Gnosticism originated at about the same time as the Abrahamic Orthodox Church. However, compared with the flourishing Abrahamic Orthodox Church, Gnosticism has declined, and its influence is now even less than that of the ancient Abrahamic Church.
Like the Abrahamic Church, the Gnostics recognized the existence of a perfect, infinite Supreme God, and also recognized the existence of a Creator who created all things. However, they denied that the Creator was the Supreme God and derided it as laldabaoth (
Sons of Chaos).
Gnostics believe that the spirit is the essence of human beings, and the physical body is the prison of the spirit. This material world, as well as the creator of this material world, were created due to errors. The creator created this error
world, but have no self-awareness, and instead think that they are above all things. This is the source of pain and degradation.
The road to salvation lies in freeing the spirit from the confinement of the physical body through knowledge and returning to the perfect glory of the Supreme God.
As expected, Jochebed did not take action against anyone's bodies as Habiba expected. He first took away the three-part "Chariot Ascension Technique" from his personal hands. After confirming that the contents inside had been translated,
He nodded with satisfaction. Then, he moved the motionless bodies into the forest one by one and covered them with leaves and branches. After what happened last night, he left alone.
Ella found that their spirits could not leave their bodies too far, so they had to stay in the forest.
From night to day, they encountered other things like the severed head knight more than once. Habiba said that this was the spirit body of a dead person. Because the body had decayed, it could move freely without restraint.
Wandering around the world.
Ella felt panicked for a while, because if all the dead people turned into such spirits, then the world would be crowded with spirits. Knowing this, she would be scared even if she returned to her normal state.
I couldn't sleep every night.
So Habiba comforted Ella and said that not everyone will become like this after death, and that spiritual bodies cannot affect the material world. As long as they do not engage in magic such as necromancy and necromancy, they can be completely ignored.
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But as for how to become a spirit body, Habiba doesn't know.
Near noon the next day, Jokibe came back with large and small bags of food. He hung a sleeping bag on the tree, chopped wood, and built a simple fence around it to keep out the beasts. These things happened last night
Finally, it was getting dark. He took out some food and ate it, then sat down against a big tree and buried his head between his knees.
In this posture of deep annihilation of self, Jochebed whispered like a prayer:
“Understanding and blessing—from the Eternal.”
“Magnificence and greatness—are those of the Eternal.”
“Splendor and majesty—are those of the Eternal.”
“Prudence and strength—these belong to the Eternal.”
"Glory and light--are of the Eternal."
“Unity and glory—that of the Eternal.”
"..."
"..."
After hearing this, Habiba threw away the half-cut chicken wing in his hand and said to everyone seriously: "He has begun to practice the "Chariot Mounting Technique"."
The original Hebrew text of the word "chariot" in "Chariot Techniques for Climbing to Heaven" is 'merkabaha' (merkabaha), which means "Chariot of God". It comes from the "Old Testament: Ezekiel"
Chapter 1, verse 1. In this verse, God shows his chariot and throne to Ezekiel. Members of the ancient church of Abraham took the content of this verse as a major clue to understanding the nature of God.
The ultimate goal of "Chariot Ascension Technique" is to allow the soul to smoothly ascend to God's chariot and throne, to understand God's infinite and perfect nature.
During this ascension process, the soul will pass through the seven heavens of stars and pass through seven palaces. The angels of the seven heavens will also try their best to prevent the soul from liberating from the earthly world. The soul must overcome their resistance in order to move forward smoothly. Yes.
For the ancient Abrahamic Church, this was a test from the Supreme God; for the Gnostics, this was an obstruction from the Creator of Chaos.
"Each stage of ascension requires a magical incantation. These incantations can drive away demons and malicious angels, and protect the soul of the ascended from the flames and whirlwinds that surround the Supreme God.
and the damage caused by heavy rain. All the incantations come from the 'merkabaha' itself, and this is what is discussed in the Technique of Chariot Ascension to the Sky."
The old man showed the piece of paper in front of everyone - it contained a passage written by Ella that was missing from the book. After the people of the Abrahamic Ancient Church spent a long time interpreting it, they found that this passage described the incantation of passing through the fifth heaven.
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"Without this incantation, there is no way for Jochebed to pass through the fifth heaven. But don't think that we can sit back and relax. After all, even without the "Chariot Ascension Technique", Jochebed's magic is among all of us.
Go up. To save ourselves, we must learn the "Chariot Technique" and defeat Jochebed."
"But the Techniques of Ascending a Chariot to the Sky is in the hands of Jochebed." Someone said in embarrassment, "Although it is right in front of us, we can't turn the pages of the physical book like this!"
"Here's another one!"
Ella threw a stack of paper pulled out of the void in front of everyone. While everyone in the Ancient Church of Abraham was interpreting the lost passage, Ella had been silently writing the "Technique of Chariots to the Sky" in her memory.
"Oh! Little girl, you did great!"
The old man excitedly floated in front of Ella and reached out to pat her shoulder. Habiba suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Idiot! Don't touch..."
It was too late. The old man's memories suddenly came in, making Ella's mind swell again. The old man's spirit body exploded into pieces amidst the wails.
Everyone in the Ancient Church of Abraham originally wanted to celebrate without Ella, but when the old man made such an explosion, they were immediately frightened and did not dare to move.
Habiba's jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock: "Good guy, this old guy's decades of memory can't even compete with you. How many things are in your mind?"
"This... is the bookcase that houses my house... that's all... If you want, I can carry more things for you..."
Ella scratched her nose and said feeling a little embarrassed.
——But no one cared about her response at all.
People in the ancient Abrahamic Church had picked up the paper on the ground and recalled the translations they had completed.
Ella stood in the crowd for a while, feeling slightly embarrassed. She didn't know the ciphers of the Ancient Church of Abraham, nor did she know magic. She wouldn't be able to play any role in what happened next.
She had no choice but to shrink into a dark corner and work alone on math problems that were of no use.