Thoughts on the connections between Eva and the gnostic texts?
Thoughts on the connections between Eva and the gnostic texts?
James Jackson
Caleb Morgan
Naruto is better than this cancer.
Isaiah Morris
Since Neon Genesis Evangelion means "Gospel of a New Creation", I believe that means that Rei and Kaworu, after uniting human and angelic consciousness into one, become the new Adam and Lilith of a new spiritual utopia after the end of the movie End of Evangelion, but that's just my headcanon because I didn't like the later movies and prefer to think of EoE as the actual end of the show.
Landon Long
((()))))) killed Kaji
Robert Anderson
There are two Greek terms used in these lyrics, "thesis" and "pathos". This might be referring to the fact that in addition to Christianity and Judaism, many gnostics got their inspiration from Greek philosophers, especially Plato, who was the first to describe the concept of the Demiurge, although, unlike the gnostic Yald-Abaoth, the Demiurge was simply a flawed craftsman creator god, inferior to the true God but not necessarily malevolent. Plato would have referred to his ideas as "theses", and the term "pathos" comes from the triad of "logos, ethos, and pathos" which were terms used by Aristotle, a student and later teacher at Plato's Academy, to describe three kinds of rhetoric, pathos referring to emotions and emotion-based persuasion.
Aaron Jones
There's also more than a few crosses, even though the creators of NGE swear there is no symbolism intended in their use. Interestingly of note though, is Misato's necklace, which is an equal-armed cross, rather than a Christian cross. This equal-armed cross is more esoteric and either represents four elements or the union of male and female, which would fit with Misato's sexual nature and her internal conflict. In gnosticism, since the perfect virgin spirit was neither male nor female, and the Demiurge made humanity separate into male and female to trap us in ignorance, one had to unite male and female aspects of his or her spirit in order to become whole. That's what Misato's cross really represents, in my opinion. Misato herself is torn between the "male" role of being a military commander, and the "female" role of being a mother-like figure to motherless Shinji, Rei, and Asuka.
Anthony Howard
But Anno has never read any Gnostic books.
Robert Johnson
I find this unlikely, but it IS possible he was channeling Sophia. I guess
Gavin Harris
>channeling
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Evan Roberts
In the mid ninties there was this big stink about someone finding the Dead Sea Scrolls
So thats why gnostic shit is in Eva
That's it