gnostic
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It’s a fitting creation story for our age, with a sort of Gnostic, fallen-world inflection: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was a mistake.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021
Recently, Carlile joined Russell and the country singer Brittney Spencer on a remake of “Nightflyer,” the album’s gospel-y first single, inspired by an ancient Gnostic poem with a divine female narrator.
From New York Times • May 13, 2021
Feeling confused and overwhelmed, she turned to the New Testament, the Gnostic gospels of the Nag Hammadi library and Buddhism.
From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2018
The "wisdom and knowledge" of, among many others, the Gnostic Catholic Church; the Rite of Memphis; the Order of the Sat Bhai; the Hermetic Brotherhood of Light; and the Illuminati.
From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2013
Epiphanius still had the opportunity of making personal acquaintance with Gnostic sects.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various
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