The congregations and individuals in the Gnostic tradition in Utah are a diverse group. This has been true of Gnostics through out history.

 

The direct experience of the Divine cannot be quantified, codified, patented, copywriten or trademarked. Each person who has this experience interprets it through the configuration of his/her own independent experience and interpretation. There is no one way to describe the ineffable - you know being ineffable and all. The most articulate of as can only site analogies. The most unsatisfactory descriptions are those spoken in intellectual absolutes and dogmatic certainties.

 

It is most satisfactory to find one who views the experience through the eyes of their inner child and who recognizes that all they thought they knew was nothing compared to the experience of the God in who there is no darkness at all. ~Adaire

Upcoming Events of independent Gnostics and friends at:

Thursday  April 5, 2007

6 p.m. Maundy Thursday service, Gnostic,  Holy Cross Chapel
        Tonight we will read from the New Testament in remembrance of the last supper where Jesus washed the diciples' feet, and instituted the eucharist or communion.  I will be washing the feet of those present who desire that rite, and will administer communion with help of a deacon and priest, who feel called to serve. This service is an hour min.
 
 
Friday  April 6, 2007

5 p.m. Good Friday Service, Rev. Nancy, Holy Cross Chapel
        Rev. Nancy will celebrate a Good Friday service of the UCC tradition.
6 p.m.  Good Friday Service, Gnostic, Holy Cross Chapel
        We will read from two Gnostic texts, the Acts of John (the Jymn of the Lord) and the Gospel of Judas.  We will sing a hymn and join in the round dance taught by the Lord to his disciples, in remembrance of his lesson that while we are dying to the world, we remain alive in the light of our own being.   This service will be 45 minutes.   I will bless palms.
 
Saturday  April 7, 2007

6 p.m. Holy Saturday Service, Gnostic, Holy Cross Chapel
        We will read from gnostic texts and meditate in the darkness of holy Saturday, remembering the soul's journey through darkness, the prison of the world and the tomb of physical death, while retaining the untouched nature of the light in our spirit and it's continuance.  This is a short service, of 30 minutes or less.  It is recommended that one deeply meditates upon the light which is ready to come forth in the self, and the darkness which is finally ready to be released as this night ends our Lenten season, and makes the way open for the resurrection of the light.
 
Sunday  April 8, 2007

8 a.m. Easter Morning Service, Gnostic, Holy Cross Chapel
        You are welcome to come earlier than 8 a.m to the chapel to meditate.  The service will begin at 8 a.m. and finish by 9 a.m.  We will contemplate and ce elebrate the risen light within, the resurrection in one's own soul, as we enjoy the glorious morning light rising through the chapel's stained glass windows.  We will celebrate the eucharist, with a deacon and priest assisting as inspired, and celebrate the risen Christ within.   Join us for the unique Easter service, which ushers in the Eastertide season of 40 days to Ascension and 50 days to Pentacost--when the ighest teachings of Jesus were imparted to his dicisples, and preserved in Gnostic texts.
 
5 p.m. Easter service, Rev. Nancy, Holy Cross Chapel
        Rev. Nancy will celebrate an Easter service of the UCC tradition in the chapel.

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Upcoming Events : Non independent Gnostics affiliated with:
THE ECCLESIA GOSTICA

THE HOLY GNOSIS OF THOMAS CHAPEL
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

 

Palm Sunday Eucharist service - April 1st at 11:30 AM.

 

Maundy Thursday Eucharist service, - with foot washing on April 5th at 7 PM.

 

Good Friday service - of the round dance from the Apocryphon of John, on
the 6th at 7:30 PM.

 

Holy Saturday service - blessing of the new fire, Baptismal font, &
Paschal candle, on the 7th at 7:30 PM.

 

Easter Sunday Eucharist service - the 8th at 11:30 AM.
Learn more at Gnosis Org.