MAG 130 - Meat
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The Disappointment of Istanbul
Gnosticism is a type of dualism that places the purity and goodness of the spiritual world in opposition to the baseness and corruption of the material world. Some Gnostic movements even go so far as to posit the existence of the Demiurge, who created material existence as a warped, imperfect imitation of its purity. I had read about an old Gnostic temple some miles outside of Istanbul, and decided to make a short trip out to see it. When I got there though, there was nothing but a disappointment what the artfully lit photos had shown as stark and ancient were in person, just empty and old. Whatever decoration there might once have been had long since worn away
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