«OBLIVION» AND «REMINISCENCE» IN ANTIQUE GNOSTICISM

The author investigates a problem of cosmological knowledge in antique Gnosticism. This knowledge has two aspects: the mystical experience of unity good luck acquired in a condition of ecstatic state and the cosmological knowledge expressed in the form of the myth. Knowledge as experience is restoration (reminiscence) of the initial state. Knowledge expressed in the form of the myth is attempt to hold in remembrance this experience.