The Pleroma: Understanding the Fullness
Everyone is fluent in deficiency. Not enough time, not enough money, not enough sleep, not quite enough of whatever the morning’s first anxious thought is auditing. The vocabulary of lack comes preinstalled. The old Gnostics had a word for the opposite, and they made a remarkable claim about it. Pleroma is Greek for fullness, and in their map of reality the fullness comes first. Lack is real, but it is a latecomer with a traceable history, and knowing the map is part of the cure. This is a beginner’s guide to the most beautiful idea in Gnostic cosmology. ...