Gnostic Teachings Podcast

Continues the theme of "Abraham the Innermost" and "Kabbalistic & Alchemical Bodies," to explain Rebecca, Isaac, and Jacob in accordance to Kabbalah and the Zohar, and how they represent different parts of the initiate who is advancing on the spiritual path. Includes why the cow and bull are worshipped in all religions (Brahma / Abraham; Io; Hathor and Apis; Devi Shailputri and Lord Dattatreya), the four rivers of Eden, the real meaning of El Shaddai, and much more.

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This lecture continues the previous lecture "Abraham the Innermost," and explains the symbolism of his wives and children, as well as the meanings of mount Moriah, Mount Sinai, and the Mount of Olives. There is more to us than a physical body; learn about the internal bodies created through alchemy, that "Second Birth" described by Jesus when he said,  "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the pneuma, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the pneuma is pneuma. The pneuma bloweth where it listeth. . . . So is every one that is born of the pneuma." - John 3 And Paul wrote, "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of anthrōpos humans, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. There are also epouranios heavenly bodies, and epigeios terrestrial bodies: but the glory of the epouranios is one, and the glory of the epigeios is another. There is one glory of the sun, a

When confronted with the reality of the end of the world, how do we respond and prepare intelligently? This lecture explains the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the Apocalypse (Greek "unveiling"), the need to unveil our fears, and understand the impermanence of all things. Includes a reading from the Tibetan Lojong (mind training) poem, "The Wheel of Sharp Weapons."

This document accompanies the audio lecture.

This document accompanies the audio lecture.

Christmas was originally a celebration of the compassion of the Light known as Christ, Apollo, Krishna, Chenresig, and many other names, who comes into the world to save us from ourselves.    In gratitude to that Light, and in gratitude to all of you, we offer a bit of spiritual inspiration in the form of a podcast episode about that Light.   Includes a reading from The Pistis Sophia, the teaching dictated by Jesus after his resurrection, as well as an explanation of the alchemical word Azoth and how it relates to Christ.

Although modern believers assume the Bible has always existed as it is now, that is far from the facts. In reality, the scriptures have been steadily transformed over many centuries, resulting in changes in what people believe about Christianity. By investigating the original scriptures, one can begin to see that modern Christianity is quite different from what Jesus actually taught.

This document accompanies the audio lecture.

This document accompanies the audio lecture.

The ninth and tenth precepts explained by the Zohar are compassion and veneration, which are hidden in the book of Genesis: "And your compassion and your veneration shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that creeps on the ground, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered." - Genesis 9:2. These precepts are intimately related with our sexual life, and prayer.  "And Elohim said [to the alchemists], behold, I have given you [the Chaiah or soul of the mercury of] every חיה herb bearing [זרע zera semen or brute mercury or] seed, which is upon the face of all the earth and [the Chaiah חיה or soul of the mercury of] every tree, which is in the fruit of a tree yielding zera semen or brute זרע[ mercury or] seed; to you it shall be for food. - Genesis 1:29

The word practical means "applied, not merely theoretical." Thus, practical spirituality is something experienced and lived. This new course will describe how to live an essentially practical approach to religion: how to experience what is described in the scriptures of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity. Structurally, we will utilize the simple and effective approach of Yoga as taught by Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita, and Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras. This is not a course of theory, belief, supposition, guesswork, or fantasy. Instead, the student will learn how to awaken their own perception of reality, and transform their experience of living, by setting aside harmful and useless behviors, and adopting behaviors that benefit themselves and others. In the first lecture, we learn about practical point of view of the course, and how to begin utilizing it in our daily lives: through using consciousness, attention, awareness. We also begin learning about how Krishna, the great teacher of Yoga, explaine

The word cognizance describes the range of knowledge our consciousness can understand, which is directly related to our spiritual development and relationship with nature and the divine. Learn about the five types of souls in Kabbalah (Yehidah, Chaiah, Ruach, Neshamah, Nephesh), the perception of divinity, and much more.

Note: Re-recorded,with new material (the original lecture was titled simply "Elohim"). Throughout the Judeo-Christian scriptures, the Hebrew word Elohim is utilized, but few know what it means, since it was improperly translated to mean "God," even though the word is plural. Learn about the real meaning of the Elohim, the Multiple Perfect Unity, and how it relates to our spiritual development.  "Elohim stands in the congregation of El, who judges in the midst of the Elohim. I have said, you are Elohim; and all of you are children of עליון Elion [the Most High]. Nevertheless, as Adam you shall die, and fall like [Tiphereth] one of the princes." - Psalm 82: 1, 6, 7 "Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created these." - Isaiah 40:26. Lift up your eyes on high. Where? To the place whither all eyes are turned. There [at the magnetic center - the root of the nose] between the opening of eyes. There you will recognize the mysterious Ancient One who created these and is the object of research. And who is he?

Continues the themes of the lecture "The Human Being," exploring the profound meaning of the words human and being, especially in relation with the runic, hebrew, aramaic, and sanskrit letters they come from. 

This lecture details the method of Gnostic Psychoanalysis: the discovery, understanding, and elimination of character defects. Many speak about working on the ego, but few understand the details of how to use meditation to analyze and transform the mind. Topics include self-observation, inner self-remembering, and exactly how to meditate on an ego or defect.

Learn about the difference between a human being and an intellectual animal. Recorded at the 2014 Gnostic Retreat America.

The Doctrine of Reincarnation, Karma, and Manifestation of the Divine. Learn how the soul migrates through its many experiences, and what laws we need to work with in order to escape suffering. Discusses how the manifestation of the soul (psyche) is depicted in Gnosis, Greece, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Kabbalah, and much more.

Explains the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth precepts of alchemy as explained by the Zohar, and hidden in the writings of Moses. This lecture discusses sexuality, chastity, fornication, Kabbalah, Tarot, kundalini, Daath, the Sabbath day, and much more. This lecture concludes the course.