Gnostic Self-Deification:

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" Gnostic Self-Deification: "
M. David Litwa

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1067206
Doc. No	:	LA110835
Call No	:	‭10.1163/2451859X-12340009‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	M. David Litwa
Title & Author	:	Gnostic Self-Deification: [Article] : The Case of Simon of Samaria\ M. David Litwa
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	1/1-2
Page No	:	157–176
Abstract	:	This essay argues that gnostic deification can be redescribed as self-deification. Self-deification, it is argued, is realized in three “moments”: (1) the intuition of one’s own divine core, (2) deeply reflexive practices of self-knowledge, and (3) identification with a higher divine self. These three moments are contextualized with the help of ancient philosophy and several gnostic texts. Finally, a case study on Simon of Samaria illustrates how the three moments of self-deification play out.
Descriptor	:	Biblical Studies
Descriptor	:	divine spark
Descriptor	:	Divinization
Descriptor	:	Gnosticism Manichaeism
Descriptor	:	identification
Descriptor	:	Self-deification
Descriptor	:	self-knowledge
Descriptor	:	Simon Magus
Descriptor	:	Simon of Samaria
Descriptor	:	union
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/2451859X-12340009‬