tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post115966553451857265..comments2022-03-30T22:27:10.393-06:00Comments on The Path of Gnosis: Gnosticism isn't Ideas, Theories, or Personal PreferencesFr. Troy Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059937568362451242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post-1159780407177250712006-10-02T03:13:00.000-06:002006-10-02T03:13:00.000-06:00My critiques of online “Gnosticism” are critiques,...My critiques of online “Gnosticism” are critiques, not condemnations. Why be passive consumers of forms of communication? Jeremy Puma took the communication forms we had available a huge leap forward with the Palm Tree Garden forum. We need more like that, not less. We need to go forward, not backward.<BR/><BR/>At the same time we must acknowledge that what passes for “Gnosticism” online has beenFr. Troy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059937568362451242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post-1159739631196312542006-10-01T15:53:00.000-06:002006-10-01T15:53:00.000-06:00Thanks for the posting.I sympathize with your posi...Thanks for the posting.<BR/><BR/>I sympathize with your position on the Net as lacking the depth of community that we encounter in other venues. It is quite cumbersome and less than personal.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, it is an extraordinarily powerful means of communication. It helps us to reach out to people in ways that we did not expect. I've had some terrific feedback during the short Sophia Sadekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303748450821405889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post-1159721460931258502006-10-01T10:51:00.000-06:002006-10-01T10:51:00.000-06:00I don't see it necessarily as an online as opposed...I don't see it necessarily as an online as opposed to offline thing. But it does show what I mean. We can acknowledge the severe limitations for what they are, and work to overcome some of them.<BR/><BR/>When I think of community I also think of writers who never met face-to-face yet through letters and deeply reading each others writing lived in a community. It is the commitment to the greater Fr. Troy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059937568362451242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post-1159717887383618552006-10-01T09:51:00.000-06:002006-10-01T09:51:00.000-06:00"There are many who equate Gnosticism with an aest..."There are many who equate Gnosticism with an aesthetic style: it is Gnostic if it has Gnostic elements—if it is “painted” Gnostic. This runs the gambit from needing everything to somehow “look Gnostic” to simply sprinkling terminology into what they would be, (and will be) doing under a different name if they didn't identify with Gnosticism at the moment. And so we see the endless repeat of Andrea (Acolyte)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06558528802549038983noreply@blogger.com