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INDEX
Old Testament. See Torah
omniscience, 274–75
One God, 121–23, 126–28
Ophian amulet, 72, 212, 213 , 302
Ophians, 168, 173, 286, 317; anointing of,
209–10; initiations of, 209–12; zodiac
of, 179, 210–12
opponents, 346–47. See also heresy
organization, 287–89
Origen, 143, 146, 210–12, 286
origins: of Jesus, 137–38; of Mandaeans,
327–28, 332–33; of Sethians, 90–91
Orphic gold tablets, 46–47
Orphics, 30; rituals of, 46–47
Osiris, 56–57, 320; judgment and, 27–28,
80, 81
otherworld journeys, 67; body and, 42–
43, 68; in ecstatic spirituality, 41–44,
44 , 45 , 46–47; in Egypt, 69–70; of
Hermes Trismegistus, 80, 82; of Hermetics,
84–86; underworld in, 334–35.
See also initiations
Out on a Limb (MacLaine), 341–43,
342
pagan Gnosticism, 79–80
Pandora, 29, 229–30
parasympathetic mode, 186–87
parietal lobe, 185, 186
parrhesia (bold speech), 255–56
Paul, 111, 116 ; in Acts, 114–18; to Athenians,
122–23; authorities in, 131–33;
baptism in, 123–24, 132; blindness
of, 118; covenant in, 132–33; demons
in, 120, 126–27; disciples and,
129; early life of, 117; freedom in,
129–32; Gentiles in, 119–20; gifts in,
119, 130–31; letters of, 109, 119, 347;
love in, 132; One God in, 121–23,
126–28; preaching of, 118–19; ransom
in, 128; retreat in, 131–33; from
revelations, 122; sins in, 120–21,
127–28; Torah and, 124–28; transformation
of, 109, 115–18, 234–35;
veil in, 120
Paulicians, 347–48
penances, 324
People of the Book, 327, 340
Peratics (Travelers): awakening of, 203–4;
dark lords of, 206–7; initiations of,
205–8; Jesus in, 205; spirit in, 204–5
Perfected, 68
Perfect Love, 103
Perfect Man, 217
Persephone, 30, 46–47, 48 , 323; in mysteries,
171–72, 206–7, 218
Persia, 309
Peter, 104, 147, 155, 298, 303
Philip, 104, 147–48, 236, 349–50
Philo, Julius, 62–65, 92, 221–22
philosophical clubs, 202
Pi ( π ) (film), 259–61, 260 , 292–94, 293
piety, 26–28
pilgrims, 68–70
Pisces, 211
Pistis Sophia, 322, 349; books of, 316–17;
Jesus and, 325
planetary rulers, 168–69, 204
planets, 201, 313–14
Plato, 53, 55, 61, 69, 348–49; psyche and,
30–31; on reincarnation, 200–202
Platonic transcendence, 224–26
Pleasantville (film), 295–97, 296 , 340
Plotinus, 8, 71, 168, 348–49
Plutarch, 65, 172
pneuma. See spirit
pneumatics, 123–24, 236, 244–45
politics, 73, 284
Polycarp (bishop), 158
Porphyry, 173–74
postmodern critical theory, 5–6
powers, 96–98, 100–101; nous and, 135–
37; transgression and, 286–87, 290–91;
vowels and, 187–89, 248–49. See also
initiations; shamans; Simon the Great
Power
praise, 319
prayers: of Mandaeans, 328–30; standing,
184–85. See also hymns
preaching, 118–19
prefrontal cortices, 185, 186
Priapus, 213, 214
Primal Man, 216–18
Priscilla, 111
private religion, 275–76
Prometheus, 28–29