Some early Christian Gnostic sects professed reincarnation. He also studied Gnosticism and the works of the Gnostic Valentinus. Most chaos magic techniques involve something called the gnostic state, or gnosis. It was mix of orthodox Catholic beliefs and Gnostic/Montanist teachings. These writings had an antagonistic bias towards gnostic teachings, and were incomplete. There is also speculation that the figure is the Gnostic demiurge, Ialdabaoth. The Basilides were a Gnostic sect. They accused Priscillian's teachings of being gnostic in nature. Further traces of Gnostic ideas can be found in Sufi anthropogenic. The teachings of the various gnostic groups were very diverse. The term is thus a central element of Gnostic cosmology. The Middle East was the birthplace of the Abrahamic, Gnostic, and most Iranian religions. However, his revelation was different from the gnostic revelations. Martha appears in the sacred gnostic text Pistis Sophia. Marcion is sometimes described as a Gnostic philosopher.