From tale@uunet.uu.net Tue Jul 19 13:24:08 1994 Control: newgroup soc.religion.gnosis moderated Newsgroups: soc.religion.gnosis Path: uunet!tale From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Subject: newgroup soc.religion.gnosis moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 16:30:21 GMT Message-ID: Lines: 109 Xref: uunet control:1066563 soc.religion.gnosis is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 209:66 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 12 Jul 1994. Group submission address: srg@aldhfn.org Moderator contact address: srg-admin@aldhfn.org (Dean Edwards, Iraj Mughal, Salman Azhar, Craig Schenk, Arthur Versluis, Skip Watson) For your newsgroups file: soc.religion.gnosis Gnosis, marifat, jnana & direct sacred experience. The charter, culled from the call for votes: I. PURPOSE A. The purpose of 'soc.religion.gnosis' is to provide a place for the serious discussion and exchange of questions, ideas, experience, views, and information about of the historical and contemporary trends, techniques. practice and development of gnosis and gnosticism, its related literature, and corresponding concepts such as satvika-jnana (Sanskrit), Ma'rifat (Arabic), and certain associated aspects of mystical ecstasy. Gnosis is the direct experience or 'knowledge' of the fullness of the Divine Being. It focuses on the illumination of the spirit by the realms beyond the physical and psychic levels. Everyone is invited to take part in this discussion. B. For more information see the gnosis-overview, which has been posted to this newsgroup and to news.answers. In addition another FAQ, soc.religion.gnosis FAQ, will be regularly posted to this newsgroup. II. MODERATOR POLICIES A. Anyone with an interest in gnosis is welcomed and encouraged to submit articles to soc.religion.gnosis. (See additional details below.) Moderators will only return submissions that violate this charter. Any returned article will have an explanation attached to it about which charter provision was violated. B. There shall be one to five moderators for soc.religion.gnosis. In addition, there shall also be a technical moderator whose function shall be to manage the software script and hardware support necessary to maintain the newsgroup. C. The newsgroup will be subject to conventions of network etiquette. In practice, the moderators will reject personal attacks (flames) directed at individuals, and also similarly inflammatory attacks directed at religious institutions, and articles which use offensive language. These guidelines are intended to regulate only the tone of the discussions, and not their contents. This instruction is not intended to limit discussion and debate. Vigorous discussion and criticism are encouraged, flames are not. D. Submission which discusses established gnostic concepts or the concept of the Demiurge (the creator god) shall be posted, so long as they do not otherwise violate the conditions of the charter for soc.religion.gnosis. E. Repetitive postings (such as multiple responses to one request for a book reference) may also be rejected. Any rejected article will be returned to the sender with an explanation. F. Administrative communications, comments and inquiries should be mailed to the moderator(s) rather than being posted to the group. The administrative address shall be posted to the newsgroup from time to time and made available in soc.religion.gnosis-Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). G. From time to time a moderator may choose to give up his or her duties as a moderator. In such an event the moderators should select a suitable replacement. The retiring moderator may take part in this selection if he or she has not yet given up their responsibilities as moderator. This charter shall reflect the current list of moderators and submissions and administrative email addresses. III. SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES A. Guidelines for submissions will be regularly posted to news.answers in an soc.religion.gnosis FAQ. B. Readers of soc.religion.gnosis submit articles to the moderators by email. Articles should be sent to srg@aldhfn. Administrative comments and requests should be sent to srg-admin@aldhfn.org. The initial moderators will be deane@netcom.com (Dean Edwards) iraj@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Iraj Mughal) azhar@cs.duke.edu (Salman Azhar) cschenk@cap.gwu.edu (Craig Schenk) versluis@ze8.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de The initial technical moderator (responsible for hardware and software support will be: ciaran@aldhfn.ORG (Skip Watson) C. A current list of moderators and addresses will be included in a soc.religion.gnosis Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) to be posted to soc.religion.gnosis, selected 'answers' and other relevent newsgroups. Future editions of this charter will include the current list of moderators and addresses. IV. ETIQUETTE A. See the gnosis-overview article, which is regularly posted to news.answers and other selected newgroups. B. It is also recommended that the articles on network etiquette posted to news.newusers.questions be read. For information concerning excessive flames and personal attacks see above comments. Also useful are: Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community Rules for posting to Usenet From tale@uunet.uu.net Fri Aug 19 14:19:51 1994 Control: newgroup soc.religion.gnosis moderated Newsgroups: soc.religion.gnosis Path: uunet!tale From: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Subject: newgroup soc.religion.gnosis moderated Approved: tale@uunet.uu.net Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net (David C Lawrence) Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 18:20:14 GMT Message-ID: Lines: 109 Xref: uunet control:1138068 soc.religion.gnosis is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for creation by 209:66 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 12 Jul 1994. Group submission address: srg@aldhfn.org Moderator contact address: srg-admin@aldhfn.org (Dean Edwards, Iraj Mughal, Salman Azhar, Craig Schenk, Arthur Versluis, Skip Watson) For your newsgroups file: soc.religion.gnosis Gnosis, marifat, jnana & direct sacred experience. (Moderated) The charter, culled from the call for votes: I. PURPOSE A. The purpose of 'soc.religion.gnosis' is to provide a place for the serious discussion and exchange of questions, ideas, experience, views, and information about of the historical and contemporary trends, techniques. practice and development of gnosis and gnosticism, its related literature, and corresponding concepts such as satvika-jnana (Sanskrit), Ma'rifat (Arabic), and certain associated aspects of mystical ecstasy. Gnosis is the direct experience or 'knowledge' of the fullness of the Divine Being. It focuses on the illumination of the spirit by the realms beyond the physical and psychic levels. Everyone is invited to take part in this discussion. B. For more information see the gnosis-overview, which has been posted to this newsgroup and to news.answers. In addition another FAQ, soc.religion.gnosis FAQ, will be regularly posted to this newsgroup. II. MODERATOR POLICIES A. Anyone with an interest in gnosis is welcomed and encouraged to submit articles to soc.religion.gnosis. (See additional details below.) Moderators will only return submissions that violate this charter. Any returned article will have an explanation attached to it about which charter provision was violated. B. There shall be one to five moderators for soc.religion.gnosis. In addition, there shall also be a technical moderator whose function shall be to manage the software script and hardware support necessary to maintain the newsgroup. C. The newsgroup will be subject to conventions of network etiquette. In practice, the moderators will reject personal attacks (flames) directed at individuals, and also similarly inflammatory attacks directed at religious institutions, and articles which use offensive language. These guidelines are intended to regulate only the tone of the discussions, and not their contents. This instruction is not intended to limit discussion and debate. Vigorous discussion and criticism are encouraged, flames are not. D. Submission which discusses established gnostic concepts or the concept of the Demiurge (the creator god) shall be posted, so long as they do not otherwise violate the conditions of the charter for soc.religion.gnosis. E. Repetitive postings (such as multiple responses to one request for a book reference) may also be rejected. Any rejected article will be returned to the sender with an explanation. F. Administrative communications, comments and inquiries should be mailed to the moderator(s) rather than being posted to the group. The administrative address shall be posted to the newsgroup from time to time and made available in soc.religion.gnosis-Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). G. From time to time a moderator may choose to give up his or her duties as a moderator. In such an event the moderators should select a suitable replacement. The retiring moderator may take part in this selection if he or she has not yet given up their responsibilities as moderator. This charter shall reflect the current list of moderators and submissions and administrative email addresses. III. SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES A. Guidelines for submissions will be regularly posted to news.answers in an soc.religion.gnosis FAQ. B. Readers of soc.religion.gnosis submit articles to the moderators by email. Articles should be sent to srg@aldhfn. Administrative comments and requests should be sent to srg-admin@aldhfn.org. The initial moderators will be deane@netcom.com (Dean Edwards) iraj@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Iraj Mughal) azhar@cs.duke.edu (Salman Azhar) cschenk@cap.gwu.edu (Craig Schenk) versluis@ze8.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de The initial technical moderator (responsible for hardware and software support will be: ciaran@aldhfn.ORG (Skip Watson) C. A current list of moderators and addresses will be included in a soc.religion.gnosis Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) to be posted to soc.religion.gnosis, selected 'answers' and other relevent newsgroups. Future editions of this charter will include the current list of moderators and addresses. IV. ETIQUETTE A. See the gnosis-overview article, which is regularly posted to news.answers and other selected newgroups. B. It is also recommended that the articles on network etiquette posted to news.newusers.questions be read. For information concerning excessive flames and personal attacks see above comments. Also useful are: Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community Rules for posting to Usenet