The hidden Gnostics of present day?

The Gnostics may not be so powerful now, but that doesn't mean that they're not existent.

Via media, but which via media? Whereas anglicanism has traditionally been seen as the middle way between catholism and protestanism, how badly had the gnostics struck in the area between the two?

Some of the basic beliefs of Gnosticism are as follows:

"Between this world and the God incomprehensible to our thought, the 'primal cause,' there is an irreconcilable antagonism.

The 'self,' the 'I' of the gnostic, his 'spirit' or soul, is unalterably divine.

This 'I,' however, has fallen into this world, has been imprisoned and anaesthetized by it, and cannot free itself from it.

Only a divine 'call' from the world of light loosens the bonds of captivity.

"Progressive christians"

Modern day churches preach the word of God in their own nature; believers do what they do as they have done, be it good or bad, and solicits business transactions between members, amongst its own macro society. Believers are empowered with emphasis in finances, and this is a motivating factor in attracting new believers, that money is one of the key factors in doing the work of God. They are extravagant, to claim that they bear the testimony that God had richly blessed them, so they live as the living testimony of the blessings they have received.

One may claim this as a remark of Judas, that the extravagance may be channelled to help the poor, but have they lavished on themselves, or on Jesus? As gnostics believe, that "I" the "self" is divine. Lavishing on "myself" is a testimony. Mary poured perfume worth a years' wages on Jesus, would it give these progressive christians any more right to spend recklessly in luxuriating themselves?

There is an emphasis on worldly values, norms and their co-existence in the world; e.g. sex sells. Many trendy progressive christians dress rather provocatively, and yet denies the fact that it is provocative to the human nature. They do claim that it is their own right to do so, and only an unclean mind would think otherwise.

The weak link can be seen, as not being able to let go of worldly values, popularity, acceptance from the world etc. Where is their salvation from the world?

This serves as a questioning of our own christian values, as anglicans and as christians are we serving God that we're supposed to serve, or have we become gnostic and we do not know?