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Brandon and Mark explore old religious texts finding stories and teachings that you may not have heard.
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Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
Life may not come with an instruction book, but someone wrote a DIY manual! On this episode of the Gnostic Deluge Brandon and Mark share their favorite Epic quotes from one the stoic icons; Epictetus' "Enchiridion" (the manual). Enjoy!
Saturday May 09, 2020
Saturday May 09, 2020
Another Smorgasbord! We discuss out continuing curiosity Hermetic teachings, Jesus' actual words, The book of Jasher, Epictetus, the Nag Hammadi library and Gnosticsm, a theory on Giants, and baby name among other topics. Enjoy!
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
In this episode of the Gnostic Deluge we discuss the thirteenth book in the Hermetica, "A Secret dialogue of Hermes Trismegistus on the mountain to his son Tat: On being born again, and on the promise to be silent." We discuss the phases of initiation into Hermetic teachings and how to be reborn by overcoming lifes torments. Enjoy!
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
In this episode we are back in the Hermetica covering the 12th book; On the mind shared in common, to Tat. We discuss good demons, fate, and recognizing and using patterns in life. Enjoy!
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
In this episode we are covering the seventh book of the Hermetica titled, "The greatest evil in mankind is ignorance concerning god". For only being three verses long we have a lot to discuss about the ignorance that is flooding the world and how to be anchored in it. Enjoy!
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
In this episode of we are in the "Hermetica" and discussing books 5 and 6; "that god is invisible and entirely visible" and "That the good is in god alone and nowhere else". We are using a newer translation by Brian P Copenhaver (link below). We discuss why god isn't seen by most of us and how he can be manifest and also what most of the world considers good, may not be truely "good". Enjoy!
"Hermetica" by Brian P Copenhaver Amazon link:
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
In this episode we cover book five of G.R.S. Mead's translation of "Thrice Greatest Hermes" (Hermetica) called "The cup or Monad". Among other things, we discuss the difference between reason and mind and why its important. Also, why there is evil in the world. Enjoy!
Saturday Feb 22, 2020
Saturday Feb 22, 2020
This episode we are back into GRS Mead's translation of "Thrice Greatest Hermes" and discus the third and fouth book of the Hermetic text; The General Sermon to Asclepius and The Sacred Sermon. Interesting talk about what god is and isn't and some of the common ideas between Hermetic and Christian teaching and where they may have stemmed from. Enjoy!
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Smorgasbord: Random stuff- We talk about the origins of western philosophy, the book "The cave and the light" by Arthur Hermann, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self help books, Thomas Paine's lesser known book "The age of reason" and Brandon shares one of his poems with us! Enjoy!