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Students of Gnosticism are bound to be familiar with Sethian, Valentinian, and a few other varieties of Gnosticism. But\u00a0Colby Whittaker,<\/span>\u00a0<\/a>a student at Duke University, has uncovered evidence of a neglected branch: the Seussian Gnostics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I couldn\u2019t decide on an excerpt and didn\u2019t want to reproduce the whole thing without permission. So you\u2019ll just have to head over to the Duke Newt blog<\/a> and read it. It is a delightful treat. I am already wondering when and how to work it into my \u201cHeresy\u201d class as a reading next semester\u2026<\/p>\n

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