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My oc rayos his light and dark version

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Finally decided on lore for my Trench Pilgrim Procession. Ultimately settled on a Sethian Gnostic cosmology with a backstory based on the popular notion of the Cathars (but the Albigensian Crusade never happened or was largely unsuccessful. also not from southern france) and colors based on House Toulouse. They will spend as much time fighting other members of the faithful that call them heretic as they will the legions of Hell. Their rejection of the Old Testament's God as Yaldabaoth has put them particularly in conflict with the Cavalcade of the Tenth Plague. The Inquisition has also turned its eyes on them.

The voices of the Aeons ring in the War Prophetess' ears. Yaldabaoth has truly shown his jealousy. With the opening of Hell's gates he and his Archons would hold Pleroma from us like never before. Once more the Barbelo, and the one the Prophetess is not worthy to name, have sent Aeons, in the Meta Christs, to save us. The true faithful make for the Levant to assist them, lest humanity be trapped in this imperfect world.

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The Sethian Gnostics Had Five Sacred Names and So Does This Path - Podcast: The Five Names and Kabir Panth Connection (Origins of Sant Mat Series)

"To get connected with the Sound Current, we have to take support of Simran -- we have to take support of the Five Names that are given to us. And those will help us to get free from the nine doors and come to the Tenth Door." (Baba Ram Singh)

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Today I explore the origin of Five Names of Sant Mat (Panch Naam Mantra or Simran Words) and the connection to the Sant Dharam Das/Kabir Line of Masters (the People of the Anurag Sagar, a Kabir/Sant Dharam Das sacred text).

In some branches of Sant Mat and Radhasoami, part of the meditation instructions includes the use of five special names. These particular Five Names serve as the mantra -- sacred names used during meditation practice and simran/zikhr (remembrance).  These names appear in the Sar Bachan Poetry of Seth Shiv Dayal Singh, (Soamiji Maharaj, a.k.a. Sant Radhasoami Sahib, founder of the Radhasoami Satsang).  The consensus is that Seth Shiv Dayal Singh had been given instruction about the use of these Five Names or Panch Naam by his initiating guru Sant Tulsi Sahib.

These Five Names are in fact used by the Sant Tulsi Sahib satsang based in Hathras. Prof. David Lane, accompanied by Prof. Mark Juergensmeyer, recalling a visit to India and an encounter with Sant Prakash Das of the Sant Tulsi Sahib Ashram or Mandir: "...The Mahant we spoke with in Hathras (1978) said Tulsi gave out the Five Names.... He was part of Tulsi's lineage."

So, who was using the Panch Naam Mantra -- these Five Names -- prior to the time of Sant Tulsi Sahib? It's an important question as it may shed further light on the identity of Tulsi Sahib's guru and the origins of this spiritual path called Sant Mat. If Tulsi Sahib did not invent the usage of the Five Names himself, then it's rather likely he was continuing the practice he had learned at the feet of his own Sant Satguru, reflecting an even older tradition of Sants. It would be most informative to know the identity of this earlier Sant Mat path that represents the "people of the Five Names", if you will, those who had these names in their mystic vocabulary during earlier centuries.

The Panch Naam Words Traced Back to Kabir/Dharamdasi Texts

One of the Five Names is nowhere to be found in the Sikh world, however, the third name -- indeed all five of the names of Tulsi Sahib's Panch Naam mantra -- are to be found present in the Sant literature associated with Guru Kabir and Sant Dharam Das. I can not say with certainty when these Five Names were first adopted by a Kabir Sant Satguru (or Sant Dariya's Guru, Sant Dariya, or Sant Tulsi) as a mantra (simran words) in this Kabir line of masters, but I will say that these names, which are associated with the inner cosmology and Sound Currents of the Inner Regions according to the Sants are to be found in certain writings of the Kabir tradition, and in other Sant writings that make use of the literature of this Kabir tradition. The "people of the Five Names" and "the people of the Anurag Sagar" are one and the same community: the Dharamdasis (Sant Dharam Das line of masters). This is the source-group and Sant tradition for the Five Names that existed in India prior to the time of Dariya Sahib, Tulsi Sahib, and Seth Shiv Dayal Singh.

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PODCAST: The Yoga of SOUND, PT. Two: Christianity and Gnosticism — Spiritual Awakening Radio with James Bean -- Listen @ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xv1N8T4Wes&ab_channel=SantMatRadhasoami

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Today I share my research into the inner Sound mysticism of the Judeo-Christian traditions and Gnosticism. Before the Sufi mystics of Islam, in ancient times there were Gnostics: Jewish, Hermetic, and Christian mystics who described hearing the Sound, and seeing mystic visions of Light and the heavens while in deep states of meditation.

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Gnosticism.

I want to make it clear, I have not read the Gnostic Gospels in entirety, though I have researched Gnosticism, and my research goes beyond the definition. I do not claim to know everything.

To those who consider themselves Gnostic Christians as of now (or to those who can answer these questions regardless), I have been led to believe by articles i’ve read, videos i’ve watched, parts of the Gnostic gospels i’ve read, and etc. that Gnostic Christians believe they get into heaven through knowledge / gnosis about their divine origin and inner divine spark rather than faith or belief. I do know that many teachings and practices of the Gnostic Christians are unknown, the same goes for many of their religious practices / traditions, and prayers, how do you ensure you’re praying and worshipping in a way that is right to your religion when such information on it is scarce?

The answer to this may be obvious, but if any Gnostic Christians could describe your faith and religious views it would be appreciated, as well as how you came to Gnosticism.

(when I speak of Gnosticism, I define it as the narrow concept of Gnosticism being it’s own religion, but I am fully accepting to those who fit under the Gnosticism category otherwise such as; Sethians, Valentinians, and etc.)

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A couple of thoughts about the Sethian Gnostics: Sethians were Jewish Gnostics, possibly with some earlier historic connection with the Essenes/Levitical priesthood. They morphed into a more Christian Gnostic movement eventually, along with so many other sects during those early centuries AD. Sethians, Valentinians and others brought their holy texts with them when they joined the spiritual communities organized by Saint Pachomius in Egypt, one of them being located a mile and a half from a place called Nag Hammadi.

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The Five Names of the Sethian Gnostics In one of the Jewish Gnostic paths of antiquity, a group known as the Sethians, there was also a five-named or panch naam mantra approach, only with five Hebrew names that have been found in Coptic texts of Egypt. Those were associated with certain heavenly regions: Harmoz-el, Oroia-el, Daveithai, El-eleth, and another word meaning, the "Self-Begotten One". (Excerpted from one of my articles on the usage of five names in Sant and Sufi traditions mentioning that the Sethians also had five very special divine names that correspond to certain heavenly realms. These names were no doubt part of initiation and ritual, but more important than "types and shadows" or symbolism is their more practical usage in contemplative meditation. The Gnostic chart is by my friend Zeke Li.)