Events Tagged: "dualism"

Babylonian Jews and Manichaeism - New dualist religion challenges both Judaism and Christianity in Mesopotamia

Augustine joins Manichaean sect - attracted by their claim to pure reason and explanation of evil, remains 'hearer' for nine years

Cathar council at Saint-Félix-Lauragais - dualist heresy organizes bishoprics across southern France

Cathar perfecti practice endura - ritual fasting unto death after receiving consolamentum, seen as liberation from evil material world

Cathar beliefs on evil matter - taught material world created by evil demiurge, human souls trapped in bodies, procreation evil

Montaillou Cathar testimonies reveal disturbing beliefs - some perfecti taught that children were 'devils' until age of reason, pregnancy seen as demon possession

Descartes's 'Meditations' - 'Evil genius supremely powerful and clever' deceiving me - Must prove God to guarantee truth - Mind absolutely separate from body - Creates unsolvable interaction problem