Talk Gnosis

The religious geniuses who created the imaginative Sethian Gnostic texts composed wild myths that incorporated the heights of Greek philosophy, the power of Christian mysticism, and Judaism’s poetic lyricism. Scholarship is revealing more and more about their origins and beliefs and Dr. Dylan Burns’ new book Apocalypse of the Alien God: Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism is at the forefront of the academic study of these Gnostics. Bishop Lainie, Brother Jonathan, and Father Tony, geek out in this After Dark where we get to ask all of our Sethian themed questions to Dr. Burns. We go all the way back to Gnostic origins to what’s going on with modern groups trying to carry on their legacy. Plus the Five Seals! Apocalyptic ascents through the heavens!! Why the term Gnosticism is actually useful!!! https://archive.org/download/TGADEP044/TGAD%20EP%20044.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #44

Lent is a time for growth. On this Talk Gnosis After Dark hosts Bishop Lainie and Bishop Ken are joined by our director Father Tony for a real trip through Lent. We cover a universe of subjects all while relating back to how you can use the Lenten season to advance further on the spiritual path. https://archive.org/download/TGADEP043/TGAD%20EP%20043.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #43

Don’t just do something…sit there. It’s time to pull out the meditation cushion and plop yourself down and get meditating, whatever your style might be. Centering prayer, mantra meditation, the bodyscan, there are so many techniques and so many methods, and we come at them from the Gnostic perspective. Bishop Tim Mansfield and Father Tony join our hosts Bishops Lainie and Ken to get contemplative on the topic of meditation and find out how mindfulness can aid in our quest for Gnosis. https://archive.org/download/TGADEP042/TGAD%20EP%20042.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #42

The beauty of the Gospel of Thomas is the layers and levels of meaning packed into every saying. On Talk Gnosis After Dark #41 we investigate Logion 23: Jesus says: “I will choose you, one from a thousand and two from ten thousand, and those whom I have chosen will be lifted up, being one!” This passage is a catalyst for Bishops Lainie and Ken, along with Father Tony and Brother Jonathan, to debate if Gnosticism is for all, to discuss union with the all, and to reveal the Gnostic trails laid out to us in our own lives. https://archive.org/download/TGADEP041/TGAD%20EP%20041.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #41

Gnosticism exploded back onto the scene of the world in a big way in France’s Golden Age at the end of the 1800s. Here in Talk Gnosis After Dark #40 Bishop Lainie, Father Tony, and Brother Jonathan talk about the 19th century Gnostic Restoration of Jules Doinel…..aaaand that’s not all! They tackle the role of art and artists as Gnostic seers, the strange “Satantic Panic” hoax of Léo Taxil that shook Doinel, the forever returning of the Gnosis to earth, and more! more!! MORE!! https://archive.org/download/TGADEP040/TGAD%20EP%20040%20.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #40

Writer and director Jason Mehmel leads the Talk Gnosis After Dark crew on an epic adventure through the super-gnosis of comic books. Gnosticism is all through your favorite graphic novels, from the recent experimental occult comics of Alan Moore to the 1970’s superhero epics of Jack Kirby.  This episode goes through all the Gnostic secrets our modern comic book tractates contain. Don’t miss out, stream or download below: https://archive.org/download/TGADEP039/TGAD%20EP%20039%20.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #39 More about at Jason at fightcomics.ca & jasonmehmel.com

We have a very special guest in the Rev. Shawna Atteberry for our After Dark podcast on the Gospel of Thomas’ Saying 22.  She helps unpack the mysteries of GoT with Bishops Lainie and Ken and our director Father Tony. You’ve got to check out our free-ranging discussion that goes everywhere from the gender politics of evangelical movement to Broadway’s Hedwig and the Angry Inch. https://archive.org/download/TGADEP037/TGAD%20EP%20037%20.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #37

We celebrate the season by examining the many Gnostic perspectives of who Jesus and the Christ are. Man, God, or Myth? Or maybe all three of these things? Get into it in this freewheeling conversation with the whole Talk Gnosis crew of Bishop Lainie, Bishop Ken, Father Tony, and Bro. Jonathan. https://archive.org/download/TGADEP036/TGAD%20EP%20036%20.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #36

Here on Talk Gnosis After Dark our hosts Bishop Lainie and Bishop Ken, and our director Father Tony, often have free ranging conversations that go through all the levels of creation. In this episode with Conner Habib (adult performer, activist, esotericist, writer…wow what a resume) we really fly through the cosmos and cover a lot of ground. Listen in as we talk Anthroposophy, Batman, the importance of compassion in esoteric work, Gurdjieff, the wicked Mr. Crowley, pornography, and oh so much more! https://archive.org/download/TGADEP035/TGAD%20EP%20035.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #35

For this special edition of Talk Gnosis After Dark we’re speaking to Deacon Erik Winsor about his new book for Gnostics everywhere to use in their spiritual lives The Little Office of the Blessed Sophia. Join Deacon Winsor, as well as our hosts Bishops Lainie and Ken and our director Father Tony, as we talk about praying the hours, making a daily spiritual practice, remembering the dead, and the mysteries of the ancient Odes of Solomon. https://archive.org/download/TGADEP034/TGAD%20EP%20034%20.mp3 Or download the podcast by right clicking and saving this link: Talk Gnosis After Dark #34