Talk Gnosis

How practical is your occultism? Author, historian of the Occult, and former publishing executive Mitch Horowitz, joins Father Tony and Rev. Mr. Jonathan to address just this question in our latest e…

Many folks identify their religious journeys as quests, a word that shares in the etymology of “question.” So it’s not surprising that Talk Gnosis fans are such a curious lot. Periodically, we like t…

In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Glen Fairen once again, this time to discuss the enigmatic Marcion of Sinope. This was the guy who created the first Christian canon. Was he a Gnostic? Let’s find …

Dr. Glen Fairen of the University of Alberta joins us to discuss the Dead Sea Scrolls, who wrote them, who used them, what happened to them, and much more!

Scott Smith (http://godreconsidered.com) joins us to discuss his new book, God Reconsidered. Scott makes a case for the rational and scientific exploration of the divine and supernatural phenomena. H…

It wasn’t too long ago that Christmas was a dark and scary time. People told ghost stories by the fire, Krampus roamed the countryside, and you probably would have died. Benito Cereno of Comics Allia…

Tina Gong (https://labyrinthos.co) shares her story of how she came to the tarot, how she uses the tarot as more than just a tool for divination, and her process for designing tarot decks.

Greg Kaminsky, host of the Occult of Personality Podcast (http://occultofpersonality.net) joins us to talk about one of his favorite topics, inner alchemy. It’s not just about turning physical lead i…

We answer some of your questions in this special episode of Talk Gnosis. Do you have questions? Post them in the comments!

For this next series of Talk Gnosis episodes we are joined once again by Dr. M. David Litwa, this time to discuss deification, divinization, and theosis. We loved this conversation and I hope you wil…

We are joined by eminent Neoplatonic scholar and all-around cool guy Dr. Jeffrey S. Kupperman to talk about an enigmatic bit of esoteric history, the Rosicrucians. These fascinating people (or were t…

In our fourth and final conversation with Richard Hodges of the Gurdjieff Foundation, we pick up where we left off and talk about the Laws of Three and Seven and how they relate to the enneagram. We …

Part three of four of our chat with Gurdjieff expert Richard Hodges leads us to some really strange concepts, like the Kundabuffer, Food for the Moon, and Gurdjieff seminal work: Beelzebub’s Tales to…

In part two of our conversation with Richard Hodges of the Gurdjieff Foundation, we talk about Gurdjieff’s teachings on the development of the soul and the many “I’s” that a person identifies with. W…

In this episode we are joined by Richard Hodges of the Gurdjieff Foundation to talk about 20th century Russian Mystic G. I. Gurdjieff. We discuss Gurdjieff’s background and his travels, his system, s…

The fourth and final part of our talk with Bishop Timothy Mansfield about bodily Gnosis delves into some esoteric anatomy and some spiritual practices that relate to it. Where do the emotions actuall…

Part 3 of 4 of our bodily Gnosis conversation with Bishop Timothy Mansfield crosses the thin barrier between psychology and spirituality, addressing the very real problem of spiritual materialism, or…

Giving you an update on some of the changes we’re making to Talk Gnosis, in the hopes that we can improve the experience for you. For…

Part 2 of 4 finds us once again with Bishop Timothy Mansfield of the Apostolic Johannite Church discussing some bodily Gnosis. How do awareness and meditation techniques apply to the body? How did a …

In part one of our four part conversation about bodily Gnosis with Bishop Timothy Mansfield we compare the concepts of the body, the mind, the self, the brain, the heart, the soul, and the spirit. Ph…