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The Secret Book of John aka The Apocryphon of John is often considered the paradigm of the Gnostic myth, what many people think of when they think of Gnosticism. Though lost for more than 1200 years it was influential in its time and since its rediscovery has been blowing minds and bestowing Gnosis. It’s a tricky and intricate and thrilling meta-text that incorporates everything from Greek tragedy to Jewish mysticism to political commentary to the whole history of the cosmos. Bishop Tim Mansfield is our guest for an open conversation that ended up running THREE HOURS straight and we only scratched the surface of all this book can tell us and all the ways it can be interpreted. We’ve chopped the first part of the conversation into two separate eps and the third is more precise and about Temple Theology so it stands on its own. Read Secret John here: http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl_sbj.htm Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​ [https://ia801408.us.archive.org/35/items/secret-john-revealed/SecretJohnRevealed.mp3] Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​

The Golden Dawn, the OTO, Memphis-Misraim Masonry, Theosophy, all are esoteric societies who’ve influenced and guided spiritual seekers, artists, and thinkers–and a secret powerful technique and meditative practice is shared by all of them…well at least some streams in these movements, it’s complicated. Sam Robinson from Pansophers.com returns to pick up where he left off in our discussion of the Rosicrucian adept Mailander and how his teachings secretly influenced so many groups and esoteric teachers. Our first discussion with Sam: https://youtu.be/9faR5zGc2us Get Sam’s book, “Alois Mailander: A Rosicrucian Remembered” at https://www.amazon.com/Alois-Mailander-Rosicrucian-Samuel-Robinson/dp/0645394602/? Go to Pansophers.com not just for Sam’s work but for a wide range of thinkers, teachers, and historians exploring different aspects of the Rosicrucian tradition. The Talk Gnosis Playlist of past shows on Rosicrucianism https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvM8JnMpRI2f7MYRp5smgbiXx1bwoaKHK I’d link up all the wiki articles on the orders we discussed but you know how to internet. Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​ [audiosrc=https://ia801508.us.archive.org/26/items/kerning-mailander-2/KerningMailander2.mp3] Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​

Sam Robinson of Pansophers.com comes on Talk Gnosis to reveal a secret Rosicrucian adept and a hidden path of spiritual transformation, a technique of inner alchemy, that’s been a huge influence on a vast variety of spiritual teachers and esoteric movements. Get Sam’s book, “Alois Mailander: A Rosicrucian Remembered” at https://www.amazon.com/Alois-Mailander-Rosicrucian-Samuel-Robinson/dp/0645394602/? Go to Pansophers.com not just for Sam’s work but for a wide range of thinkers, teachers, and historians exploring different aspects of the Rosicrucian tradition. Some show resources: The Talk Gnosis Playlist of past shows on Rosicrucianism Inner Alchemy The Wikipedia article refers to Eastern Inner Alchemy but it gives one a little context at least though what Sam’s talking about has serious differences Gustav Meyrink [audiosrc=https://ia601401.us.archive.org/0/items/mailander-kerning-2/MailanderKerning2.mp3] Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​

Do you feel like the world’s ending? Well, you might be right (this time) but for thousands of years people have seen THE END just around the corner and the canonical Book of Revelation from the Christian bible has inspired thousands of years of paranoia and division but also amazing art, literature, empowerment for the downtrodden, and spiritual speculation. Is it Gnostic? Could it be made Gnostic? What’s up with this trippy book anyway? To talk about Revelation and Gnosticism a 5-headed beast rose from the waters consisting of the Talk Gnosis all stars: Clark Aitkins, Deacon Angie Wisk-Nowell, Nic Laccetti, Jason Memel, and Deacon Jon. [audiosrc=https:https://ia601405.us.archive.org/5/items/gnostic-revelation/gnostic%20revelation.mp3] Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​

The Rev. James Ishmael Ford is an American Zen Buddhist priest, a Unitarian Universalist minister, writer, and a spiritual seeker who’s explored and been connected to the last 60 years or so of religious developments in the West. Our frank, funny, and enlightening (literally) conversation touches on everything to nonduality to the quirks of modern Gnosticism. Look, you don’t want to miss any of our shows but you’ll get a lot out of this one! Check out James’ blog at https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/ Get his books at https://wisdomexperience.org/content-author/james-ishmael-ford/ [audiosrc=https://ia601402.us.archive.org/1/items/nonduality-zen-gnosis/Nonduality%20Zen%20Gnosis.mp3]

A mysterious group of soldiers, theatre artists, writers, and mystics tried to bring the magic and mystery of ancient Egypt into 19th Century France through the Sacred Order of the Sophisians. A long forgotten secret society with some Gnostic qualities, the Sophisians are a fascinating group because of their beliefs, rituals, art, and entanglements with Napoleon and politics. An extremely obscure group we hope you enjoy discovering them with scholar Dr. Darius Spieth who’s the authour of “Napoleon’s Sorcerers: The Sophisians.” Follow Dr. Spieth and his work at https://design.lsu.edu/faculty/spieth-darius/ Buy the book: https://udpress.udel.edu/book-title/napoleons-sorcerers-the-sophisians/ [audiosrc=https://ia801502.us.archive.org/10/items/y-2-mate.is-talk-gnosis-the-sophisians-napoleons-sorcerers-w-dr.-darius-spieth-3/Y2Mate.is%20-%20%5BTalk%20Gnosis%5D%20The%20Sophisians%2C%20Napoleon%27s%20Sorcerers%20w%20Dr.%20Darius%20Spieth-_3RLGYSOXkM-96k-1645906275558.mp3]

The canonical Gospel of Mark is one of the oldest Christian documents and while many Christian mystics and Gnostics may not pay much attention to it we think it might reveal some esoteric secrets of the universe if looked at through new eyes. To talk about Mark and Gnosticism we put together another panel of all Talk Gnosis all stars: Clark Aitkins, Deacon Angie Wisk-Nowell, Nic Laccetti, Jason Memel, and Deacon Jon. Mentioned in this ep is our show on Secret Mark: https://youtu.be/uoIhzYmsiFc And this talk on Mark and the Zodiac: https://youtu.be/IyFc-mHvMoE [audiosrc=https://ia801404.us.archive.org/31/items/gnostic-gospel-of-mark/gnostic%20gospel%20of%20mark.mp3]

Art and creation is a form of magical creativity and theatre has always had a special relationship to mystical ritual, religion, and the occult. Dr. Ed Lingan, scholar/professor/theatre artist, has a book specifically about theatre and the occult revival of the late 19th century, a revival that included many of the Gnostics and mystics who influence esoteric religion to this day. We talk to Dr. Lingan about his book but also about the Gnosis and power of live theatre. Get Theatre of the Occult Revival: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137448613 [audiosrc=https://ia601505.us.archive.org/24/items/theatre-gnosticism/Theatre%2C%20Gnosticism.mp3] Subscribe to the video on YouTube | Subscribe to the podcast via RSS | Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes | Subscribe to the podcast on Stitcher The opinions expressed in this show do not necessarily reflect those of the Gnostic Wisdom Network, the Apostolic Johannite Church, or any other organization. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

A mystical experience for you to have is checking out this interview with writer, poet, and scholar Emmalea Russo. She’s our guide to this huge and dense topic as we go through what mysticism even is—and we cover some serious ground including what horror has to do with mysticism, unexpected and underknown mystics, transcendence in a secular age, what art has to do with the mystic and, of course, always so much more. Get more Emmalea at her homepage: https://emmalearusso.com/ It’s not too late to sign up for her course on Mysticism and/or on Angels: https://emmalearusso.com/upcomingclasses Don’t miss her upcoming course at the Global Centre for Advanced Study (GCAS): https://gcascollege.ie/philosophical-theology-2022 [audiosrc=https://ia601505.us.archive.org/0/items/mysticism_202201/Mysticism.mp3] Subscribe to the video on YouTube | Subscribe to the podcast via RSS | Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes | Subscribe to the podcast on Stitcher The opinions expressed in this show do not necessarily reflect those of the Gnostic Wisdom Network, the Apostolic Johannite Church, or any other organization. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The canonical Gospel of John has inspired mainstream mystics, heretical Gnostics, occultists, and people of faith of many stripes for almost 2000 years. We put together a panel to talk about the magic and power of this biblical text. We’ve got all returning all stars for this one: Deacon Angie Wisk-Nowell, Nic Laccetti, Jason Memel, and Deacon Jon. [audiosrc=https://ia601502.us.archive.org/10/items/gnostic-gospel-of-john/Gnostic%20Gospel%20of%20John.mp3] Subscribe to the video on YouTube | Subscribe to the podcast via RSS | Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes | Subscribe to the podcast on Stitcher The opinions expressed in this show do not necessarily reflect those of the Gnostic Wisdom Network, the Apostolic Johannite Church, or any other organization. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.