Hesychasm

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One method of reaching gnosis (Search) is through hesychasm:

The Thomasine method of hesychasm is much like that of its orthodox counterpart. The initiate learns methods of detachment and contemplation which are prescribed by an approved master.

A Thomasine hesychastic teacher will prescribe a combination of very specific chants, meditations, and readings for the individual initiate.

During meditation it is possible to reach what hesychasts call a state of Illumination or Theoria.

Critique: The gnostic method employed by the Thomasine Church, a process of exteriorization of emotions and the process of detachment from all that one experiences internally (apatheia), is very reminiscent of the method employed in the Church of Scientology and related organizations. If one were to replace the terms “Archons” and “Wicked Ones” in Thomasine Church texts with “Body Thetans” the parallels become more apparent. This suggests a much closer connection to modern psychotherapeutic religions than to ancient Gnostic ones.

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