Sethian is also a Finnish progressive metal band. The Sethians were a group of ancient Gnostics, that date their existence before Christianity. [LINK: http://jdt.unl.edu/lithist.html] [1] Their influence spread throughout the Mediterranean into the later systems of the Thomasines, the Basilideans and the Valentinians. Their thinking, though it is predominantly Judaic in foundation, is arguably strongly influenced by Platonism. Sethians are so called for their veneration of the biblical Seth, third son of Adam and Eve, who is depicted in their myths of creation as a divine incarnation; consequently, the offspring or 'posterity' of Seth are held to comprise a superior elect within human society. Sethian texts Pre-Christian texts · The Apocalypse of Adam Christian texts · The Apocryphon of John · The Thought of Norea

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