This is the fifth of eight lectures recorded last spring for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now!
DavisGnosis5.3.19.09
READINGS FOR WEEK FIVE: ARCHONS RULE
• Antonin Artaud: “To Have Done with the Judgment of God”
http://ndirty.cute.fi/~karttu/tekstit/artaud.htm
• Franz Kafka: selected “Parables”
• William Burroughs: “Nova Express” (pages 1-8, books.google.com)
Tagged with erik davis maybe logic academy gnosis now
This is the fourth of eight lectures recorded last spring for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now!
DavisGnosis4.3.12.09
READINGS FOR WEEK FOUR: THE ALIEN MAN:
• Hans Jonas: “Gnosticism and Modern Nihilism” • Rene Daumal: “Provocations to Self Denial”
Tagged with erik davis maybe logic academy gnosis now
http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-11-20-1814-0.txt
This is the third of eight lectures recorded last spring for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now! I will now abandon my attempt to post one a week because I am a confused puppy and so they will just arrive when they arrive.
DavisGnosis3.3.5.09
READING: JESUS TRICKED EVERYONE
• “On the Origin of the World” in The Gnostic Bible
• Ioan Couliano: “Interplanetary Tours”, from Out of this World
Tagged with erik davis maybe logic academy gnosis now
http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-11-06-1753-0.txt
This is the second of eight lectures recorded last spring for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now! I will now continue my so far failed attempt to post one a week for the next eight weeks, along with the readings for the week.
The first few recordings are kinda crappy; they improve by week three but the completist in me urged posting nonetheless.
DavisGnosis2.2.27.09
READING WEEK TWO: THE PERFECT LIGHT:
• Excerpts from “The Gospel of Philip” in The Gnostic Bible, p. 257 (the brief sections called “Names,” “Rulers,” “Jesus Tricked Everyone,” “The Lost,” “Seeing,” “God is a Man-Eater,” “Leaving the World,” “Joseph and the Wooden Cross,” “Superiority of Chrism to Baptism,” “Laughing Christ,” “Knowledge of Self,” “Slaves and Freedom,” “Root of Evil,” “The Perfect Light”)
• Elaine Pagels: “Gnosis: Self-Knowledge as Knowledge of God,” in The Gnostic Gospels, p. 119
Tagged with erik davis maybe logic academy gnosis now
http://techgnosis.com/chunkshow-single.php?chunk=chunkfrom-2009-09-15-1640-0.txt
This is the first of eight lectures recorded last spring for a Maybe Logic Academy course called Gnosis Now! I will post one a week for the next eight weeks, along with the readings for the week. On October 26, I will be starting a six-week online course for MLA on the work and influence of H.P. Lovecraft.
The first few recordings are kinda crappy; they improve by week three but the completist in me urged posting nonetheless.
DavisGnosis1.2.20.09
Week 1 readings:
(Unless otherwise mentioned, all readings from W. Barnstone’s necessary collection The Other Bible, now known as The Gnostic Bible.
• Excerpts from “The Gospel of Thomas” (verses 1, 2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 19, 24, 28, 29, 37, 39, 42, 49, 50, 51, 55, 56, 61, 62, 70, 777, 89, 91, 108, 113);
• Richard Smoley: “Who Were the Gnostics?”, from his great survey Forbidden Faith.
• Excerpts from “The Gospel of Philip” (“Names,” “Rulers,” “Jesus Tricked Everyone,” “The Lost,” “Seeing,” “God is a Man-Eater,” “Leaving the World,” “Joseph and the Wooden Cross,” “Superiority of Chrism to Baptism,” “Laughing Christ,” “Knowledge of Self,” “Slaves and Freedom,” “Root of Evil,” “The Perfect Light”)
Tagged with erik davis maybe logic academy gnosis now