- Title: Gnostics A Crack In The Universe
- Date: 24th January 1990
- Summary: GNOSTIC SCRIPTURES SAID THAT THE WORLD WAS NO PLACE FOR THE DIVINE SOUL OF MAN; THAT LIFE IS TRAGIC; THAT THE WORLD WAS CREATED NOT BY GOD BUY BY A LOWER FORM OF DIVINITY. THEY SAID THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE UNIVERSE, THAT WAS THEIR ANSWER T O THE QUESTION 'DID A GOOD GOD CREATE A WORLD OF PAIN?'THE FIRST 20TH CENTURY SCHOLAR TO READ THE GNOSTICS WAS C.G.JUNG. THEIR 'GNOSIS' OR KNOWLEDGE WAS FOR HIS A SPIRITUAL SELF-KNOWLEDGE. SCHOLARS WITHIN THE PROGRAMME DEBATE THE RELEVANCE O F THE GNOSTIC 'PULSE' FOR MODERN MAN. A GNOSTIC CHURCH IS THE LATEST EXPONENT OF THIS ANCIENT HERESY - IN CALIFORNIA.
- Description:DOCUMENTARY SERIES OF THREE PROGRAMMES DEALING WITH THE GNOSTICS AND THE GRAND HERESIES
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Border Television PLC
- Programme Episode:Episode 4
- Transmission Date:24/01/1990
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s