Claim: Monoimus, an Arab gnostic that lived between 150 - 210 CE, believed that God and man have a unique unity and that man must look into his soul to find God rather than outwardly.
Evidence: Monoimus (lived somewhere between 150 - 210 CE) was an Arab gnostic (Arabic name probably Mun'im منعم), who was known only from one account in Theodoret (Haereticarum Fabularum Compendium i. It follows that it is a mistake to look for God in creation; we must seek Him in ourselves, and can best find Him by the study of the involuntary operations of our own soul. Monoimus is famous for his quote about the unity of God and man (from Hippolytus):