quote of the week

Terrance F. Flaherty lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 21 05:29:53 CDT 2000


Lorentzen / Nicklaus wrote:
> 
> flaherty:
> 
> > Weissmann's transformation is infrahuman,
> > demonic, a Qlippoth in gnostic terms.

Terms, flaherty, terms....

But but, gnostic, now what does he mean by "*(G)gnostic*"
here? 

Why doesn't the Qlippoth have to do with Greta's religion? 

Yeah, but TRP mixes them up and besides Gnostic in this
context, well, sorry, maybe someone else will define the
terms.  


http://www.polarissite.net/TOL/qlippoth.htm

This is the diagram that is also on  214 of Gershom
Scholem's Major Trends In Jewish Mysticism. Terms? Terms and
more terms. Give me some terms. 

Ny favorite quote, "you are Sofa King right."



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