@icedquinn @nemesis

> we don't really have interactions with the other wisdoms to know if they suck or not.

I'd question that pretty strongly. For instance I'm rather fond of this quotation from the 3rd century "Refutation of All Heresies" (translated by Dr. M. David Litwa) which is supposed to be a quotation from teachings by the Naassene preacher (a Gnostic/Ophite sect) which was reputedly in turn received from James, brother of Jesus by way of the priestess Mariamne.

"Blessed one! Whether you are born of Kronos or Zeus
Or Rhea, I loudly hail thee!
Attis, you are the name at which Rhea hides her face.
You the Assyrians call “thrice-desired Adonis.”
All Egypt calls you “Osiris.”
Greek wisdom calls you “Celestial horn of the Crescent Moon.”
Samothracians call you august “Adamas.”
Haimonians call you “Corybas.”
And Phrygians call you now “Papas,”
Now again “corpse,” “god,” “unfruitful,” “goatherd,”
“Green ear of harvested grain” or “fruitful one” whom the almond bore,
And “pipe-player.”
I shall sing of Attis, son of Rhea!
I shall not rattle with castanets
Nor bellow with the flute
Of the Idaian Curetes.
No, I blend with the Phoeban muse
As I play my lyre—euoi!
Euan! I shall sing of you as Pan, as Bacchus,
As the Shepherd of gleaming white stars!"

"Gnosticism" is really a bit of a stereotype and umbrella term which is often erroneously used to unify a lot of at times completely unrelated fringe sects of Christinanity spanning from the early 2nd century (eg. Valentinian) through to medieval times and beyond (eg. Bogomils).