The Wandering Scholars: The Life and Art of the Lyric Poets of the Latin Middle Ages.

[Mark Thibodeau]

Now I know where I'd heard of Pagels before. She did a number of
interviews, including an in-depth one on CBC radio, about her book The
Origin of Satan... definitely an eye-and-ear-catching title! I'd always
meant to pick it up, but never got around to it.

Going by her Wikipedia page, I have some reading to do...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Pagels

YOPJ

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 7:38 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> You know that feeling when you read an email from someone, and then you
> get all excited because it reminds you of something that you've recently
> seen and that you'd like to share with that someone (Mark Kohut) and the
> group with which they are affiliated (P-List), and so you rush and write
> your reply... and then you realize you'd forgotten the main thing that you
> wanted to bring up?
>
> It was actually Churton's extensive coverage of the Troubadours, in his
> Gnostic Philosophy book, that compelled me to comment. So if you're at all
> interested in the philosophical underpinnings of that poorly misunderstood
> medieval movement, Churton's book is one to watch out for!
>
> And Robert, I have heard of, but haven't read, Pagels' book. It was a bit
> of a hot topic a few years back, right?
>
> Although I'm widely read in Western esoterica, I have yet to delve deeply
> into the Gnostics. I have a feeling that, once I'm done with Churton's
> book, I'll be doing more reading on the subject. It's definitely super rich
> material, and I'm finding it very inspiring. This is the kind of stuff that
> can break writer's block log-jams. So thanks for the recommendation!
>
> yopj
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Better than Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Gospels? It's been a few years,
>> but I recall really like it.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:32 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm reading Tobias Churton's GNOSTIC PHILOSOPHY right now (was it
>>> recommended here? I think it was!) and WOW is it every illuminating.
>>>
>>> It's a historical survey of gnosticism/Gnosticism/Ghostics/gnosis from
>>> pre-Persian to modern day pop music and it's blowing my goddamn mind.
>>>
>>> I'm about half way through, so even tho there's a "lit" section near the
>>> end, I don't know if our man Pynchon is mentioned (altho I'm suspecting he
>>> will be). I'll let you guys know, either way.
>>>
>>> In the meantime, if any of you ever thought of taking a deeper dive into
>>> learning about the historical movement and/or phenomenon of gnosis... I can
>>> thing of no better guide for such a journey. This is the equivalent of a
>>> top level undergraduate course in 400 information-and-insight-packed pages.
>>>
>>> https://books.google.ca/books/about/Gnostic_Philosophy.html?
>>> id=iFHCQgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> Jerky
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> a book TRP has mentioned favorably as somehow influential.
>>>>
>>>> Well, I picked up a copy of the 1961 Anchor edition, the sixth edition
>>>> it
>>>> is always saying, the one TRP would most likely have bought since
>>>> Doubleday did
>>>> fine distribution in those days for Anchor---
>>>> "less imperfect than its predecessors"..."[but] just the scaffolding
>>>> of its subject." has a titled introduction which title therefore
>>>> subject surprised me.
>>>>
>>>> THE PAGAN LEARNING.
>>>>
>>>> "....and take to the roads and the taverns, tasting and celebrating the
>>>> pleasures of the senses."
>>>> [while Christianity reigned]...Back cover copy.
>>>>
>>>> @ 300 pages, 30+ in Latin and another 30 of endnotes and bibliography.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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