The Call: Why Gnostic Stories Begin With Someone Waking Up
What actually wakes you up? For me it’s almost never the alarm. I can sleep through a phone buzzing on the nightstand, and I’ve slept through a smoke detector chirping for a new battery. But if someone in the next room says my name at normal volume, I’m awake before they finish it. The Gnostic writers would have understood that perfectly. Their texts are full of sleepers, and the sleepers don’t wake up on their own. Something from outside has to reach them, and it almost always reaches them as a voice. ...