21. Gnosis and the Apocalypse
GA 87/1902-03-29/p015
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Such people - so the Gnostics assume - exist. The Gnostics knew such people. These are the "messiahs". Now comes something that [the Gnostics] see in Christianity. There is a beginning, a connection halfway between Jesus and Christ. A personality is embodied in Jesus who is able to ally himself with the Christ of the upper region. This is how the Gnostics saw the emergence of the "Son of Man" - and also the emergence of the Buddha - on the one hand; and on the other, the descent of the Christ, the world spirit, and its connection with these "gods" developing from below.
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