SethZaddik
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Did you mean a mimic?
Kabbalah may share some ideas with Gnosticism, but it isn't Gnostic. That's without a question. All the major Jewish kabbalists were also the biggest fundamentalists. The Zohar is constantly exhorting its students to study and practice Jewish Law - not just correctly, but extra carefully.
Ironic.
Great.
There is an upper and lower Shekhina in kabbalistic thought in Binah and Malchus respectively. But both are feminine aspects. Chochmah is a masculine aspect. Both Sophia and Chochmah mean wisdom. In Gnostic tradition Sophia is a feminine aspect. Do you see the problem?
No, I didn't think you read books at all. But now that you tell me you do, I think you read books and assume everything you read is true because it says it in your books.
Well, I'm not a kabbalist. But I know some bits a pieces since its often quoted in other works on Jewish Law and ethics. Judging from what you've said until now, that's more than you know.
I'm not sure what you're thinking...
The whopping fact of the matter... they didn't call themselves "Gnostics" the RCC did because they believed simply that faith without works was dead, like James said in his Epistle in a not very subtle dig at Paul who insisted it was all that mattered before making up the new law as he insists the Law of Moses "dead" and "a curse" "faith alone justifies us." With Epistle after Epistle of replacement laws dependant upon his creeds and dictates but always insisting that the Law is dead. He was a snake.
They pretty much ignored Paul and if anything deliberately used his words in a completely different meaning than he meant but mocking his theology and ignoring his existence.
They were Sethian or Sethites, Sons of Seth who were believed to be the sons of God/Watchers of Enoch but Seth was one who was not effected by temptation and sin according to Enoch, Jubilees. They had the same names in different books and it is not said but obvious side by side and they must have went with that legend and declared Jehovah to be evil, Samael/Ialdabaoth/Saklas and demiurge. Not the God he says he is, the only God, but he is jealous so he wants people to believe it and did himself once.
Jesus is Seth and Sophia his consort, different women at different times were said to be incarnations, M. Magdala and Norea, wife of Noah but his enemy before deluge who tries to burn the Ark because Noah is being fooled. Shem is good. Then they have Apostles and Christ books too. Thomas, James, John and Philip are good Gospels.
Pistis-Sophia is like a Jesus PBUH Zohar with the 12 Apostles and 7 women disciples, Miriam, Miriam, Martha and Salome and the Apostles all take turns interpreting Jesus Sophia parables with Odes of Solomon and Psalms, Proverbs.