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Within the Grail legends a lingering trace of gnostic ideas is present. According to the gnostic thought, there were three kinds of people in the world, each of whom was generated by the Anthropos, the heavenly Adam or Adamas. This being is not the earthly Adam, but the “Adam above,” the Primordial Man. The Mandaeans called him “the Secret Adam,” and he comes into Kabbalistic lore as Adam Kadmon, the heavenly template for all humanity.70 These three kinds of human being were thought of by the gnostics as: Hylics: hedonist materialists Psychics: people who sought for spiritual connections Gnostics: people who were in a state of understanding (literally, “knowers”)
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Caitlín Matthews (The Lost Book of the Grail: The Sevenfold Path of the Grail and the Restoration of the Faery Accord)