The gnostics believed this but they were early Christians & the knowledge wasn't hidden by them (ie esoteric). It was largely destroyed and then rediscovered 2000 years later. An idea who's time has come?
As far as I can tell it was an empowering tradition & not really a religion. The idea was to experientially know the truth behind the words. It's a process of recognition & remembering rather than blind faith & sacrifice. They have vast maps of structure & heirachy but I think that obscures some of the simplicity. It's a lot like 'don't trust, verify'.
They believed that the creator god of the old testament was ignorant of the higher realms & so arrogantly proclaimed himself to be the 1 true god. He created the realm that we find ourselves in but it is a distorted, imperfect copy of the Pleroma. There's a part of you that isn't of this realm, a piece of Sophia. A piece of the higher emination that created the creator god himself. It's that part that awakens within you & connects you with the broader Truth.
I don't think they made space for Jesus so much as received the light that he brought.
Brisket
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