The orthodox Easter story highlights a crucifixion, an empty tomb, and a physical resurrection. A radically different version is told by the Gnostic gospels, which includes the Gospel of Judas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Second Treatise of the Great Seth. In these banned texts from the Nag Hammadi library, the crucifixion was an illusion, the archons tortured a shell while the living Jesus watched and laughed, and Judas was not a traitor but the only disciple who truly understood. The Gnostic resurrection is not a future event at the end of time, but rather a spiritual awakening that can be experienced right now in this life. This video explores what these early Christian texts reveal about the hidden meaning of Easter, the nature of the divine spark, and why the first Gnostics saw waking up, not waiting, as the whole point of the story.
