Paul’s tradition is defined in this Epistle. Like the Epistle to the Ephesians, the Epistle to the Colossians in Colossae was not dictated by Paul and his name is used only as a pseudonym. The cliffs and waterfalls, sulfurous vapors and ravines of the Phrygian region of Hellas covered by curvaceous shrubs, gave birth to a seductive cult of mysteries in which magic and gnostic ideas wove their spell on the population so it was not exactly the ideal terrain for the Pauline Gospel to take root.