Q Does Gnosticism still exist today?
A Yes. The only continuously surviving, unbroken lineage of ancient Gnosticism is practiced by the Mandaeans, a small ethnoreligious group natively from Iraq and Iran who revere John the Baptist. Additionally, the modern era has seen a massive resurgence of Neo-Gnosticism. Driven by the mid-20th-century translation of the Nag Hammadi texts, active contemporary Gnostic churches, esoteric orders, and modern "Spiritual but Not Religious" movements exist globally today.
A Yes. The only continuously surviving, unbroken lineage of ancient Gnosticism is practiced by the Mandaeans, a small ethnoreligious group natively from Iraq and Iran who revere John the Baptist. Additionally, the modern era has seen a massive resurgence of Neo-Gnosticism. Driven by the mid-20th-century translation of the Nag Hammadi texts, active contemporary Gnostic churches, esoteric orders, and modern "Spiritual but Not Religious" movements exist globally today.
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What is Gnostic?Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek: gnostikos, "having knowledge") is a modern name for a variety of ancient religious ideas and systems. Originating in Jewish-Christian milieus in the first and second century AD. These systems believed that the material world is created by an emanation of the highest God, trapping the divine spark within the human body.Gnosticism is also defined as the belief in, dualism of good and bad and special knowledge for salvation.
