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Living Gnosis: A Practical Guide to Gnostic Christianity | 
 enlarge | Author: Tau Malachi
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Category: EBooks
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 22496
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Dewey Decimal Number: 291
ASIN: B001JEPKR4
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
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Product Description
Gnostic revival is growing in the United States and Europe as people are discovering the mystical roots of their own Western Tradition. This easy-to-read, deeply spiritual introduction to Gnostic Christianity helps beginners down the Gnostic path to esoteric insights and wisdom.
Focusing primarily on Sophian Gnosticism, Tau Malachi explains the origins, teachings, and nature of this living tradition. Readers also learn how to apply Gnostic practices, such as affirmation, positive thought, and creative visualization, in daily life. More than a practical guide, this text invites everyone to embark on a spiritual quest toward Spirit-connection and self-realization by way of Gnostic wisdom.
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 Gnosticism 101: An introduction to Spohian Gnosticism and Christianity November 26, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When this book fell into my lap, it automatically resonated inside me with what I had been learning/feeling (as an Initiate in a spiritual school) and helped me to understand MY feelings/beliefs of what I believe to be true Christianity; this is just my opinion. This book is a great, "starter" although, you should have an open mind when reading it.
If you enjoyed this book, I would progress to "Gnosis of the Cosmic Christ (?)". As a beginner, reading the Cosmic Christ first might be a little overwhelming.
Also, if you enjoyed these books, I would suggest researching a Spiritual/Initiate School in your area. Use discretion when determining your school - find the best one for you.
I would not suggest this book for those looking for a traditional look at Jesus and Christianity.
 A Good introduction to Gnostic Christianity September 8, 2008
This book offers a good intoduction to Gnostic Christianity, particularly to that of Sophian tradition. It will benefit those who are completely new to Gnosticism. I think beginners will get some profound effect from reading this book. Tau Malachi does an excellent job in explaining things in a way that is very easy to understand. Throughout the book he is very clear and consice and well organized. He only, however, touches the very surface on particular topics and does not go into greater esoteric teachings. From the title, I was expecting deeper teachings, a deeper practical guide. I felt the teachings where too light for my liking. He simply lays down the foundation on traditions and views in the Sophian tradition. He then leaves it up to the reader to decide for her/himself as to where to go with it. At the end of the book he provides a few techniques to help one succeed in life and that is just about as deep of an actual practical guide one will get from this book. I decided to give it 4 stars and not 5 because the title can be misleading. I think a more proper name would have been; Gnostic Christianity: An Introduction to the Sophian Tradition. Overall, a nice glimpse of Gnostic Christianity that is very good for beginners.
 Not what I expected February 20, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was really looking forward to getting this book but sadly I was very disappointed when I read through it. This isn't exactly what I would consider Gnostic. The author has used Gnostic thinking to basically create his own tradition. Most of it is harder to swallow than the writings of Jesus that we do have. I retured my copy.
iNFORMATATIVE May 13, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book provided some of the answers that I needed in my quest of self knowledge. Highly recommended. The writer is someone whom I am looking forward to reading other books by.
Spiritual Spectator or Participant? Gnosis offers a choice! March 21, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Although the title describes the book as a "Practical Guide to Gnostic Christianity," the reader will quickly discover that the author, the founder and Master of the Sophia Fellowship, focuses the majority of his attention on that particular school of thought. That being said, Malachi does explain many fundamental tenets of Gnosticism that will be helpful to anyone who is curious about the subject of historic and contemporary gnosis. Malachi clearly points out profound differences between Gnostic and mainline Christianity. While Christian religions claim that the absolute word of God is contained in specific holy writings, Malachi explains that, "Any inspiration or revelation flowing through an incarnate human being will naturally be limited by the capacity of the individual's own knowledge, understanding and wisdom." Therefore, Gnostics understand that no matter how enlightened or inspired a writer may appear to be it is ignorance to, ". . .assume anything spoken or written by a human being is the `absolute word of God.'"
Malachi points out that spiritual insight is always received through the filters of the times and location of the receiver. While most Christian religions instruct their adherents to adapt themselves to a strict interpretation of a message written for another time and place, Malachi makes the point that gnosis, ". . . grows, evolves, and tends to assume whatever form is necessary to the time and place in which it appears." When reading an ancient text, Gnostics assume that some of the information will necessarily be obsolete and should be discarded. While this appears to be sacrilege to the literalist, Gnostics see this as a necessary component to spiritual growth. Readers will especially benefit from Malachi's repeated emphasis that gnosis is the result of personal spiritual experience. While this may be off-putting to those who prefer "spectator" religion, everyone hungry for direct spiritual experience will be encouraged by much of the information included in this book. Lee & Steven Hager are the authors of Quantum Prodigal Son: Revisiting Jesus' Parable of the Prodigal Son from the Perspective of Quantum Mechanics
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