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Via a review of Elaine Pagels\u2019 latest book, Revelations<\/i>, in The New Yorker<\/i>, I learned of a Prada perfume commercial featuring text from one of the Gnostic works found at Nag Hammadi, \u201cThunder, Perfect Mind.\u201d<\/a> Here\u2019s the video:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K9L_zXcGNAE<\/a>\n

I truly wonder what the ancient author and early readers of the text would make of its use in a video such as this one \u2013 with jazz playing in the background.<\/p>\n

There is an online article looking at this instance as an example of the influence of Gnostic feminine theology on contemporary poetry and culture.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"