The last Dallas Gnostic Meetup went very well!
I want to thank Daniel and Dart for their presentation on early Gnosticism. They spent over forty hours weaving threads from all sorts of sources to bring to life the context in which early Gnosticism came to life and putting into an hour.
There is really too much to put in this small summary. Hopefully I can get their paper up on the meetup site soon. I took a timeline from the meeting that fills two pages. We learned the original meaning of the word "zealot" and that Platonism influened Gnosticism heavily. Another tidbit I'm personally interested in following up is "Who were the Essenes and what was their role in Gnostic development?" Daniel and Dart's research shows that this question is pretty tricky.
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