/lit/ - Literature

>>16708290
Instead of committing fully to Gnostic beliefs, should an individual formulate their own conception of reality? Gnosticism teaches that an evil being can deceive you, and present it's self as a benevolent being. So who's to say the monad described in Gnosticism isn't just another archon/demon deceiving you? You cant trust anything in the material world, so wouldn't the safe choice be to trust the divine spark within yourself? Similar to Blake adapting Gnosticism in to an individual conceptualization through The Book Of Urizen. Or many Buddhist, who do not believe in divinity, but ascension through meditation.