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This episode was different but very exciting. First, we live-streamed a recent video interview I conducted with Dr. April Deconick. She shared the latest on Gnostics studies, focusing on the Transcendent God, the ultimate goal of the mystic flights of the ancient heretics. It was also an excellent summary of Gnosticism. Then we an AMA or Ask Me Anything. A first of its kind! Through this odyssey, we were joined by Anon Omous, past guest and author of Revelations On Interstellar Highway 10.This is a partial show. For the second half of the interview, please become a member or patron at Patreon.Get the simple, effective, and affordable Private RSS feed for all full shows: Exclusive Aeon Byte Podcast Feed | RedCircleSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/aeon-byte-gnostic-radio/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy &amp; Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This episode was different but very exciting. First, we live-streamed a recent video interview I conducted with Dr. April Deconick. She shared the latest on Gnostics studies, focusing on the Transcendent God, the ultimate goal of the mystic flights of the ancient heretics. It was also an excellent summary of Gnosticism. Then we an AMA or Ask Me Anything. A first of its kind! Through this odyssey, we were joined by Anon Omous, past guest and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anon-Omous/e/B08KZQ5HFY?ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vu00_i1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Revelations On Interstellar Highway 10</a>.This is a partial show. For the second half of the interview, please <a href="https://thegodabovegod.com/members/subscription-levels/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">become a member</a> or <a href="https://www.patreon.com/aeonbyte" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">patron at Patreon</a>.Get the simple, effective, and affordable Private <a href="https://feeds.redcircle.com/2afbb075-465d-42d2-833b-12fa3bca1c7d" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RSS feed for all full shows</a>: <a href="https://redcircle.com/shows/exclusive-aeon-byte-podcast-feed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Exclusive Aeon Byte Podcast Feed | RedCircle</a>Support this podcast at — <a href="https://redcircle.com/aeon-byte-gnostic-radio/donations" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/aeon-byte-gnostic-radio/donations</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href="https://redcircle.com/brands" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy &amp; Opt-Out: <a href="https://redcircle.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Dr. April DeConick & Anon Omous on Gnosticism and the Transcendent God

We begin this conversation with Dr. April DeConick’s first exposure to Gnostic literature when she was a young student, without any real idea of what it is she was going to do with her life. The question for her was, “Why are these Gnostic texts not included in the New Testament?” This question sent her on the path of discovery, as she devoured literature from near-eastern and biblical studies. Dr. DeConick's particular interests include those aspects of the religious traditions that fell through the cracks of social, religious, and spiritual norms, while despite this still maintain a considerable influence on the dominant traditions of our current religious worldview.  This conversation explores subjects ranging from early Christianity to Gnostic, Mystic, and Shamanic thought, ritual, and literature. These early communities were in large part quite transgressive; therefore much of the conversation is oriented towards understanding the nature of culture, power, societies, and the various ways that people throughout time have made meaning of the mysterious nature of reality. Bio:April DeConick holds the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professorship in New Testament and Early Christianity at Rice University, and is Chair of the Department of Religion.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1994 in the Department of Near Eastern Studies.  Since then, she has studied, written and taught on a range of topics revolving around the silenced voices of religious people and the communities that were left behind or discarded when Christianity emerged in the first four centuries CE as a new religion.  She is the co-founder and executive editor of a new academic journal called Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies published by a very prestigious publishing house in Europe. She founded and chaired for years the Mysticism, Esotericism and Gnosticism group in the Society of Biblical Literature and is now Chair of the Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism group. She is most noted for her writing on the Gospel of Judas when she challenged sensationalism generated by the National Geographic Society that wrongly claimed that Judas is a gnostic hero in this text and that his heroics would rewrite our understanding of early Christianity.  Instead, her work shows that Judas remains demonic in the Gospel of Judas, just as he is in the New Testament gospels.  Her work on this text was so instrumental that she appeared in CNN’s documentary on the Gospel of Judas that premiered in 2015 on the TV series "Finding Jesus".  Her most recent book, The Gnostic New Age, has won an award from the Figure Foundation for the best book to be published by an university press in philosophy and religion.  It is tradition that the Figure Foundation composes a koan for each book to receive this award and publishes it on the front page.  The koan for The Gnostic New Age reads: “that square be squared”.  If you have any insight into the meaning of this koan, she would love to hear it.https://reli.rice.edu/people/faculty/april-deconick http://aprildeconick.comTheme music provided by:http://www.modernnationsmusic.comLearn more about this project at: http://www.thesacredspeaks.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaksFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/

We begin this conversation with Dr. April DeConick’s first exposure to Gnostic literature when she was a young student, without any real idea of what it is she was going to do with her life. The question for her was, “Why are these Gnostic texts not included in the New Testament?” This question sent her on the path of discovery, as she devoured literature from near-eastern and biblical studies. Dr. DeConick's particular interests include those aspects of the religious traditions that fell through the cracks of social, religious, and spiritual norms, while despite this still maintain a considerable influence on the dominant traditions of our current religious worldview. This conversation explores subjects ranging from early Christianity to Gnostic, Mystic, and Shamanic thought, ritual, and literature. These early communities were in large part quite transgressive; therefore much of the conversation is oriented towards understanding the nature of culture, power, societies, and the various ways that people throughout time have made meaning of the mysterious nature of reality. Bio: April DeConick holds the Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professorship in New Testament and Early Christianity at Rice University, and is Chair of the Department of Religion. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1994 in the Department of Near Eastern Studies. Since then, she has studied, written and taught on a range of topics revolving around the silenced voices of religious people and the communities that were left behind or discarded when Christianity emerged in the first four centuries CE as a new religion. She is the co-founder and executive editor of a new academic journal called Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies published by a very prestigious publishing house in Europe. She founded and chaired for years the Mysticism, Esotericism and Gnosticism group in the Society of Biblical Literature and is now Chair of the Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism group. She is most noted for her writing on the Gospel of Judas when she challenged sensationalism generated by the National Geographic Society that wrongly claimed that Judas is a gnostic hero in this text and that his heroics would rewrite our understanding of early Christianity. Instead, her work shows that Judas remains demonic in the Gospel of Judas, just as he is in the New Testament gospels. Her work on this text was so instrumental that she appeared in CNN’s documentary on the Gospel of Judas that premiered in 2015 on the TV series "Finding Jesus". Her most recent book, The Gnostic New Age, has won an award from the Figure Foundation for the best book to be published by an university press in philosophy and religion. It is tradition that the Figure Foundation composes a koan for each book to receive this award and publishes it on the front page. The koan for The Gnostic New Age reads: “that square be squared”. If you have any insight into the meaning of this koan, she would love to hear it. <a href="https://reli.rice.edu/people/faculty/april-deconick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://reli.rice.edu/people/faculty/april-deconick</a> <a href="http://aprildeconick.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://aprildeconick.com</a> Theme music provided by: <a href="http://www.modernnationsmusic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.modernnationsmusic.com</a> Learn more about this project at: <a href="http://www.thesacredspeaks.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thesacredspeaks.com</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/</a>

36: The Gnostic New Age. A conversation with April DeConick.