This concept of hylics was about the only thing the Gnostics were correct about. It was the truth to bait the hook for the rest of their nonsense. You'll find this three-way division of levels of consciousness in other philosophies like that of the Essenes, and manifested in various ways like hypnotizability. Gathering it all together, you find about 80% are hylics, 16% psychics, and 4% pneumatics.
I cannot caution anyone enough not to take the word of the Gnostics for anything else regarding this other than the structure. Take, for example, this line from the "Hylics" wiki page:
Somatics were deemed completely bound to matter.
"Deemed" by who, the Gnostics? And who gave them fiat power in this? No answer to that because it's nonsense.
No one studies consciousness in this way because it is one of "Their" biggest secrets. Were the truth of this to be commonly understood, and commonly understood to be commonly understood, then the psychics and pneumatics would think about the world very differently and make very different decisions. That would be the absolutely final death knell of the Cabal.
This concept of hylics was about the only thing the Gnostics were correct about. It was the truth to bait the hook for the rest of their nonsense. You'll find this three-way division of levels of consciousness in other philosophies like that of the Essenes, and manifested in various ways like hypnotizability. Gathering it all together, you find about 80% are hylics, 16% psychics, and 4% pneumatics.
I cannot caution anyone enough not to take the word of the Gnostics for anything else regarding this other than the structure. Take, for example, this line from the "Hylics" wiki page:
"Deemed" by who, the Gnostics? And who gave them fiat power in this? No answer to that because it's nonsense.
No one studies consciousness in this way because it is one of "Their" biggest secrets. Were the truth of this to be commonly understood, and commonly understood to be commonly understood, then the psychics and pneumatics would think about the world very differently and make very different decisions. That would be the absolutely final death knell of the Cabal.