/lit/ - Literature

any good reading list of texts? where do I begin bros?

What are the best books that'll help me understand why he did it?

>...for water was the origin for the totality of things, according to him [Orpheus], and from water slime was established, and from both of them was generated a living creature, a snake with a lion's head growing on to it, and in the middle of them the face of a god, Heracles and Chronos by name. This Heracles generated a huge egg, which being completely filled by the force of its begetter burst into two through friction. So its top part ended up as Ouranos, and the underneath part as Ge; and a certain double-bodied god also came forth.
Sounds familiar? Now you must be wondering: "who is that double-bodied god?" Why, it's Phanes. Who is Phanes? Look him up.

So are there actually any good refutations of gnosticism? The people who say "just read Iranaeus and Plotinus" either haven't read them or are easily convinced because their arguments suck.

Wait, what if the demiurge is actually capitalism?

>*nothingness*
>i am
>nothingness
Why can't it happen again

>>16537365
there is, but he is not who you want it to be. the god of this world is an evil narcissist called Yaldabaoth.

Guys I think gnosticism is the real actual reality. Look at how they all died out, because they ascended. There is no need for them enslaves here. while all the world religions are submitting to the demiurge. The reincarnation cycle. They're trapped here by choice. While the gnostics have fled. Do with this what you must. I believe those of us who know the truth have come here voluntarily to spread this very knowledge.

Whats some book that has gotten closest to peek behind the curtain of what this reality is all about. Has anyone just put the straight truth down, that will shatter all of our world views.

>>16439757
I dont believe it at first. But Bill Clinton believes it. Tom Hanks believies it. All of them who marry wear saturn symbology.

>>16244964
This is why gnosticism is the only philosophy that makes sense. otherwise we are trapped in 'god doesn't care' and 'god isn't real' which are both true but not in the way they think

Thoughts on Yaldabaoth?

>>16115537
why does it seem so real bros? us trapped here by an evil god explains everything. and all the religions have us worship him unknowingly.