example, the sexual practices of the Barbelo Gnostics, �redemption by sin,� so shocked orthodox Christian contemporaries that they were driven underground; the mystery of Sophia can be seen in the philosophy of the medieval Troubadours; and William Blake inherited a secret Renaissance sexual mysticism through the English poet Andrew Marvell.

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