Gnosticism originated at about the same time as the Abrahamic Orthodox Church. However, compared with the flourishing Abrahamic Orthodox Church, Gnosticism has declined, and its influence is now even less than that of the ancient Abrahamic Church.
Like the Abrahamic Churches, Gnostics recognized the existence of a perfect, infinite Supreme God and a Creator who created all things. However, they deny that the Creator is the Supreme God and despise him as laldabaoth (son of chaos).
Gnostics believed that the spirit is the essence of human beings, and the body made of matter is the prison of the spirit. This material world, along with the Creator of this material world, came into existence due to errors. The Creator created this wrong world without any self-awareness, and instead believed that he was superior to all things. This is the source of pain and degradation.
The road to salvation lies in freeing the spirit from the confinement of the physical body through knowledge and returning to the full glory of the Supreme God.
As Habiba expected, Jochebed did not take action against everyone's bodies. He first put away the "Chariot Climbing Technique" that was divided into three parts from his personal hands. After confirming that the content inside had been translated, he nodded with satisfaction. Then, he carried the motionless bodies one by one into the forest and covered them with leaves and branches. After what happened last night, he left alone.
Ella found that their spirits could not move far from their bodies, so they had to stay in the forest.
From night to day, they encountered other things like the decapitated knight more than once. Habiba said that this is the spirit body of a dead person. Because the body has decayed, it can wander around the world without restraint.
Ella felt panicked for a while, because if all the dead people turned into such spirits, then the world would be crowded with spirits. Knowing this, she would be scared even if she returned to her normal state. I couldn't sleep every night.
So Habiba comforted Ella and said that not everyone will become like this after death, and that spiritual bodies cannot affect the material world. As long as they do not engage in magic such as necromancy and necromancy, they can be completely ignored. .
But as for how to become a spirit body, Habiba didn't know.
Near noon the next day, Jochibe came back carrying large and small bags of food. He hung a sleeping bag on the tree, chopped wood, and built a simple fence around it to keep out the beasts. After what happened last night, it was almost dark. He took out some food and ate it, then sat down against a big tree and buried his head between his knees.
In this posture of deep annihilation of himself, Jochebed whispered like a prayer:
“Understanding and blessing—from the Eternal.”
“Magnificence and greatness—are those of the Eternal.”
“Splendor and majesty—are those of the Eternal.”
“Prudence and strength—are of the Eternal.”
“Glory and light—of the Eternal.”
“Unity and glory—that of the Eternal.”
"..."
"..."
After hearing this, Habiba threw away the half-cut chicken wing in his hand and said to everyone seriously: "He has begun to practice the "Chariot Mounting Technique"."
The original Hebrew text of the word "chariot" in "The Technique of Chariot Climbing to Heaven" is 'merkabaha', which means "Chariot of God". It comes from the first chapter of the Old Testament: Ezekiel. In this section God reveals his chariot and throne to Ezekiel. Members of the ancient Abrahamic Church viewed this section as a major clue to the nature of their gods.
The ultimate goal of "Chariot Ascension Technique" is to allow the soul to smoothly ascend to God's chariot and throne, to understand God's infinite and perfect nature.
In this process of ascension, the soul will pass through the seven heavens of stars and pass through seven palaces. The angels of the Seven Heavens will also try their best to prevent the soul from liberating from the earthly world. The soul must overcome their resistance in order to move forward smoothly. For the ancient Abrahamic Church, this was a test from the Supreme God; for the Gnostics, this was an obstruction from the Creator of Chaos.
"At each stage of ascension, the Ascended requires a magical incantation. These incantations drive away demons and malicious angels, and protect the Ascended soul from the flames and whirlwinds that surround the High God. and damage from heavy rain. All the mantras come from the 'merkabaha' itself, and this is what the Chariot Technique discusses."
The old man showed the piece of paper in front of everyone - there was a passage written by Ella that was missing from the book. After the people of the Ancient Abrahamic Church spent a long time deciphering it, they discovered that this passage describes the incantation of passing through the fifth heaven.
"Without this incantation, there is no way for Jochebed to pass through the fifth heaven. But don't think that we can sit back and relax. After all, even without the "Chariot Ascension Technique", Jochebed's magic is among all of us. Go up. To save ourselves, we must learn the "Chariot Ascension Technique" and defeat Jochebed."
"But "The Technique of Chariots Ascending to Heaven" is in the hands of Jochebed." Someone said in embarrassment, "Although it is right in front of us, we can't turn the pages of the physical book like this!"
"Here's another one!"
Ella threw a stack of paper pulled out of the void in front of everyone. While everyone in the Ancient Church of Abraham was interpreting the lost passage, Ella had been silently writing the "Chariot Technique for Ascension to the Sky" in her memory.
"Oh! Little girl, you did great!"
The old man floated excitedly in front of Ella and reached out to pat her shoulder. Habiba jumped up and shouted: "Idiot! Don't touch..."
It's too late. The old man's memories suddenly came in, making Ella's mind swell again. The old man's spirit body exploded into pieces amidst the wails.
Everyone in the Ancient Church of Abraham originally wanted to throw away Ella to celebrate, but when the old man made such an explosion, they were immediately frightened and dared not move.
Habiba's jaw almost dropped to the ground in shock: "Good guy, this old guy's decades of memory can't even compete with you. How many things do you have in your mind?"
"This... is the bookcase that houses my house... that's all... If you want, I can carry more things for you..."
Ella scratched her nose and said feeling a little embarrassed.
——But no one cared about her response at all.
The people of the Ancient Abrahamic Church had already picked up the paper on the ground and recalled the translations they had completed.
Ella stood in the crowd for a while, feeling slightly embarrassed. She doesn't know the secret texts of the Ancient Church of Abraham, nor does she know magic. She won't be able to play any role in what happens next.
She had no choice but to retreat into a dark corner and work alone on math problems that were of no use.
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