The Memoirs of a Modern Gnostic(Volume 2)-现代灵知主义者的回忆录(第2卷)

作者：Edward Conze

书名：The Memoirs of a Modern Gnostic(Volume 2)《现代灵知主义者的回忆录(第2卷)》

英文简介：Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: γνωστικός gnostikos, "having knowledge", from γνῶσις gnōsis, knowledge) is a modern name for a variety of ancient religious ideas and systems, originating in Jewish Christian milieux in the first and second century AD. These systems believed that the material world is created by an emanation or 'works' of a lower god (demiurge), trapping the divine spark within the human body. This divine spark could be liberated by gnosis, spiritual knowledge acquired through direct experience. Some of the core teachings include the following:

All matter is evil, and the non-material, spirit-realm is good.
There is an unknowable God, who gave rise to many lesser spirit beings called Aeons.
The creator of the (material) universe is not the supreme god, but an inferior spirit (the Demiurge).
Gnosticism does not deal with "sin," only ignorance.
To achieve salvation, one needs gnosis (knowledge).

中文背景：诺斯底主义（Gnosticism 或称灵知派和灵智派）的“诺斯底”一词在希腊语中意为“知识”，诺斯底是指在不同宗教运动及团体中的同一信念，这信念可能源自于史前时代，但却于公元的首数个世纪活跃于地中海周围与伸延至中亚地区。了解这个核心信念的关键就是要透过拥有“灵知”（Gnosis，或译“真知”），“灵知”在希腊语原文是指透过个人经验所获得的一种知识或意识。诺斯底主义者相信透过这种超凡的经验，可使他们脱离无知及现世。