Gnostic Mysteries of Sex: Sophia the Wild One and Erotic Christianity

There is a long tradition in Christianity of higher union with God through the sacrament of sex. For example, the Barbelo Gnostics practiced a spiritual sexuality known as "redemption by sin;" the mystery of Sophia can be seen in the philosophy of the Troubadours; and William Blake was inf...

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Main Author: Churton, Tobias (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Rochester Inner Traditions International, Limited 2015
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520 |a Cover Image -- Title Page -- Epigraph -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: The Gnostic Sex Book -- CONFESSIO CHURTONATIS -- Part 1: The Sex Gnostics -- Chapter 1: The "Filthy Gnostickes" -- GREAT MONSTERS OF HERESY -- IS AN EROTIC CHRISTIAN RELIGION REALLY POSSIBLE? -- THE ESSENTIAL MYTH -- ANDROGYNY -- Chapter 2: Heresy Starts in Eden: The Accusers -- THE HERESIOLOGISTS -- CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA -- TERTULLIAN -- HIPPOLYTUS -- EPIPHANIUS -- Chapter 3: How to Be a Superman: The First Gnostic -- SEX AND SIMON -- SIMON SAYS-ACCORDING TO HIPPOLYTUS -- EPIPHANIUS ON SIMON -- Chapter 4: After Simon, the Deluge -- CERDO -- SATURNILUS -- Chapter 5: The Dirty People -- SETHIANS, SEED-GATHERERS, AND SERPENT-WORSHIPPERS -- HIPPOLYTUS ON THE NAASSENI -- KUNDALINI GNOSTICS? -- EPIPHANIUS ON BARBELIOTES AND BORBORITES -- Chapter 6: Tantra-Remarkable Parallels -- Chapter 7: Be My Valentine -- Chapter 8: A Question of Seed -- SENSELESS AND CRACK-BRAINED -- TERTULLIAN ON THE VALENTINIANS -- CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA AND THEODOTUS -- A NEW PICTURE OF VALENTINIAN SEX -- Chapter 9: The Valentinian Marriage -- THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEART -- THE GOOD SPERMARITAN -- Chapter 10: In Search of the Mystery of Prouneikos and Barbelo in Alexandria -- PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA (CA. 20 BCE-CA. 50 CE) -- Chapter 11: The Lascivious One -- THE WILD ONE -- Part 2: Gnostic Love and the Spiritual Revolution -- Chapter 12: All You Need Is Sophia -- RETURN TO THE TROUBADOURS -- Chapter 13: The Golden Riddle -- THE GOLDEN BALL -- THE COY MISTRESS -- THE SPHERICAL ART -- THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS -- HEAVEN'S GATE -- THY HEAVEN DOORS ARE MY HELL GATES -- Footnotes -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- About Inner Traditions Bear & Company -- Copyright & Permissions -- Index. 
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