New Member: Priscillian from Spain

Dear Members,
I found this forum quite by accident but thought that I could easily find a home here. My leanings are certainly Gnostic but I consider myself a "Smorgasbordian". I like to choose a little of each spiritual plate!
I have recently published a book entitled Pilgrimage to Heresy: Don´t Believe Everything They Tell You. It suggests that it is not St. james entombed in Compostela at all, but a "heretic" bishop by name Priscillian of Avila.
I shall not be able to post here very often, but you can be sure I will be reading and listening.
Tracy Saunders
Marbella, Spain
http://pilgrimagetoheresy.com

well hello there. hope yo hear from you soon!
its funny , i found this place by accident as well ,so glad i did. enjoy your time here, i know i do
i also checked out your link. looks very,very, interesting my dear
sopherim

priscillian wrote:Dear Members,
I found this forum quite by accident but thought that I could easily find a home here. My leanings are certainly Gnostic but I consider myself a "Smorgasbordian". I like to choose a little of each spiritual plate!
I have recently published a book entitled Pilgrimage to Heresy: Don´t Believe Everything They Tell You. It suggests that it is not St. james entombed in Compostela at all, but a "heretic" bishop by name Priscillian of Avila.
I shall not be able to post here very often, but you can be sure I will be reading and listening.
Tracy Saunders
Marbella, Spain
http://pilgrimagetoheresy.com

Hi Tracy, welcome to the site.

Is this your first book to be published? I also had a gnostic reference book published in 2006. I hope that you will find a little time to post here now and then - we'd love to hear how you are getting on.

Peace, Love, & Understanding ~ Bob

Welcome to the boards priscillian!!!!
You know that there is only one path to God, but it is laid by many people and not the same for each. It is hard to explain, but maybe one day you will change the way your path is by simply seeing someone smile!!!
Peace and Harmony through Unconditional LOVE!

Blessings and welcome, Priscillian!

I like the term, Smorgsbordian. Besides a gnostic (and beginning Kabbalist) I am part of the Asisians myself (for AS IS). Perhaps you could start the smorgsbordian movement!
So glad you found us!


Very true, Mark, even the Cathars (early gnostics wiped out by the Catholics- in fact, they are the reason the Inquisition was originally formed) were called the 'Perfect People,' and when the final battle in France (remember the town but can't spell it) the cathlics stood with them, so unfair did they think their treatment of their friends. No, molestation and horrific acts were orchestrated by the Catholics against such gentle souls, I hold those who where tortured in the Torture Chair for their 'beliefs' close to my heart....

DarkChylde wrote:Very true, Mark, even the Cathars (early gnostics wiped out by the Catholics- in fact, they are the reason the Inquisition was originally formed) were called the 'Perfect People,' and when the final battle in France (remember the town but can't spell it) the cathlics stood with them, so unfair did they think their treatment of their friends. No, molestation and horrific acts were orchestrated by the Catholics against such gentle souls, I hold those who where tortured in the Torture Chair for their 'beliefs' close to my heart....

Yes, aren't we fortunate now? ~ for all of us here would have certainly been burned at the stake (or some such horrific ending) by the 'christian' authorities if we had lived at an earlier time.

It is beyond my comprehension how such evil people ever thought they were following God ~ just like those who revert to terrorism today!

PLU ~ Bob

Yes, I appreciate every day that I am able to express myself without the terror of the tyranny of the church, or the ORIGINAL 'thought police.' They would LOVE to burn me but that is unfortunately for them no longer an option.... To get the venom thrown at me that I get is only thier frustration at no longer being able to that...

Yep, Bob, that makes two of us. How ANYONE can HATE in the name of ANY 'God' is beyond me....

Thank you to all of you for your comments and my apologies for not replying earlier. I belong to a few Forums and somehow did not mark down the web address for this one so was very glad to get your reminder! I now have a little bit more time and am researching the second book in the series so will make a point of logging in to see what you are all discussing, though I may not have a lot of time for posts myself.
The older I get, the more Gnosis makes sense to me. Where I live it is high summer in touristville (Marbella, Spain) and there are so many people here who seem to be only concerned with themselves. There seems such a paucity of sympathy, empathy, even courtesy that any kind of gentle message is lost. The Devil takes the hindmost...usually me! I suppose many of us would like to just find that simple little "finca" in a wooded area, with running water, animals around, yet we have to deal everyday with traffic, difficult people, expenses and just the day to day minutiae of living. Perhaps, "you will say I´m a dreamer....
But I´m not the only one"!
Tracy Saunders
www.pilgrimagetoheresy.com

By the way, Admin, I think that the event you are writing about is the siege in Beziers when the Catholics and Cathars (7000 is given as the number!) took refuge in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in, I believe 1209. Arnaud Amery is reported to have said to his men: "Kill them all. God will recognise his own!" I am hoping to explore the similarities between Priscillian´s message and that of the Cathars in a future book as the parallels are remarkable.
Tracy
www.pilgrimagetoheresy.com