
The Toll Collectors | Gnosticism and the Origins of Loosh
In 2017, researchers at Oxford identified Greek fragments of the First Apocalypse of James that appear to have been a teacher's classroom copy. This specific text contains a scripted set of answers Jesus provides to help a dying person bypass supernatural toll collectors who take souls by theft.The concept of a reincarnation trap is experiencing a massive resurgence online. I spent the last several months tracking this modern framework back to its earliest origins. I read the primary source documents directly to build this analysis entirely on the exact words these ancient texts use to…
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