Jnanashakti, known in Greece and parts of Asia as the Gnostikon, was one of the darshanas prevalent during the Hellenistic period.[1]
Overview[]
This school, the School of Wisdom, held that Awakening was an opportunity to uncover truths about the nature of reality. This investigation, and the dissemination of the information thus acquired, was held by the Jnanashakti to be their purpose in life.[2] As such, they maintained an extensive archive of scrolls and tablets, and added to it over time by cataloguing various phenomena, both supernatural and mundane.[2]
Much of Gnostikon metaphysics was derived from a mixture of Platonic, Gnostic, and Vedic philosophy. It held that the perceptible universe was a shell that concealed a realm of pure Forms, and that disciplined contemplation, mathematical measurement, and other such means could strip away the illusion.[3]
Over time, this darshana would separate into two camps, primarily divided by cult: the first was primarily composed of Weret-Hekau and Pelasgians and tended toward proactivity, seeking out magical artifacts, texts, and places and using them to banish ignorance and dangerous magic; the second, mainly Karpani, faction was a more passive group that believed it to be incautious to utilize magic so wantonly, instead focusing on archiving phenomena.[3]
References[]
- ↑ CofD: Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras, p. 69
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 CofD: Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras, p. 86
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CofD: Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras, p. 87