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Description: Some information on Simon Magus, the first of the great Gnostic teachers.
The earliest Gnostic who is known to us (chiefly through heresiological accounts) was a certain Simon Magus, of first century Samaria. Now part of Turkey, but then called "Asia", Samaria was a hotbed of religious ferment (or "heresy"), and Simon was only one of the charismatic leaders preaching and gathering followers at the time. In other words, he was what would nowadays be called a "Guru". Fellow "Gurus" included Jesus "of Nazareth" (actually the town of Nazareth did not yet exist at this time - see Donovan Joyce,
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| Description: | Some info on Simon Magus, the first of the great Gnostic teachers |
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