Hylics
Hylic (from Greek ύλη (hylē) "matter") is the opposite of psychic (from Greek ψυχή (psychē) "soul").
In the gnostic belief system, hylics, also called somatics (from Gk σώμα (sōma) "body"), were the lowest order of the three types of human. The other two were the psychics and the pneumatics (from Gk πνεύμα (pneuma) "spirit, breath"). So humanity comprised matter-bound beings, matter-dwelling spirits and the matter-free or immaterial souls.
Somatics were deemed completely bound to matter. Matter, the material world, was considered evil by the gnostics. The material world was created by a demiurge, in some instances a blind, mad God, in others an army of rebellious angels as a trap for the spiritual Ennoia. The duty of (spiritual) man was to escape the material world by the aid of the hidden knowledge (gnosis).
Somatics were human in form, but since their entire focus was on the material world, such as eating, sleeping, mating or creature comforts, they were seen as doomed. The pneumatic saw himself as escaping the doom of the material world via the secret knowledge. Somatics were thought to be incapable of understanding.
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That's Life
by: HelixYou say you got your troubles
Well I got mine too
That's life
Got that right
That's life
Work your fingers to the bone
To get some money saved
Everyday you're closer
One step closer to your grave
Everybody wants some
But I just want a taste
It's hard to make a living
In this day-to-day rat race
Everybody's got their hand out
But as far as I can see
I'm giving and their takin'
Another piece of me
That's life
Hard to believe
That's life
Who said it would be easy
That's life
Work your fingers to the bone
To get some money saved
That's life
The whole world's goin' crazy
And there's hardly room to move
And everytime you turn around
You step on someone's shoes
People to the left of you
And people to your right
You're stuck in the middle
Not a very pretty sight
And the fat cats just get richer
All I want's an even shake
And everytime I turn around
Somebody's on the take
That's life
It'll bring you to your knees
That's life
Squeeze ya till ya bleed
That's life
Don't look now but I think that
Big brothers watching you
That's life
Huh! Ha-ha! Yeah!
Nothing for nothing
That's what you get
N-n-n-nothing
Without a little sweat
That's right
That's life
And you hate the place you work at
That's life
And your boss is one big jerk
That's life
Gas, ass, or grass
Nobody rides for free
That's life
Yeah, yeah, that' right
That's life
Stranger than fiction
That's life
Oh shit happens ya know
That's life
That's life
That's life (That's life)
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The Gnostic Personality Test: Discover Your Spiritual Archetype (Hylic, Psychic, Pneumatic)
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