"Heorte" - the Heart of the Oldest English Epic

From Beowulf

"hige sceal the heardra heorte the cenre

mod sceal the mare the ure maegen lytlath

her lith ure ealdoe eall forheawen

god on greote a maeg gnornian

se the nu fram this wigplegan wendan thenceth"

The mind must be the firmer, the heart must be braver, the courage must be the greater, as our strength grows less. Here lies our lord all cut to pieces, the good man on the ground. If anyone thinks now to turn away from this war-play, may he be unhappy for ever after.

Pre-Nicean Gnosticism Summary

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.