Gnostic Mysteries Of Sex
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Gnostic Mysteries Of Sex
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Author : Tobias Churton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-08-17
Gnostic Mysteries Of Sex written by Tobias Churton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-17 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
An exploration of the sexual practices and doctrinal secrets of Gnosticism • Reconstructs the lost world of Gnostic spiritual-erotic experience through examination of every surviving text written by heresiologists • Investigates the sexual gnosis practices of the Barbelo Gnostics of the 2nd century and their connections to the Gnostic Aeon Sophia, the Wild Lady of Wisdom • Explains the vital significance of “the seed” as a sacrament in Gnostic practice Examining every surviving text written by heresiologists, accounts often ignored in favor of the famous Nag Hammadi Library, Tobias Churton reveals the most secret inner teaching passed down by initiated societies: the tradition of sexual gnosis--higher union with God through the sacrament of sex. Discovering actual sex practices hidden within the writings of the Church’s authorities, he reconstructs the lost world of Gnostic spiritual-erotic experience as taught by initiated masters and mistresses and practiced by Christian couples seeking spiritual freedom from the world. Churton explores the practices of the “first Gnostic,” the historical Simon Magus, and explains the vital significance of “the seed” in Gnostic practice, showing it to be the sacramental substance par excellence. He illuminates the suppressed truth of why the name “Valentine” came to be associated with ennobling erotic love and reveals profound parallels between sexual gnosis and Tantra, suggesting that gnosis lies at the root of the tantric path. Solving a millennia-old riddle regarding the identity and secret symbol of Sophia, the mysterious Gnostic “Aeon,” Churton investigates Sophia’s connections to Barbelo, also known as Pruneikos, the Wild Lady of Wisdom, and the central focus of the Barbelo Gnostics of the 2nd century, whose religious sex practices so shocked orthodox Christian contemporaries that they were condemned, their cults of spiritual gnosis and “redemption by sin” driven underground. Churton exposes the mystery of Sophia in the philosophy of the medieval Troubadours and explores William Blake’s inheritance of secret Renaissance sexual mysticism through the revolutionary English poet Andrew Marvell. Showing how Blake’s sexual and spiritual revolution connects to modern sexual magic, Churton also examines the esoteric meaning of the free-love explosion of the 1960s, revealing how sex can be raised from the realm of guilt into the highest magical sacrament of spiritual transformation.
The Gnostic Bible The Pistis Sophia Unveiled
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Author : Samael Aun Weor
language : en
Publisher: Glorian Publishing
Release Date : 2011-02-24
The Gnostic Bible The Pistis Sophia Unveiled written by Samael Aun Weor and has been published by Glorian Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-24 with Religion categories.
“It came to pass, when Jesus had risen from the dead, that he passed eleven years discoursing with his disciples, and instructing them.” The Apostles wrote down what Jesus taught them during those eleven years, resulting in The Pistis Sophia, the most important Gnostic scripture. Includes an extensive commentary by Samael Aun Weor.
The Secret History Of Western Sexual Mysticism
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Author : Arthur Versluis
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-03-25
The Secret History Of Western Sexual Mysticism written by Arthur Versluis and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-25 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The first book to reveal the history of Western sexual mysticism • Reveals the secret sexual practices that have been used since ancient Greece to achieve mystical union with God • Details the sects and individuals who transmitted the radical sexual practices that orthodox Christianity never completely silenced • Distinguishes between sexual magic and sexual mysticism Beginning with the ancient Greek Mystery traditions, Gnosticism, and the practices in early Christianity, Arthur Versluis uncovers the secret line of Western sexual mysticism that, like the Tantra of the East, seeks transcendence or union with God through sexual practices. Throughout antiquity, and right into the present day, sexuality has played an important, if largely hidden, role in religious traditions and practices. This includes not only Christian but also kabbalistic and hermetic alchemical currents of sexual mysticism, many discussed together here for the first time. In the Mystery tradition of hieros gamos (sacred marriage) and the Gnostic tradition of spiritual marriage, we see the possibility of divine union in which sexual union is the principal sign or symbol. Key to these practices is the inner or archetypal union of above and below, the intermingling of the revelatory divine world with the mundane earthly one. Versluis shows that these secret currents of sexual mysticism helped fuel the rise of the troubadours and their erotic doctrine, the esoteric teachings of Jacob Böhme in the late 16th century, the 19th-century utopian communities of John Humphrey Noyes and Thomas Lake Harris, the free love movement of the 20th century, and the modern writings of Denis de Rougemont and Alan Watts.
The Gnostic Philosophy
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Author : Tobias Churton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
The Gnostic Philosophy written by Tobias Churton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Gnosticism categories.
Hidden Intercourse
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Author : Wouter J. Hanegraaff
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-12-31
Hidden Intercourse written by Wouter J. Hanegraaff and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-31 with Religion categories.
The history of Western esotericism is rich in references to the domains of eros and sexuality, but this connection has never been explored in detail from a critical scholarly perspective. Bringing together an impressive array of top-level specialists, this volume reveals the outlines of a largely unknown history spanning more than twenty centuries.
The Gnostics
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Author : Tobias Churton
language : en
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Release Date : 1997
The Gnostics written by Tobias Churton and has been published by Barnes & Noble Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Christian heresies categories.
The Greek word 'gnosis' means knowledge; the Gnostics themselves used it to refer to the spiritual knowledge they believed would redeem them from what they regarded as the inherent evil of the material universe. As a mystical alternative tradition within Christianity, Gnosticism suffered the hostility of the official church and, as a result, remains largely unknown or misunderstood to this day.
The Perfect Marriage
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Author : Samael Aun Weor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 196?
The Perfect Marriage written by Samael Aun Weor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 196? with Magic categories.
The Major Mysteries
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Author : Samael Aun Weor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-11
The Major Mysteries written by Samael Aun Weor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with Occultism categories.
Samael Aun Weor explains in practical terms how to return to Eden: through the same door we used to leave it so long ago. Includes a detailed revelation of the initatic life of Jesus of Nazareth, descriptions of the Gnostic Movement he founded, prophecies for the coming days, and many practical tools anyone can use to relieve their suffering and the suffering of others. "If the Lord had not been crucified, the destiny of the Western world would have been another. We would now have sublime enlightened rabbis everywhere, preaching Christic esotericism. The union of Christic esotericism, secret Jewish Kabbalah, and holy alchemy would have completely illuminated and transformed the entire world. Yes, the mysteries of Levi would have shone with the light of Christ. Gnosis (Da'ath) would have magnificently shone everywhere." - Samael Aun Weor
Gnostic Philosophy
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Author : Tobias Churton
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2005-01-25
Gnostic Philosophy written by Tobias Churton and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-25 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition • Explains how the Gnostic understanding of self-realization is embodied in the esoteric traditions of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons • Explores how gnosticism continues to influence contemporary spirituality • Shows gnosticism to be a philosophical key that helps spiritual seekers "remember" their higher selves Gnosticism was a contemporary of early Christianity, and its demise can be traced to Christianity's efforts to silence its teachings. The Gnostic message, however, was not destroyed but simply went underground. Starting with the first emergence of Gnosticism, the author shows how its influence extended from the teachings of neo-Platonists and the magical traditions of the Middle Ages to the beliefs and ideas of the Sufis, Jacob Böhme, Carl Jung, Rudolf Steiner, and the Rosicrucians and Freemasons. In the language of spiritual freemasonry, gnosis is the rejected stone necessary for the completion of the Temple, a Temple of a new cosmic understanding that today's heirs to Gnosticism continue to strive to create. The Gnostics believed that the universe embodies a ceaseless contest between opposing principles. Terrestrial life exhibits the struggle between good and evil, life and death, beauty and ugliness, and enlightenment and ignorance: gnosis and agnosis. The very nature of physical space and time are obstacles to humanity's ability to remember its divine origins and recover its original unity with God. Thus the preeminent gnostic secret is that we are God in potential and the purpose of bona fide gnostic teaching is to return us to our godlike nature. Tobias Churton is a filmmaker and the founding editor of the magazine Freemasonry Today. He studied theology at Oxford University and created the award-winning documentary series and accompanying book The Gnostics, as well as several other films on Christian doctrine, mysticism, and magical folklore. He lives in England.
Gnostic Religion In Antiquity
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Author : R. van den Broek
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-24
Gnostic Religion In Antiquity written by R. van den Broek and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-24 with History categories.
An examination of Gnostic religion in Late Antiquity within its historical and religious context, using Greek, Latin and Coptic sources.