ESOTERICA | Gnosticism - 3 Valentinian and Cathar Texts - Summer Harvest, Epistle to Flora & Medieval Dualism @TheEsotericaChannel | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 1 hour ago
The discovery of hidden Gnostic texts like the Nag Hammadi Library has revolutionized our understanding of ancient Gnosticism and Christianity. But, other Gnostic texts have actually survived in the very polemical works meant to suppress them. This episode explore three such texts preserved in anti-gnostic texts: The Valentinian Hymn "Summer Harvest," the Epistle to Flora (a rare text of Gnostic ethics), and a medieval treatise which represents a fully developed metaphysical dualism attributed to 13th century Cathars. These texts are fascinating gnostic survivals, living on in the very works that sought the destruction of the movement as heresy.

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Recommended Readings:

Smith - Valentinian Christianity - 978-0520297463
Wakefield & Evans - Heresies of the High Middle Ages - 978-0231096324
Une somme anti-cathare - google.com/books/edition/Une_somme_anti_cathare/bf0gugEACAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA87&printsec=frontcover