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Bestfriends Shouldn't Know How You Taste
Ashley Grey knows better than to get involved with her bestfriend that's in a relationship. She has been keeping her feelings for him a secret for years. Until one day they are dared to kiss each other. Then everything is flipped between them. Stolen kisses, touches and a whole lot of tension. These two go on a journey that will either drift them apart or pull them even closer. “ I can’t be your friend Ley when I know how you taste.”
This book is part of a series:
Book 1: Badboy Asher
Book 2: His Blonde Temptress
Book 3: Loving The Enemy
Book 4: Bestfriends Shouldn't Know How You Taste
232 บท
MAFIA RULES
PART1&2 OF LOLA AND NIKO'S STORY.
. . .Wives are for children and whores are for fucking. Learn to be both and you'll do just fine. . .
~Page 2 of the mafia rules as written by Eva Camilla Salvatore, wife of the previous capo dei capo of la Italian famiglia~
Lola is not your normal average teenage girl.
She has always known that her family is part of the Mafia.
A few days after her eighteenth birthday, she comes back from school and hear the most shocking news that leaves her frightened to the bone. She had been promised to the most ruthless man in the New York Family, the underboss and soon to be Boss, Dominiko Salvatore. And he is coming to collect what is His.
229 บท
The Almighty Lord Caspian
Caspian Lynch's wife has had enough of him being poor. She asks for a divorce on the night before his birthday mercilessly!"One day, when you and I meet again, open your eyes and see for yourself who I really am!"Who on earth is this delivery guy? Why do they call him "Lord Caspian"? It seems there's more to him that meets the eye!
902 บท
She Accepted Divorce, He Panicked
“Just...I have one question before this,” I pretend to not see his hurtful look, keeping my eyes on his chest, “...Please.”
Would it change anything if I’m pregnant? I want to ask, I don’t know how.
Taking a deep breath, I look up, just to catch him rolling his eyes with a sigh: “I don’t have time for your games, Scar.”
Home? I laugh bitterly. We don’t have a home anymore, Sebastian. I built one for us, and you broke it.
350 บท
On My Professor's Bed
“Applologize to daddy….” Dante muttered softly into her ear and Elena quivered her pussy waiting to be filled by his cock.
“I am sorry for being a bad girl Daddy... Please take me.” she cried sexually frustrated.
After bumping into a stranger unapologetically and flaring up instead of apologizing, Elena meets with the consequences of her action a week after the resumption. Their physiology teacher has just been changed and Elema being the class representative was assigned to submit some paperwork to the new professor, not only did she barge in to meet him wanking off, he turned out to be the man she had unapologetically humiliated the other day at the mall he sent her out of his office promising to make her pay in all ways possible.
He makes her pay for her action by offering her a C instead of the usual A and the only way to change his mind is to sleep with him, after one sexual action, both professor and student have neglected the rules by drenching themselves in the taboo act unable to resist the sexual desire that existed between them. With so many obstacles hoping to rip them apart what becomes of them when Elena finds out that there is more to Dante than being just a professor.
147 บท
The CEO's Fabulous Ex-Wife
When Zora was sick during the early days of her pregnancy, Ezrah was with his first love, Piper. When Zora got into an accident and called Ezrah, he said he was busy, when in actual fact, he was buying shoes for Piper.
Zora lost her baby because of the accident, and throughout her stay at the hospital, Ezrah never showed up. She already knew that he didn’t love her, but that was the last straw for the camel’s back, and her fragile heart could not take it anymore.
When Ezrah arrived home a few days after Zora was discharged from the hospital, he no longer met the woman who always greeted him with a smile and cared for him. Zora stood at the top of the stairs and yelled with a cold expression,
“Good news, Ezrah! Our baby died in a car accident. There is nothing between us anymore, so let's get a divorce.”
The man who claimed not to have any feelings for Zora, being cold and distant towards her, and having asked her for a divorce twice, instantly panicked.
321 บท
How Did Gnostic Movements Shape Early Sci-Fi TV Series?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 20:56:27
For a long time I've been quietly fascinated by how odd religious and philosophical currents filter into popular shows, and gnostic ideas are one of those currents that quietly shaped early sci‑fi TV. Gnosticism’s core motifs—hidden knowledge, a flawed material world, a distant or corrupt creator, and the possibility of awakening—gave storytellers a ready vocabulary for stories about conspiracies, alien intelligences, and characters who slowly realize their reality is a lie.
Take 'The Twilight Zone' and 'The Outer Limits' as touchstones: episodes like 'Elegy' (a manufactured reality for the dead) or the recurring theme of deceptive worlds echo the gnostic suspicion that the visible world is a kind of prison. 'The Prisoner' goes further by making identity and liberation central problems; the show’s nameless protagonist spends seasons trying to recover autonomy and truth, which reads like a narrative of gnosis—awareness as salvation. Writers and producers weren’t quoting ancient texts, but they were drawing on a shared cultural stew—postwar existentialism, Jungian psychology, occult revivals, and pulp sci‑fi—that all carried gnostic flavor.
I also think the Cold War atmosphere accelerated this influence. People were anxious about hidden masters and manipulative systems, so stories where characters uncover secret controllers or transcend a manufactured reality connected emotionally. Even when early TV took a technocratic view—think crew‑based optimism in 'Star Trek'—you still get occasional episodes about the limits of material authority and the need for a higher ethical knowledge. Watching these older episodes now I catch a lot of little gnostic echoes, and it makes rewatches feel like archaeological digs: you uncover layers of belief underneath the lasers and plot twists.
What Are Common Gnostic Archetypes In Fantasy Books?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 18:59:47
There’s a particular thrill I get when I spot a gnostic thread winding through a fantasy book — like finding a secret rune hidden in a margin. To me, common gnostic archetypes show up as familiar faces: the Seeker who’s restless and suspicious of the world, the False Creator (the one who keeps everyone distracted in material illusions), and the Guide who hands the protagonist a tiny, terrible truth. These stories often frame the world as a gilded cage: the earthly realm is dense and deceptive, while sparks of a truer light flicker inside certain characters.
I notice the Sophia archetype a lot — a wounded wisdom figure who either fell into the world or sacrificed part of herself to bring knowledge back. She might be an oracle, an exiled goddess, or simply a scholar in a dusty tower who refuses to play the king’s game. Side characters tend to fill the Archon role: bureaucrats, priests, or monstrous wardens who enforce ignorance and keep people docile. The Redeemer or Revealer arrives to whisper forbidden cosmology; sometimes they’re morally ambiguous, sometimes brutally kind.
Beyond characters, gnostic patterns appear in motifs: hidden libraries, forbidden maps, and rituals that peel back layers of reality. In reading, I love tracing these through books like 'His Dark Materials' (the Authority and Dust themes), or the subversive metaphysics in 'The Neverending Story' where imagination is both prison and liberation. Spotting these archetypes makes rereading a joy — every scene becomes a cipher and every mentor might be a doorway. If you like stories that treat truth as dangerous and knowledge as salvation, follow the sparks and see which characters are holding them.
How Did Gnostic Themes Influence Anime And Manga?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 07:51:20
I get a little giddy talking about this because gnostic threads in anime and manga feel like one of those secret staircases you only notice when you stop rushing. For me, the clearest example is 'Neon Genesis Evangelion' — it borrows the idea of a flawed creator and an existential prison of the self, then turns it into angelic metaphors, instrumentality, and the desperate search for identity. That sense of a hidden truth that can liberate or destroy characters — the whole gnosis motif — shows up again and again: someone learns or remembers something that rewrites their relationship to the world, and the material plane suddenly looks like a trap crafted by ignorance.
I’ve seen it in darker, quieter works too. 'Serial Experiments Lain' riffs on the boundary between reality and a networked mind, echoing the Gnostic suspicion of surface reality; 'Xenogears' and 'Xenosaga' (in games that overlap with manga/anime sensibilities) practically wear their Gnostic influences on their sleeve with demiurges and suppressed divine memories. Even 'Puella Magi Madoka Magica' has that terrible bargain vibe — a cosmic order that demands suffering unless the characters pierce the veil with knowledge or sacrifice.
What fascinates me is how Japanese creators mix native beliefs with Western esoteric stuff: Shinto animism, Buddhist rebirth, and Gnostic dualism all dance together. The result is less about literal theology and more about mood and metaphor — alien architects, false paradises, inner sparks, and protagonists who must wake up. When I watch or read these works late at night with a cup of too-sweet coffee, I love parsing which scenes are literal and which are symbolic; it makes rewatching or rereading feel like excavation.
Which Ancient Texts Mention Abraxas God As A Gnostic Figure?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 14:46:29
I'm the kind of person who gets weirdly excited about ancient inscriptions, so here's the short tour through sources that actually mention Abraxas as a Gnostic or magical figure.
The clearest literary attestations come from late-antique heresiologists — most notably Hippolytus in his 'Refutation of All Heresies' (sometimes called 'Philosophumena'). He describes Basilidian doctrine and refers to a supreme figure named Abrasax/Abraxas associated with a complex cosmology of heavens and powers. Epiphanius, in his 'Panarion', also discusses groups tied to Basilides and preserves bits of their teaching, which helps corroborate the presence of Abraxas in the Basilidian tradition. Other church fathers and anti-heretical writers (Clement and Tertullian among those who discuss Basilidian ideas) provide background even when they don't always spell out the name.
Archaeology and magic-lore are where Abraxas really shines: engraved gemstones and amulets — the famous 'Abraxas stones' — turn up from the 2nd–4th centuries with hybrid images (rooster-headed figures, snake-legs, or a man with a whip) and the name Abraxas or Abrasax. The name also appears in the Greek Magical Papyri, where it is invoked in spells and charms, linking the figure to practical magical practice rather than strictly literary Gnostic scripture. One neat detail: in Greek numerals the letters of 'Abraxas' add up to 365, which probably helped associate the name with the solar year and cosmic power.
If you want to dive deeper, read translations of 'Refutation of All Heresies' and 'Panarion', and browse collections of the 'Greek Magical Papyri' and museum catalogues for engraved gems — that’s where the visual and material side brings Abraxas alive for me.
What Does Gnostic Mean In Modern Literature?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 10:19:52
Whenever I stumble into a dense, slightly uncanny book late at night I start thinking about gnostic vibes — not in a church-lecture way, but as a literary mood where knowledge is the key and the world feels like a locked room. To me, 'gnostic' in modern literature usually points to stories where truth is hidden, salvation comes through secret knowing, and the mundane world is suspect or even deliberately deceptive. You see the lineage in books like 'The Name of the Rose' or 'Foucault's Pendulum': scholars chasing patterns, libraries as sacred spaces, the sense that meaning is layered and that a correct interpretation changes everything.
I also notice stylistic cues: fragmented narratives, unreliable narrators, riddles embedded in the prose, and conspiratorial structures that reward the reader who pieces things together. Contemporary genres borrow this too — some cosmic horror and conspiracy novels lean into a gnostic spirit, with protagonists discovering that the visible order is a veneer over something stranger. Even transhumanist fiction sometimes reads like secular gnosticism: secret technical knowledge promises escape from the body, which echoes the classic dualism of spirit vs. matter.
Personally, these books make me feel like a sleuth tucked under a blanket with a flashlight. They invite skepticism about institutions and comfort, but they can also be lonely — the special knowledge often isolates the knower. If you like puzzles and philosophical frisson, chase the gnostic threads in a text: they turn ordinary plots into treasure hunts and force you to ask whether truth is liberating or just another trap.
What Symbols Identify Gnostic Motifs In Films?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 07:30:44
Whenever a film grabs me and won't let go, I start playing detective for hidden, almost-religious signs — and gnostic motifs are some of my favorite clues. The classic ones I look for are the red-pill/blue-pill type choices (an offered truth versus blissful ignorance), mirrors and reflections that don’t quite match, and characters described as "suspended" or "asleep" who need awakening. Those are shorthand for gnosis: the inner spark or knowledge awakening from a false world. I remember a midnight screening of 'The Matrix' where the red pill felt like a ritual object, and that image stuck with me for years.
Visually, filmmakers love using eyes, locks/keys, labyrinths, and staircases as metaphors for ascent/descent between ignorance and the pleroma (the fullness of divine reality). The oppressive authoritarian god-figure shows up as cold bureaucrats, faceless officials, or an all-seeing control room — think the Demiurge reimagined in suits in 'Brazil' or the uncanny urban manipulators in 'Dark City'. Books, secret names, broken statues, and scenes of forbidden language also scream gnostic vibes: knowledge hidden, then stolen or revealed. Even body motifs — scars, tattoos, or a glowing "spark" in a character — often stand in for the trapped divine fragment.
Sound and structure matter too: repeated numbers, mirrored sequences, dreams nested inside dreams (like in 'Inception'), or a narrative that slowly unravels continuity signal that reality is unreliable. If a movie keeps pitting a stale physical world against an inner, luminous truth — and frames a protagonist who must remember or choose — chances are it’s flirting with gnostic ideas. It makes watching feel like looking for breadcrumbs to some secret garden, and I love that scavenger-hunt vibe.
Where Can I Find Gnostic Soundtracks And Film Scores?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 05:11:53
I get a little giddy whenever someone asks about finding weird, mystical soundtracks — it’s like opening a rabbit hole I’ve happily fallen into more times than I can count. For the broadest sweep, start with Bandcamp and YouTube. Bandcamp is gold for niche tags: search 'ritual', 'dark ambient', 'occult', 'neo-classical', or even 'gnostic' and you'll find self-released albums and limited-press vinyl from artists who explicitly lean into esoteric themes. YouTube has full uploads, rare bootlegs, and curated mixes; use the comments to follow leads to Bandcamp or Discogs sellers. Discogs itself is brilliant for tracking original pressings and obscure soundtrack releases — set up alerts for items that pop up.
For film scores in particular, check soundtrack labels and specialist sites: Varèse Sarabande, MovieScore Media, and Lakeshore often release experimental or hymn-like scores. Soundtrack communities like Soundtrack.net and the Film Score Monthly forums help you identify lesser-known OSTs. For specific tonal flavor, artists and acts like Dead Can Dance, Lustmord, Coil, and Lisa Gerrard (her work with Hans Zimmer on 'Gladiator' has that transcendent chant vibe) sit in the same sonic neighborhood as what many call 'gnostic' music.
Finally, use practical tools: Tunefind and Shazam to identify pieces in films, WorldCat and your local university library to hunt down physical CDs and scores, and Reddit subs like r/ambient, r/obscuremusic, or r/soundtracks to crowdsource recs. If you’re into collecting, keep an eye on boutique labels and limited Bandcamp runs — I’ve found some of my favorite ritual-esque scores that way. Happy digging, and if you find a hidden gem, share it — I always want new things to queue up for late-night listening.
Which Creators Discuss Gnostic Themes In Interviews?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 00:39:21
My late-night rabbit hole habit has me scribbling names in the margins of whatever I'm reading, and when people ask who talks openly about Gnostic ideas, a few creators pop up again and again. Philip K. Dick is the obvious starter — you can practically feel his interviews buzzing with the same haunted questions as 'VALIS'. He talked about revelation, impostor realities, and hidden divine sparks in recorded conversations and essays, and those interviews are almost as uncanny as his fiction.
Comic-world heavyweights are next: Grant Morrison and Alan Moore. Morrison’s interviews and lectures mix pop culture with chaos magick and a kind of playful Gnostic distrust of the material world; if you’ve seen his talks around 'The Invisibles' or read parts of 'Supergods', you’ll hear him framing superheroes as mythic, quasi-religious figures and reality as malleable. Alan Moore goes deeper into occult frameworks and the idea of inner gnosis in interviews about his work and esoteric practice — his discussions often feel like footnotes to ancient mystery schools.
On the film side, the Wachowskis have discussed Gnostic and Platonic motifs when talking about 'The Matrix' — the idea of an illusory world and a hidden true realm keeps coming up. Alejandro Jodorowsky also belongs here: interviews about 'The Holy Mountain' and his tarot work are steeped in alchemical and Gnostic symbolism. Finally, David Lynch, while less explicit, often talks about layers of reality and hidden meaning in ways that dovetail with Gnostic themes. If you love late-night interviews, listening to these creators talk is like getting a guided tour of how myth, mysticism, and storytelling collide.
How Do Authors Portray Gnostic Knowledge In Novels?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 01:16:02
Pages that hum with forbidden light are my catnip, so when I talk about how authors portray gnostic knowledge in novels I get excited and a little nerdy. A common move is to make the knowledge itself tactile: hidden manuscripts, marginalia, palimpsests, or an old codex found in a hidden room. Writers love objects that physically transmit insight — think of the glowing, maddening documents in 'VALIS' or the labyrinthine library vibes in Borges' stories. Those artifacts act like characters: they seduce, they corrupt, they promise a rescue from ignorance while often demanding a price.
Narratively, authors lean on dualism and initiation scenes. Protagonists move from darkness into a revealed architecture — a ritual, a dream, a sudden vision — and their inner life changes. Sometimes that shift is spiritual illumination; sometimes it’s a slow peel away from comforting illusions. I’ve noticed two favorite tones: the paranoid historian who sees patterns everywhere (much of Umberto Eco-esque territory) and the mystical seeker who experiences a private epiphany. Structurally, novels use unreliable narrators, nested stories, and metafictional tricks so the reader becomes the seeker too — decoding footnotes, reading letters, piecing together fragments. That mirroring is brilliant: it makes the act of reading itself a gnostic initiation. As someone who’s scribbled in margins while sipping terrible coffee at midnight, I love when a book turns me into a detective of meaning rather than a passive consumer.
Which Movies Explore Gnostic Ideas Most Deeply?
3 คำตอบ2025-08-30 21:56:37
Some films feel less like stories and more like invitations to wake up, and when I'm thinking about cinema that leans hardest into gnostic territory, a few titles always come to mind. Gnosticism, for me, is less about theology and more about that gut feeling: the world is a trap, truth is hidden, and salvation comes through some painful act of knowing. Movies that explore that idea often riff on simulated realities, manipulative creators, lost memories, and the spark of something divine inside a person.
'The Matrix' is the obvious gateway — it wears its gnostic wardrobe on the sleeve: an imprisoning demiurge (the machines), an underground elect, and Neo as a savior who recovers knowledge. But I love how 'Dark City' handles the same questions in a moodier, noir way: memory theft, identity-as-puppet, and an external force refashioning human lives for unknown experiments feels deeply gnostic to me. 'The Truman Show' turns the concept into a domestic parable — the constructed life, the voyeur creator, and the protagonist’s moral awakening — pure secular gnosis.
If you want something more mystical and hallucinatory, 'The Holy Mountain' is a fever dream of alchemical ascent that shreds material illusions, while 'The Fountain' and 'Stalker' (more meditative) wrestle with mortality, longing for transcendence, and what counts as real. Lesser-known entries like 'Beyond the Black Rainbow' or 'Jacob’s Ladder' bring paranoia and metaphysical torment that echo gnostic themes too. I usually watch these late at night with a notebook and a strong drink — they demand you sit with them — and if you’re curious, start with 'Dark City' and follow the thread to 'The Matrix' and then a Jodorowsky deep dive; that sequence always opens new angles for me.
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