http://www.newkabbalah.com/gnos.html
"Gnosticism" is characterized by the notion that a divine spark has fallen into our world and is entrapped in the soul of man."
"For the Gnostics, the divine spark present in men is entrapped in an evil realm of shadows.
iON and I had a discussion regarding "The Nine gates to the Kingdom of Shadows" which in essence supported the statements I quote above.
YET I'll bet iON will have non of this gobbledygook.
That I conceive a split tween a meat sac, a soul, and an essence (divine spark) is a side effect of the printing press combined with an unlimited power to create.
Re-read the initial statement with this in mind.
http://www.newkabbalah.com/gnos.htmlBOB: Yes.