“And this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” (1 John 4:3)
The four passages in the New Testament that use this term are unique to the apostle John (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7). The term itself is a transliteration of the Greek compound word anti plus christos, meaning one who is “against” Christ. (1)
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It is no exaggeration to say that the highly respected psychologist, Dr. Carl Jung, is the father of neo-Gnosticism and the New Age movement, which is why Dr. Jeffrey Satinover remarked,
"One of the most powerful modern forms of Gnosticism is without question Jungian psychology, both within or without the Church." (Satinover, The Empty Self, p. 27)
This article is part of the opinion column –
Beyond Occident – where we explore a native perspective on the Indian diaspora.
With over one billion followers worldwide, Hinduism, also known as the Sanatan Dharma, is the third-largest faith tradition globally. It is also the oldest tradition with an unbroken and recorded history of over 5,000 years. Hinduism is also the only significant faith tradition that recognizes and then manifests through various rituals and worship, the divine form of feminine. In Hindu cosmology, both feminine and masculine forms are accorded equal status.
Womanhood is generally associated with the notions of fertility, benevolence, and bestower in most indigenous traditions. As symbolic of life and fecundity, motherhood is viewed and celebrated, both conceptually at an abstract level and manifest, in fertility rites throughout the indigenous ‘pagan’ cultures. Hinduism being one of them, is not different in this aspect.