Join us for Part 1 of our series on Gnosticism. Michael explores the work of superlative thinkers exposing the negative side of Gnosticism. How does it differ from Christianity, paganism, high Mysticism and Hermeticism? What are the central tenets of Gnostic thought? Why did the Vatican prevent the publication of Gnostic texts for 50 years? Is there a Gnostic Cult operating secretly behind world events, and if so what is their agenda? What can be done to derail their nefarious plan? Which teachers of the past and present warned the world about Gnostic paradigms? What are entrainment, conformity and auto-hypnosis? This and more…
Program References
Alvin Boyd Kuhn
Gerald Massey
Arthur Dewes
Mircea Eliade
G. R. S. Mead
John Allegro
Thomas Taylor
R. W. Emerson
J. Krishnamurti
Sri Aurobindo
Savitri Devi
R. Tagore
Mikhail Naimy
Kahlil Gibran
Alan Watts
Osho
Additional References
Hermeticism
Mysticism
Pantheism
Naturalistic Pantheism
Dogmatism
Gnosticism
Asceticism
Monasticism
Desert Fathers
Desert Mothers
Victim Soul
Redemptive Suffering
Flagellants
Mandeans
Essenes
Cathars
Bogomils
Carpocratians
Waldensians
Patarenes
The Orphites
Archontics
Sramana
Platonism
Neo-Platonism
Scholasticism
Docetism
Valentinus
Basilides
Apollonius of Tyana
Marcion
Irenaeus
Teacher of Righteousness
Elaine Pagels
Gilles Quispel
Hans Jonas
Hershel Shanks
Barbara Thiering
Michael Baigent
Stefan Hoeller
St. Teresa of Avila
St. John of the Cross
Suggested Reading
G. R. S. Mead
John Marco Allegro
The Templar Revelation
Masks of Christ
Freke & Gandy
Tony Bushby
Pistis Sophia
Dead Sea Scrolls
Nag Hammadi Library
The Gospel of Truth
The Gospel of Thomas
The Shepherd of Hermas
Allogenes
The Book (Watts)
The Book of Mirdad
Mysticism (Article)
Light, Magic, Masonry
Fall of Albion
The Sick Rose
Jesus Meets Jung
Pestilence
Contrarium
Art & Imagination
Does God Have An Unconscious
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The real Maya or illusion is not in the natural forms, but in the mind’s propensity to conceive or project forms created by its own inventiveness, but which do not agree with the truth extant or potential in nature – Alvin Boyd Kuhn
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