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INDEX
secret knowledge guardian, possessor
( nazoraean ), 330
self-knowledge, 2–3
sentience, 308
separation, 308
separation anxiety, 165, 193; healing of,
168; from transcendent, 166–67
Serendipity (fictional character), 133
serpents, 55, 57, 205, 216; as dark lords,
208–10
servants: sacrifices and, 70–72, 280;
transgression and, 279–80; of YHWH,
31–35, 268, 278–79
servant spirituality: afterlife in, 23–28, 26 ;
of Babylonians, 23–25; chaos in, 22,
24; cosmic order in, 22–24; definition
of, 22; in Egypt, 25–28, 26 ; in Greece,
28–31; in Israel, 31–35, 37–38; kings in,
22–24
Seth, 56–57, 79, 91, 97–98
Sethians, 79–80, 169, 317; Adam and, 95–
96; awakenings of, 223–24; baptism
of, 223–25; chanting by, 187–91, 226;
Christianity and, 91, 222–23; heresy of,
93; Ialdabaoth and, 94–98; initiations
of, 223–26; Jeu and, 323–24, 326;
origins of, 90–91; silence of, 182–84;
superpowers of, 96–98; Torah and,
90–91; YHWH and, 91–96
Sewell, Rufus, 137
sexuality, 103, 217–18, 252, 268; children
and, 238–39; sin and, 236–37. See also
hermaphrodites
shadows ( skiai ), 29
shamans, 40–42; initiations related to,
67–68; Lascaux caves and, 197–99, 198 ;
quest of, 67–68, 82
Shem, 327
shit ( skubalon ), 118
Shlama, 328
Shu, 56
shut ( muô ), 39
silence, 187, 193, 326; of body, 184–85;
imposition of, 181, 215–16; initiations
related to, 181–84; secrecy and, 181–82,
215; of Sethians, 182–84
Silence (angel), 247–48
Simon. See Simon the Great Power
Simonians: in Gospel of John, 148–51,
160; Samaritans as, 148–49; universalism
of, 149–50
Simon Magus. See Simon the Great Power
Simon of Gitta. See Simon the Great
Power
Simon Peter, 104, 147, 155, 298, 303
Simon the Great Power (Simon, Simon
of Gitta, Simon Magus), 7, 99, 110;
in Acts, 148–51; Cerinthus and, 157;
Dositheus and, 100–103; Helena and,
100–103, 149; Holy Spirit with, 101;
Irenaeus and, 102; Jesus and, 103–4,
149–50; redemption by, 149; spirit
and, 102
sins, 28, 112–13, 125, 289; in Paul’s Gnosticism,
120–21, 127–28; sexuality and,
236–37
skiai (shadows), 29
skubalon (rubbish, shit), 118
slavery, 32, 49, 71; of Apostolic Catholics,
297–98. See also servant spirituality
Smith, Joseph, 312
Smith, Kevin, 108, 125, 128–29, 132
snake. See serpents
snore, 190–91
social networks, 284–85
sociology, 263–64; deviance in, 273–74; in
New Age, 344
Socrates, 185, 256
Sodom, 33–34
Sol (fictional character), 260
solstice, 197–98
songs, 184, 314; chanting, 187–91, 193,
226, 248–49. See also hymns
Sophe, Flavia, 253–56, 254
Sophia, 235, 237; Father God and, 231–32;
Ialdabaoth and, 94–95; Jesus and, 183,
242, 349
soul (psyche), 11, 29–31, 85, 176; demons
and, 169; light and, 333–35, 338–39;
limitations of, 167; of Mandaeans,
335–36; mortality of, 202, 245–46;
spirit compared to, 214–15, 267,
275
sounds, 247–48; of snore, 190–91. See also
songs; vowels
Spiderman (fictional character), 81