⚡⛥ Maður Margvalds ⛦⚡ on Nostr: *nods* The various so-called `Gnostic` sects are interesting, but personally if I had ...

*nods*

The various so-called `Gnostic` sects are interesting, but personally if I had to choose a comparable tradition from that era it would likely be Hermeticism. Unlike Christian Gnostics, Hermetic Gnostics don't regard the demiurge, creation, nor the body to be evil/corrupt, but simply a lower manifestation of the divine totality and a necessary stepping stone in the process of theurgy.