Sacraments?

[Pleroma]

Are there any complete Gnostic Sacraments or rituals that exists today which I can practise? Isn't it that without its rituals the gnostic traditions are as good as dead?

 

[frangipani]

Everything with Gnostics is spiritual, sacraments and rituals in the religious sense are of no intrinsic value. I guess for some people some form of rituality may help them feel more 'Christian'. If you feel you must have some form of ritual I would suggest continuing to learn to love as Christ loves and with a true heart felt devotion do this every day in every way. You will read things about water baptism, the ritual of the five seals etcetera all of these things are debated by many. The rituals are only a way of trying to express and explain this spiritual rebirth and growth in the physical world. In Truth though they are to do with spiritual rebirth and spiritual growth from infancy to full maturity. In essence for one already awakened the physical ritual is other than stated above is meaningless but the spiritual ritual of baptism (rebirth) and growth (the five seals) is very relevant. Physical rituals do not bring about gnosis or salvation.

 

[nazz]

perhaps this will help...

Valentinian Sacramental Practice - Valentinus and the Valentinian Tradition

 

[TheInfiniteLight]

Are there any complete Gnostic Sacraments or rituals that exists today which I can practise? Isn't it that without its rituals the gnostic traditions are as good as dead?

That's funny to say that the practice of truth is "as good as dead".