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Introductory LecturesThese lectures will introduce you to the basic concepts and practical concerns of Gnosis, while also expressing the ancient and wide expanse of Gnostic wisdom. There is a very extensive range of knowledge encompassed by this teaching, thus if any particular lecture does not appear to address your needs at this time, try another.

While the study of these materials will be helpful to the sincere student, they can only by comprehended if combined with practical application in one's daily life. That is because Gnosis itself is lived experience, and it must be experienced to be understood. "In order to be able to know, we first have to do." - Samael Aun Weor

Too many to choose from? Try this list of lectures by topic.

Gnostic Retreat Lectures
Gnostic Retreat Lectures
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Lectures recorded at the International Gnostic Retreats sponsored by Glorian.
 
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Anthropogenesis
Anthropogenesis
Date added: 06/16/2007
A history of all the root races of the Earth, incuding the Polar, Hyperborean, Lemurian, Atlantean, and Aryan races.
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Ark Of Noah (Part 1)
Ark Of Noah (Part 1)
Date added: 07/07/2007
The alchemical symbolism of the ark of Noah and the creation of the soul.
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/the-ark-of-noah-1
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Ark Of Noah (Part 2)
Ark Of Noah (Part 2)
Date added: 07/21/2007
The alchemical symbolism of the ark of Noah and the creation of the soul.
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/the-ark-of-noah-2
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Art of the Initiate
Art of the Initiate
Date added: 07/28/2007
Creativity and the art of developing the consciousness.
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/the-art-of-the-initiate
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Awakening the Seed
Awakening the Seed
Date added: 05/17/2008
Learn about the elements needed to create a fully developed human being.
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/awakening-of-the-seed
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Belief and Faith
Belief and Faith
Date added: 12/04/2006
This lecture explains the important difference between Belief and Faith and their relationship to the three types of mind: the Sensual Mind, the Intermediate (Mystical) Mind, and the Inner (Interior) Mind.
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Buddha Nature and Buddha Maitreya
Buddha Nature and Buddha Maitreya
Date added: 11/17/2007
An explanation of the relationship between the Buddha Nature and our inner Buddha; includes comparisons to Judaism and Christianity.
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Consciousness
Consciousness
Date added: 12/04/2006
Everyone talks about awakening the consciousness, but how many can define it? This lecture explains Gnostic Psychology and the Human Consciousness. Includes the nature of perception, states of consciousness, Meditation, and Clairvoyance.
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Death
Death
Date added: 12/04/2006
The four types of death every initiate needs to know.
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Development of the Inner Human Being
Development of the Inner Human Being
Date added: 12/04/2006
Continues the explanation of the Five Centers and Psychological Equilibrium given in other lectures. Includes the two superior centers, the creation of the soul and how to interpret visions and dreams.
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Dream Yoga and Astral Travel
Dream Yoga and Astral Travel
Date added: 12/04/2006
An introduction to the practical steps toward awakening in the internal planes, or in other words, Astral Travel.
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Ego, Essence, Personality
Ego, Essence, Personality
Date added: 12/04/2006
An essential primer on the most fundamental aspects of Gnostic Psychology, or Self-knowledge.
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Entropy and Sacrifice
Entropy and Sacrifice
Date added: 12/04/2006
Learn how these two Laws equilibrate every cosmic body and energy, from the cosmic level to the psychological, and how to utilize them on the Path of the Self-realization of the Being.
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Epiphany of Christ
Epiphany of Christ
Date added: 01/07/2007
The four gospels, the symbolism of the birth of John the Baptist, and the birth of Christ.
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Erroneous Functioning of the Five Centers
Erroneous Functioning of the Five Centers
Date added: 12/04/2006
Fundamental aspects of the Gnostic work. Includes the two types of Suffering, the three brains, and psychological equilibrium.
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Four Pathways to Liberation
Four Pathways to Liberation
Date added: 12/04/2006
Explaining the Path of the Lunatic (from Lunar ), the Intermediate Path, the Spiral Path and the famed Straight Path, or the Way of the Bodhisattva.
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Four States of Consciousness
Four States of Consciousness
Date added: 12/04/2006
Explaining the states of consciousness available to the human being, and how they are accessed. In Greek, they are called Ekasia, Pistis, Dianoia, and Nous.
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Four Ways
Four Ways
Date added: 01/29/2007
A comparison of the various spiritual approaches: that of the Fakir (physical/willpower), the Monk (emotional), the Yogi (mental), and the Fourth Path: the Gnostic: the equilibration of the three.
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Garden of Eden
Garden of Eden
Date added: 07/12/2008
The Garden of Eden, Lucifer, and the Path of Initiation.
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Gnostic Buddha
Gnostic Buddha
Date added: 12/28/2006
The initiatic life story of the Buddha Shakyamuni and the relationship of Christ and Buddha. This lecture is being expanded into an online course (http://www.gnosticteachings.org/content/category/5/114/10147/).
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Gnostic Groups and the Mind
Gnostic Groups and the Mind
Date added: 06/21/2008
St. Paul and the divisions of Gnostic Schools.
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Great Selection of Souls Part 1
Great Selection of Souls Part 1 hot!
Date added: 10/13/2007
The the end of the current age and the Natural Selection or Evolution of the Psyche (soul) in relation to the kingdoms of nature, heaven, hell, extraterrestrials, and the Monad (Spirit).
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/great-selection-of-souls-or-psyches-1
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Great Selection of Souls Part 2
Great Selection of Souls Part 2
Date added: 10/27/2007
How superior beings are working to assist humanity to alter the Genotype (genome) to originate a new Phenotype (phenomena).
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Homo Nosce Te Ipsum
Homo Nosce Te Ipsum
Date added: 01/12/2008
Knowledge and the development of the human being throughout the kingdoms of nature.
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How to Know the I (1)
How to Know the I (1)
Date added: 01/19/2008
The practical, analytical science of developing conscious discrimination and direct insight into the nature of the I or self through observation and comprehension of the skandhas or aggregates: form (rupa), sensations (vedana), perception (samjnana), mental formations (samskaras), and consciousness (vijnana).
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/how-to-know-the-i-part-one
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How to Know the I (2)
How to Know the I (2)
Date added: 02/02/2008
How to use the understanding of the skandhas in self-observation and meditation, the aggregates (skandhas) in Kabbalah as related to other dimensions, and the practical method to consciously realize the nature of the real self.
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Human Machine
Human Machine
Date added: 06/30/2007
The structure, function, and use of our physiological and psychological machine.
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/the-human-machine
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Human-like Machine
Human-like Machine
Date added: 08/18/2008
Another approach to viewing the situation we find ourselves in and how to change it: Gnostic psychology, Shakespeare's Macbeth, and the consciousness.
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Impressions As Food
Impressions As Food
Date added: 12/07/2006
The nourishment of the consciousness from moment to moment. Learn how to digest the impressions of life in order to feed your psyche in a healthy way.
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Intelligence
Intelligence
Date added: 05/12/2007
The Gnostic view of intelligence, intellect, creativity, and the different forms of cathexis.
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/intelligence
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Introduction to Gnostic Alchemy
Introduction to Gnostic Alchemy
Date added: 12/07/2006
A wonderful introduction into the Alchemical tradition. Alchemy is Al-Kimia, or the Science to Fuse ourselves once again with God; otherwise known as Tantra.
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Introduction To Kabbalah
Introduction To Kabbalah
Date added: 12/04/2006
A basic explanation of the Tree of Life, the Kabbalah, which is a map of the universe and the consciousness.
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Involution Evolution Devolution Revolution
Involution Evolution Devolution Revolution
Date added: 06/09/2007
The place and purpose of the human organism in the vast wheel of nature.
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Karma
Karma
Date added: 12/04/2006
The Law of Cause and Effect, or Action and Consequence.
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Key of SOL
Key of SOL
Date added: 12/04/2006
The Key of SOL: Subject, Object, Location is an introduction to Self-observation and inner self-remembering, techniques used in order to awaken the consciousness.
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Language of Intuition
Language of Intuition
Date added: 12/04/2006
How to enter into real Gnosis: Intuitive Understanding. As this lecture is primarily concerned with the Kabbalah, be sure to have a copy of the Tree of Life on hand in order to follow along with the lecture.
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Light and Consciousness: Five Souls
Light and Consciousness: Five Souls
Date added: 06/14/2008
The five types of souls in Kabbalah: Yechidah, Chaiah, Neshemah, Ruach, and Nephesh.
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Method of Gnostic Dharma
Method of Gnostic Dharma
Date added: 10/20/2007
Train the mind and consciousness to overcome the causes of suffering.
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/method-of-gnostic-dharma
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Mindfulness
Mindfulness
Date added: 12/04/2006
A practical introduction to mindfulness, awareness, attention, consciousness, self-observation and Self-remembering.
Related information: http://www.gnosticteachings.org/the-teachings-of-gnosis/lectures-by-gnostic-instructors/right-mindfulness
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Monad's Self-realization
Monad's Self-realization
Date added: 12/04/2006
How the soul develops realization of the Monad: the inner Being.
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Mysterious Tetragrammaton (1)
Mysterious Tetragrammaton (1)
Date added: 12/04/2006
The four-letter name of God: YHVH. An epilogue to the course about the 22 Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah.
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