"In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." - John 1:4–5 (KJV)
"If they say to you, 'Where did you come from?' — say to them, 'We came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord and established itself and became manifest through their image.' If they say to you, 'Is it you?' — say, 'We are its children, and we are the elect of the living Father.'" - Gospel of Thomas, Logion 50
The Apostolic and Gnostic Age
The Gnostic Disciple of Light: IntroductionBook VI gathers the Gnostic, Hermetic, and Neoplatonic dimensions of the Royal Art: gnosis as remembrance, light as the soul’s true nature, ascent as the path of return, and the inner Christ as the mystery hidden beneath all outward form. It is the Book in which the Disciple awakens to the divine spark within, recognizes the world as veiled exile, and learns the theurgic ascent through the schools of Alexandria, Athens, and the desert. What the earlier Books proclaim and reveal, Book V interiorizes: philosophy made living, mystery made personal, the Word made gnosis in the heart of the seeker.
- Alexandria & The Hermetic Art
- Gnosticism
- Christianity vs. Christ
- Schools
- Texts
- The Path of the Gnostic Disciple
- The Soul & Its Nature
- Neoplatonism & Theurgy
- Christianity & Christian Mysticism
- Christian Theology & Doctrine
- Mystical Islam & Judaism
- The Great Suppression
- The Underground Stream
- Medieval Scholastic Philosophy & Theology
- Gnosticism
Alexandria & The Hermetic Art
The fusion of Greek philosophy and Egyptian magic & Alchemy & Jewish religion in the Hellenistic world.
The Library of AlexandriaHellenistic EgyptCorpus HermeticumHermetic TraditionSons of HermesThe three parts of the wisdom of the whole universeThreefold Division of UniverseThe Nature of ManKnowing GodHermetic PrayersThe True PhilosopherThe Astrotheurgic SchemaThe Immortality of the SoulGnosticism
Christianity vs. Christ
Comparative Glossary: Christian Orthodoxy vs. Esoteric/Gnostic ChristChristian Doctrine Corrected: A Comparison of Orthodox Christianity and Gnostic Christ TeachingsEsotericism & Exotericism: The Church of Peter and the Church of JohnThe Developement of Esoteric and Exoteric ChristianityA Course in Miracles & GnosticismSchools
Valentinian GnosticismSethian GnosticismThe ManichaeansMandaeismTexts
Nag Hammadi LibraryGnostic TextsPistis SophiaThe Apocryphon of JohnThe Thunder, Perfect MindThe Hypostasis of the ArchonsApocalypse of AdamThe Path of the Gnostic Disciple
Child of the LightGnostic Disciple of LightGnosisSpiritual Anarchism3 Types of People & Levels of SoulAnamnesis: "loss of forgetfulness”The Divine Spark Know ThyselfFour Functions of the Soul (Will, Intellect, Desire, Action)Leaving Behind the Family In Order to Follow The WayIgnorance & Self-KnowledgeDiscipline & FreedomTeaching and LearningHealing“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” The UnknownThe Master & the Disciple The Veil which hides the Truth that all is OneThe True, the Good, & the BeautifulWaiting for the Savior…The Ultimate Conspiracy The World of Illusion & Insanity: ConditioningThe Soul & Its Nature
The SoulTrue IdentityFully Human, Fully DivineGarments & BodiesThe Invisible Nature of ManNeoplatonism & Theurgy
PlotinusNeo-PlatonismThe One: MonadNous: The Divine MindAnima MundiThe OgdoadPneumaHenosisNeoplatonic TheurgyThe Chaldean OraclesPGM: The Greek Magical PapyriApollonius of TyanaSimon MagusHypatiaJulian the ApostatePorphyryIamblichus and the Theurgic TraditionTheosisThe EnneadsChristianity & Christian Mysticism
Christian Theologians, Mystics, & SaintsThe ApostlesThe SaintsApocatastasisThe Disciplina ArcaniThe Desert Fathers: Early MonasticismExcerpts & Quotes from Christian MysticsApophatic TheologyThe Cloud Upon the SanctuaryThe PapacyThe Building of the ChurchEastern Orthodox ChristianityChristian Theology & Doctrine
Christian CreedsMystical Islam & Judaism
IslamThe Sabians of HarranSufism & Mystical IslamThe DruzeMulla NasruddinHasidismThe Prophet MuhammadThe Great Suppression
The Closing of the Ancient Schools: 529 CE and the Great SuppressionThe Cathars: The Medieval Gnostic RevivalThe Underground Stream
From the open tradition to the encoded quest — the bridge to Book VI.
The Underground Stream: From Gnosis to GrailThe Gnostic Disciple Within the Royal ArtSignum Praetiosissimum Rosea et Aureae CrucisMedieval Scholastic Philosophy & Theology
The Consolation of Philosophy: BoethiusMedieval Philosophy & TheologyThe Medieval SermonPlato → Plotinus → Augustine → early medieval theology Aristotle → Islamic philosophers (Avicenna, Averroes) → Aquinas → high medieval scholasticism
The Feminine Aspect of One’s SoulThe Sophianic Thread Through the Royal ArtThe Disputation / Philosophical DialogueThe Halo: Crown of LightChristo-Sophia: Christic & Sophianic MysteriesThe Divine Mother: Isis, the Virgin MaryTractates Cryptica Scriptura from Valis by Philip K DickDivine WisdomGreek Orthodox IconographyThe Sacred HeartOphitesMichael Slaying the Dragon