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Master Samael frequently uses the phrase "chocolate saints" to refer in a joking manner to people who mistakenly consider themselves to be saintly. But why "chocolate"? Obviously it's a kind of joke. But is it an inside joke in the Gnostic movement, or a word that was more widely recognised in Mexican slang?
I am asking this because when translating Gnostic works into other languages, some readers complained that the phrase doesn't make sense to them. If you know something about it that we could explain in a footnote, it might make our translations more accessible.
Thank you.
Master Samael frequently uses the phrase "chocolate saints" to refer in a joking manner to people who mistakenly consider themselves to be saintly. But why "chocolate"? Obviously it's a kind of joke. But is it an inside joke in the Gnostic movement, or a word that was more widely recognised in Mexican slang?
I am asking this because when translating Gnostic works into other languages, some readers complained that the phrase doesn't make sense to them. If you know something about it that we could explain in a footnote, it might make our translations more accessible.
Thank you.