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I finished the book I was making for Roger Kuhrt, and I wanted to post some pictures of it in case you liked it and you might want one yourself (details here).
I like knots, it must be the Boy Scout in me. This was my first attempt at round beadwork, so please don’t make fun of me.
The cover is a thick cotton (with heavy cardboard for stability), the string is a cool slippery woven nylon that slides around like wet spaghetti, and the pages are stitched together using a coptic binding, which is cool because it’s the same stitch that was used to bind the Nag Hamadi Library.
Want one?
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I was speaking with somebody in the chat room the other day, I can’t remember who it was (either Rev. Deacon Scott or Fr. Jordan+), but we were talking about how somebody can be an atheist and a gnostic at the same time. It was then brought to my attention that I may be an atheist, something which I had never considered before, and I’ve been working it over in my mind ever since. Wikipedia says atheism is “the simple absence of belief in deities” (one of two possible definitions, this one was chosen for its relevance), which I take to mean as the atheist simply doesn’t believe in personified deities. I have historically fallen into this category, but it always bothered me when I felt that way. I’ve always thought that to describe myself as an atheist was pretty distasteful, and not something I wanted for myself. However, I’m sure that the ultimate “god”, the pleroma, is not a personality, and I’m not sure I really believe that the archons or aeons are personified beings either, so I guess I fit that description.
However, and I find this to be pretty odd, I want to believe that there are supernatural beings out there who meddle in reality, guiding us towards or away from realizing the truth. But wishing for a thing, alas, doesn’t make it so. I’m into systems, and therefore my understanding of reality is that it’s a system, and that the forces that control everything are not beings. So my question is, are you an atheist and a gnostic? Why or why not?
