For more than 2000 years, Judas Iscariot has been THE villain and betrayer. BUT in a lost-until-recently text the ancient Gnostics had an actual Gospel of Judas where Judas is… a hero? a religious leader? an ambiguous figure? an evil demon? the new god of this world?! So you can guess interpreting this text isn’t easy so that’s why we’re joined by Dr. David Brakke who has a new book “The Gospel of Judas: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary” and serves as our guide to this fascinating Gospel. Buy Dr. Brakke’s books and we highly rec taking one of his courses on the Great Courses, they’re all awesome: https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/david-brakke  [https://ia601508.us.archive.org/8/items/the-gospel-of-judas-w-dr.-david-brakke/The%20Gospel%20of%20Judas%20w%20Dr.%20David%20Brakke.mp3]  —————– Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​ 

From believing Jesus is a cosmic space dragon to the need to build a communal heaven on earth, there were a variety of different Christian beliefs and doctrines from a variety of lost Christianities in the 2nd Century. To find out more about these groups and their fascinating, and to modern people maybe trippy, teachings we welcome back to the show Dr. M. David Litwa to talk about his book “Found Christianities”.   [audiosrc=https://ia902501.us.archive.org/27/items/found-christianities-w-dr.-m.-david-litwa/Found%20Christianities%20w%20Dr.%20M.David%20Litwa.mp3]  —————– Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​ 

The Cathars were medieval dualists who lived in what’s now Southern France/Northern Italy and created an alternative parallel Gnostic church of peace and light until they were wiped out by crusade and inquisition… um…right…? The Cathars have captured the imaginations of artists and storytellers for millennia but but BUT *some* scholars now believe that much of what is said about the Cathars is myth, in fact maybe they were made up by heresy hunters! To explain this debate and to take us through the topic of the Cathars we’re joined once again by Dr. Justin Sledge of Esoterica! Check out Dr. Sledge’s channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/ESOTERICAchannel Hit up his vids on the Cathars: https://www.youtube.com/c/ESOTERICAchannel/search?query=cathar   [audiosrc=https://ia601402.us.archive.org/0/items/the-cathars-justin-sledge/The%20Cathars%20Justin%20Sledge.mp3]  —————– Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​ 

Check out the Johannite Church at: Johannite.org Join us at our yearly conference, our conclave: Johannite.org/Conclave For more on Palaprat and the modern Johannite tradition, Bishop Shaun did a three part talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6da4EjXlf6M&list=PLtvRkBZGjaKTMdOds3BSqSxftJUIyMcem&index=1   [audiosrc=https://ia902509.us.archive.org/26/items/johannite-gnostic-tradition-pt-2/Johannite%20Gnostic%20Tradition%20pt2.mp3]  —————– Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​ 

In the early 1800s in Paris, the physician Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat discovered (or claimed to discover, or was led to believe he discovered) a secret Gnostic tradition that stretched back in time to the medieval Templars and then even further back to John the Baptist, Jesus, and John the Evangelist. To talk to us about both Palaprat and the Johannite tradition we’re joined by Bishop Shaun McCann, Patriarch of the Apostolic Johannite Church and…hey that’s the church that sponsors this show! And the one that Jon and Jason are in!! And that’s why this is a great ep as the Bishop Shaun, with the help of Jason’s penetrating questions, illustrates why this tradition is a living reality and why a French heretic doctor still matters 200 years later. This is part 1 of 2 and we’re hoping to do more on the topic…. Check out the Johannite Church at: Johannite.org Join us at our yearly conference, our conclave: Johannite.org/Conclave For more on Palaprat and the modern Johannite tradition, Bishop Shaun did a three part talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6da4EjXlf6M&list=PLtvRkBZGjaKTMdOds3BSqSxftJUIyMcem&index=1   [audiosrc=https://ia802502.us.archive.org/34/items/johannite-gnostic-tradition/Johannite%20Gnostic%20Tradition.mp3]  —————– Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​ 

Georges Bataille (1897–1962) was a French philosopher, author, surrealist, poet, writer of erotica, sociologist, a master of transgression and filth, a founder of a secret society, and a mystic…well a mystic of some sort…you’ll see…and a whole lot of other things! To get a handle on this unique thinker, one who associated some of his own thinking with the ancient Gnostics, we have returning guests Emmalea Russo and Nic Laccetti. Read Bataille’s “Gnosticism & Base Materialism” in this collection of some of his work here (essay 13): https://ia801603.us.archive.org/17/items/BatailleTheBatailleReader/Bataille%20-%20The%20Bataille%20Reader.pdf Take Emmalea’s Fall 2022 Bataille course at the Global Centre for Advanced Study: https://gcas.ie/ Hit up Nic’s blog at: https://thelightinvisible.org/ [audiosrc=https://ia902501.us.archive.org/32/items/george-bataille/George%20Bataille.mp3] —————– Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​

Temple Theology posits a secret lost tradition that lies behind Western religion and mysticism… and the now unveiled mysteries of Temple Theology shine a new light on both Gnosticism and one of its most famous texts: The Secret Book of John Become a patron: http://patreon.com/gnostic​​ [audiosrc=https://ia903007.us.archive.org/24/items/templetheosecretjon/templetheosecretjon.mp3]

Make sure you check out part 1 at: https://pod.link/845230843/episode/c04f717fcb4c922e21a94eed430d59e2The 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://ia601505.us.archive.org/10/items/secret-john-2/Secret%20John%202.mp3]

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​​