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Archons (Commanders) [NOTICE: They Are NOT Anlien Parasites], and Then, in a Mirror Image of the Great Emanations of the Pleroma, Hundreds of Lesser Angels
A R C H O N S HIDDEN RULERS THROUGH THE AGES A R C H O N S HIDDEN RULERS THROUGH THE AGES WATCH THIS IMPORTANT VIDEO UFOs, Aliens, and the Question of Contact MUST-SEE THE OCCULT REASON FOR PSYCHOPATHY Organic Portals: Aliens and Psychopaths KNOWLEDGE THROUGH GNOSIS Boris Mouravieff - GNOSIS IN THE BEGINNING ...1 The Gnostic core belief was a strong dualism: that the world of matter was deadening and inferior to a remote nonphysical home, to which an interior divine spark in most humans aspired to return after death. This led them to an absorption with the Jewish creation myths in Genesis, which they obsessively reinterpreted to formulate allegorical explanations of how humans ended up trapped in the world of matter. The basic Gnostic story, which varied in details from teacher to teacher, was this: In the beginning there was an unknowable, immaterial, and invisible God, sometimes called the Father of All and sometimes by other names. “He” was neither male nor female, and was composed of an implicitly finite amount of a living nonphysical substance. Surrounding this God was a great empty region called the Pleroma (the fullness). Beyond the Pleroma lay empty space. The God acted to fill the Pleroma through a series of emanations, a squeezing off of small portions of his/its nonphysical energetic divine material. In most accounts there are thirty emanations in fifteen complementary pairs, each getting slightly less of the divine material and therefore being slightly weaker. The emanations are called Aeons (eternities) and are mostly named personifications in Greek of abstract ideas. -
The Greatest Mirror: Heavenly Counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha
The Greatest Mirror Heavenly Counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha Andrei A. Orlov On the cover: The Baleful Head, by Edward Burne-Jones. Oil on canvas, dated 1886– 1887. Courtesy of Art Resource. Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 2017 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, contact State University of New York Press, Albany, NY www.sunypress.edu Production, Dana Foote Marketing, Fran Keneston Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Orlov, Andrei A., 1960– author. Title: The greatest mirror : heavenly counterparts in the Jewish Pseudepigrapha / Andrei A. Orlov. Description: Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2017] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016052228 (print) | LCCN 2016053193 (ebook) | ISBN 9781438466910 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781438466927 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Apocryphal books (Old Testament)—Criticism, interpretation, etc. Classification: LCC BS1700 .O775 2017 (print) | LCC BS1700 (ebook) | DDC 229/.9106—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016052228 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For April DeConick . in the season when my body was completed in its maturity, there imme- diately flew down and appeared before me that most beautiful and greatest mirror-image of myself. -
The Epistle to the Ephesians
a Grace Notes Bible Study The Epistle to the Ephesians study compiled by Warren Doud Grace Notes 1705 Aggie Lane, Austin, Texas 78757 Email: [email protected] Epistle to the Ephesians Table of Contents Preview to the Study of Ephesians .................................................................................................. 4 Ephesus ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Ephesians, Chapter 1 .................................................................................................................... 10 Ephesians, Chapter 2 .................................................................................................................... 26 Ephesians, Chapter 3 .................................................................................................................... 39 Ephesians, Chapter 4 .................................................................................................................... 55 Ephesians, Chapter 5 .................................................................................................................... 85 Ephesians, Chapter 6 .................................................................................................................. 102 Categorical Studies (Word Studies and Doctrinal Topics)........................................................... 117 Adoption ...................................................................................................................................... -
Patient Capital Outperformance
Patient Capital Outperformance: The Investment Skill of High Active Share Managers Who Trade Infrequently Martijn Cremers Ankur Pareek University of Notre Dame Rutgers Business School First draft: December 2013 This draft: September 2014 This paper documents that among high Active Share portfolios – whose holdings differ substantially from the holdings of their benchmark – only those with patient investment strategies (i.e., with long stock holding durations of at least 2 years) outperform their benchmarks on average. Funds trading frequently generally underperform, regardless of Active Share. Among funds that infrequently trade, it is crucial to separate closet index funds – whose holdings largely overlap with the benchmark – from truly active funds. The average outperformance of the most patient and distinct portfolios equals 2.30% per year – net of costs – for retail mutual funds. Stocks held by patient and active institutions in general outperform by 2.22% per year and by hedge funds in particular by 3.64% per year, both gross of costs. JEL Classifications: G12, G24 Contact info: Martijn Cremers: 264 Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, Phone: 574‐631‐4476, Email: [email protected]. Ankur Pareek: Rutgers Business School, 1 Washington Park, Newark, NJ 07102, Phone: 973‐353‐1646, Email: [email protected]. We thank the Q‐Group for financial support. Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2498743 Introduction Which, if any, actively managed portfolios can outperform passive benchmarks? The previous literature has documented that, on average, the long‐term net performance of actively managed mutual funds is similar to the performance of their benchmark (with actively managed funds generally underperforming their benchmarks but without strong statistical significance on average). -
The JOBS Act at Year One: a Changing Hedge Fund Communications Landscape
The JOBS Act at Year One: A Changing Hedge Fund Communications Landscape The private world of hedge funds is looking more like Madison Avenue. Hedge funds today are everywhere – in daily headlines, social media, public web sites, live TV coverage, and even highly visible Las Vegas bashes. They are also increasingly in the portfolios of institutional and retail investors. Once a shadowy, inaccessible and little understood part of the asset management world, hedge funds are growing, diversifying, extending product lines, acquiring competitors, targeting new markets, stepping up client relations – in short, acting more and more like the large, sophisticated businesses they’ve become. Driving and supporting this business transition is a changing attitude toward and approach to marketing communications. As hedge funds have grown to $2-trillion-plus in assets, they are tackling issues and opportunities like brand, visibility and reputation, all in the face of stiff competition. September 23, 2014, marks the first anniversary of the enactment of the Jumpstart Our Businesses (JOBS) Act, and provides an opportunity to look at how hedge fund communications have evolved. The JOBS Act was designed to spark U.S. economic growth in part by allowing hedge funds to solicit accredited investors. As a result, hedge funds are now allowed to employ tactics such as engaging the media, building accessible web sites, advertising and even social media. And while neither we nor others point to the JOBS Act as the sole driving force behind the implementation of new communications strategies by hedge funds in recent years, no one denies that these changes are taking place. -
Mani's Book of Mysteries: Prolegomena to a New Look
ARAM, 22 (2010) 321-334. doi: 10.2143/ARAM.22.0.2131043 MANI’S BOOK OF MYSTERIES: PROLEGOMENA TO A NEW LOOK AT MANI, THE ‘BAPTISTS’ AND THE MANDAEANS Prof. IAIN GARDNER (University of Sydney) Abstract Before the reading of the Cologne Mani Codex (from 1969 on) scholars such as E.S. Drower commonly assumed that Mani was brought up in a Mandaean community. However, the CMC appeared to identify the ‘baptists’ of Mani’s youth as Elchasaites, and the trajectory of research changed leaving the question of Mani’s relationship with the Mandaeans in limbo. This paper does not attempt to solve this problem, but recent reports of an otherwise unknown Mandaean scroll known as the Diwan d-Razia suggest a new avenue of approach: To study Mani’s own lost Book of Mysteries as a site for debate between the apostle and other religious communities of the time. A close analy- sis of all available evidence is made, including a tentative reconstruction of the lost work in outline, based on the chapter headings preserved by al-Nadim in his Fihrist. Whilst various important points of contact with Mandaean teachings are noted, the overall conclusion is that Mani’s Book of Mysteries would have focussed firstly on testimonies about Jesus, and thereafter on a telling of the crucial moments in cosmic and redemptive history. The work evidences dialogue with Bardaisan and his followers, and may well have accessed Sethian traditions. The problematic question of Mani’s relation to nascent Mandaeism is highlighted, but it is shown that this work is unlikely to have had much in common with a priestly scroll such as we imagine the Diwan d-Razia to be, despite any superficially similar esoteric purpose. -
CASTING the NET How Hedge Funds Are Using Alternative Data 2 ALTERNATIVE DATA
CASTING THE NET How Hedge Funds are Using Alternative Data 2 ALTERNATIVE DATA 3 CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 FOREWORD 6 INTRODUCTION 8 METHODOLOGY 10 CHAPTER 1 14 DEFINING ALTERNATIVE DATA CHAPTER 2 17 THE OPPORTUNITIES Alternative data sets used by hedge funds 18 A tool for generating outperformance 22 A risk management tool 26 CHAPTER 3 28 THE CHALLENGES Building the appropriate infrastructure 30 Demonstrating return on investment 35 Regulatory and compliance challenges 38 CHAPTER 4 41 WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR ALTERNATIVE DATA? PRACTICAL STEPS FOR HEDGE FUND MANAGERS 46 LOOKING TO USE ALTERNATIVE DATA CONCLUSION 50 4 CASTING THE NET How Hedge Funds are Using Alternative Data Acknowledgements We are very grateful to the following AIMA research committee members for their dedication towards the creation of this document: Carol Ward Hardik Shah (Chairperson) Business System Consultant COO Man GLG CIBC Man Group Michael Peltz Tom Kehoe Global Head of Content Managing Director, WorldQuant, LLC Global Head of Research Tess Shih and Communications Executive Director The Alternative Investment Capital Fund Management Management Association International Inc Matthew Newbon Waheed Aslam Chief Operating Officer Head of Marketing & Independent View BV Business Development Joanne Matthews – Asset Management Senior Vice President & Investments Funds Two Sigma Investments LP Simmons & Simmons LLP To the following third-parties for their valuable insights: Gene Getman Ronan Crosson Client Portfolio Manager Director, Data Strategy LOIM, 1798 Alternatives & Analytics Eagle Alpha Ltd. And to the following members of the SS&C team for their valued expertise: Kelly Ramsey Gooch Michael Megaw Director, Relationship Managing Director Management Regulatory Analytics and Data SS&C Technologies SS&C Technologies Alastair Hewitt Director or CORE-SightLine SS&C Technologies Co-authors: Lyndsay Noble Anton F. -
Hedge Fund Managers, Illustrating That Running Successful Hedge Funds Can Be a Very Lucrative Business
17 May 2016 Executive Summary New research by SCM Direct reveals 4.8 million UK individuals, are invested in hedge funds via their pension schemes. Shockingly, these pension savers are being charged c.36 times the fees of low cost alternatives, whilst receiving as little as 1/3rd of the performance they would from a low cost index- based strategy. SCM estimates that members of UK pension schemes paid c. £2.85 billion in fees and charges via their hedge fund investments in 20151. These significant costs are not being fully disclosed to pension schemes, or their underlying beneficiaries, resulting in savers being unaware of the risks and returns associated with having their saving in this asset class. Findings - SCM Direct research into hedge funds: - Costs: UK pension funds are paying up to 36 times the amount in total fees and charges to invest via hedge funds compared to alternative low cost index funds. - Risks: Many hedge funds are more concentrated and less liquid than simpler, low cost index funds. In June 2015, the FCA analysed 52 hedge fund firms managing $265 billion from the UK. The FCA stated ‘since the financial crisis, institutional investors (largely pension funds and endowment-like institutions) have become the largest source of new money for hedge funds. High net worth individuals and family offices now only own 13% of hedge fund assets.’ - Returns: Over the last 5 years a simple 60/40 strategy or the strategy proposed by Warren Buffett for his own legacy2, via index funds, would have beaten the average hedge fund return by 3 to 4 times. -
Jehovah Unmasked!
JEHOVAH UNMASKED! The True Identity of the Bible-God Revealed By Nathaniel J. Merritt Met. D. JEHOVAH UNMASKED! The True Identity of the Bible-God Revealed ISBN 1411651472 Copyright © 2005 Nathaniel J. Merritt All rights reserved. Cover art by: Pamela Marin-Kingsley Email the author at [email protected] No part of this publication can be reproduced, reprinted or transmit- ted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any other storage and retrieval system, without express written permission of the Publisher. Permissions may be obtained via email request to the Publisher at: Published by Moon Temple Press, Indio CA TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................I CHAPTER ONE THE CHRISTIAN CONUNDRUM.............................. 1 CHAPTER TWO THE NEW TESTAMENT MUTATES AND EVOLVES .................................................................................................. 4 CHAPTER THREE THE SPIRITUAL NEW TESTAMENT ................19 CHAPTER FOUR THE FABLE OF JEWISH MONOTHEISM ................................................................................................21 CHAPTER FIVE THE FATHER OF LIES ............................................... 36 CHAPTER SIX WISDOM AND THE SERPENT .................................... 44 CHAPTER SEVEN THE BLAME GAME ................................................. 52 CHAPTER EIGHT THE GOD OF THIS WORLD ..................................61 CHAPTER NINE THE BIBLE-GOD -
Archon - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Archon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon#Gnostic_archons Archon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Archon (Gr. ἄρχων, pl. ἄρχοντες) is a Greek word that means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem ἀρχ-, meaning "to rule", derived from the same root as monarch, hierarchy and anarchy. Contents 1 Ancient Greece 2 Byzantine Empire 3 Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 4 Gnostic Archons 4.1 The Hebdomad 4.2 Mandaean Archons 4.3 Manichaean Archons 4.4 Origins 4.4.1 As planets 4.4.2 In Zoroastrianism 4.5 Usage 4.5.1 In Judaism and Christianity 4.5.2 In Greek theology 5 Other uses 5.1 Real life 5.2 Books 5.3 Movies and television 5.4 Role-playing games 5.5 Video games 5.6 Music 5.7 Others 6 References 6.1 Bibliography Ancient Greece In the early literary period of ancient Greece the chief magistrate in various Greek city states was called Archon.[1] The term was also used throughout Greek history in a more general sense, ranging from "club leader" to "master of the tables" at syssitia to "Roman governor". 1 of 14 03/12/2010 07:27 PM Archon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon#Gnostic_archons [citation needed] In Roman terms, the board of archontes ruled by potestas, whereas the Basileus ("King") had auctoritas. In Athens a system of nine concurrent Archons evolved, led by three respective remits over the civic, military, and religious affairs of the state: the three office holders being known as the Eponymous archon (Ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων; the "name" ruler, who gave his name to the year in which he held office), the Polemarch ("war ruler"), and the Archon Basileus ("king ruler").[2] Originally these offices were filled from the aristocracy by elections every ten years. -
Pentadic Redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies
Pentadic Redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies Editors Einar Thomassen & Johannes van Oort Editorial Board H.W. Attridge – R. Cameron – A.D. DeConick W.-P. Funk – I. Gardner – C.W. Hedrick S.N.C. Lieu – P. Nagel – B.A. Pearson – S.G. Richter, J.M. Robinson – K. Rudolph – M. Scopello W. Sundermann – G. Wurst VOLUME 66 Pentadic Redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia by Timothy Pettipiece LEIDEN • BOSTON 2009 This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Pettipiece, Timothy. Pentadic redaction in the Manichaean Kephalaia / by Timothy Pettipiece. p. cm. -- (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies, ISSN 0929-2470 ; v. 66) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-17436-8 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Manichaeism. I. Title. II. Series. BT1410.P48 2009 299’.932--dc22 2009004687 ISSN 0929-2470 ISBN 978 90 04 174368 Copyright 2009 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands CONTENTS Acknowledgments ..................................................... ix Abbreviations .......................................................... xi part i pentadic redaction in the manichaean kephalaia Introduction........................................................... -
Directory, Accompanying the Map, Presents All the Company Information in One Document
Corporate Watch Wreckers of the Earth: a guide to ecocidal capitalism in London February 2020 For maps and more see: https://corporatewatch.org/londonmap2020/ Table of Contents Wreckers in London....................................................................................................................4 1. Primary planet-killers.......................................................................................................................6 1.1 Hydrocarbon majors..................................................................................................................6 1.1.1 The national oil companies................................................................................................6 1.1.2 The multinational “oil majors”...........................................................................................9 1.2 Hydrocarbons: smaller oil companies, frackers and UCG......................................................12 1.2.1 Smaller “conventional” oil and gas companies................................................................12 1.2.2 The frackers: “unconventional fossil fuels” specialists...................................................14 1.3 Oil and gas services and shipping............................................................................................16 1.3.1 Oilfield services...............................................................................................................16 1.3.2 Liquefied Natural Gas......................................................................................................17