We've all seen the memes but I want to actually know more about it as an actual theoretical framework. Like who invented and refined these ideas? What are they actually supposed to tell you about the world? What practices are associated with this philosophy?
anyone can observe those divisions in human beings without ever having heard the terms behind them or of gnosticismat least, I didthey're real, not just someone's inventions
>>42718549>Who invented and refined these ideas?Not easy to answer, they're common between many schools of thought>What are they actually supposed to tell you about the world?Creative power.I like to imagine a labyrinth, the real classic sort with a minotaur at the endPlace a hylic down in this labyrinth, and he'll stay where you placed him and form a small town with other hylicsPlace a psychic down in this labyrinth, and he'll wander it, wanting to see everything there is to see and find the minotaurPlace a pneumatic down in this labyrinth, and he'll climb the walls and go and find out what's around the labyrinthThe hylics and psychics are imprisoned, but only by their own minds; they can see walls, but not figure out how to pass through them>What practices are associated with this philosophy?Fuck if I know mate
>>42718573Not the point >>42718580>Not easy to answer, they're common between many schools of thoughtLike who?>Creative powerOkay, that makes sense at least
>>42718618> like whoNTA but even in Christianity I think Jesus said something like there are people who have eyes but do not see and ears but do not hear. Meaning they are hylics bc they don’t comprehend or understand.
>>42718618The image I posted tells you a few things, like that the words "Hylic, Psychic, Pneumatic" came from specifically GnosticsAnd that Hermeticism also has alike conceptsIn terms of Hermeticism, it explains it as the soul beginning as something like vague and very unaware elemental spirits, then mostly unaware humans, and then even higher beings which are very aware and have strong creative powerSo, if you embody a "pneumatic", under Hermeticism it'd basically mean you're probably gonna be an angel or something in your next life
>>42718549Hylics are NPCs who follow their default biological programming without question.Psychics do not.Pneumatics go above and beyond these qualities and transcend psychics altogether.Who coined these terms originally?Google it.
