Logos & Gnosis: Late-Antique Mysteries of Christ, Platonism, and Hermetism Roughly 1st–6th centuries CE
This era is where several currents intersect: • Jewish apocalyptic and wisdom traditions. • Greek philosophy (Platonism, Middle Platonism, then Neoplatonism). • Egyptian and broader Near Eastern temple and initiatory traditions. • The new Christian revelation and its early interpretations.
Function in The Story: philosophical and mystical digestion of the Christ-event; hybridization of Jewish, Greek, and Egyptian currents; first mature articulation of ascent, emanation, and inner Temple theology.
From Logos & Gnosis to Grail & Temple
From Logos & Gnosis to Grail & Temple
• Christ-event interiorized as gnosis, philosophy, mysticism, and ascent • Temple/Throne/Ark now understood as inner realities • Ascent and deification articulated conceptually • These patterns then reappear later as Grail Castle, Wasteland, Wounded King, Templar Temple, etc.