Talk Gnosis

Rev. Mr. Jonathan Stewart has been the host of the show for a while now, but we’ve never really heard his story. Well in this episode we remedy this and talk to Jonathan about his story, his views on…

We finish up our discussion with Clark Aitkins about the Gospel of Mary with some thoughts on the nature of sin and the passions, what the Greek philosophers thought of the early Christians and Gnost…

Our conversation with Clark Aitkins continues, and the Gospel of Mary just gets more and more interesting. What instructions does the Gospel give? Is this a feminist document? Can we have a soul asce…

Clark Aitkins of the Johannite Church joins us to share his expertise as a recent graduate of Harvard with a Graduate Degree in New Testament and Christianity, where he studied with the renowned Gnos…

The history of Martinism is fascinating. Honestly. It’s all tied up in the French Revolution, the Gnostic and occult revivals of the late 1800s, WWII, and more. We talk with Bishop William Behun abou…

The author of The Refutation of All Heresies, and other early Christian writers were very keen to let everyone know how their view of Christianity was the right one. In this episode we continue our c…

A recent set of reports in the Atlantic sheds new light on the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife fragment, brought to the attention of the world in 2012 by renowned scholar Dr. Karen King of Harvard. Turns out …

The classical Gnostics certainly took a lot from Judaism at the beginning of its development. From the re-imagining of the Jewish creation story to ritual practices, Gnosticism owes a great debt to J…

Pedro F. Joins us once again to talk about the Corpus Hermeticum, the foundation documents of the western mystery tradition. We talk about common themes of the Corpus, ascent visions, the nature of d…

In this episode, Deacon* John DiGilio Shares his experience as a Buddhist practitioner and a Gnostic to enlighten us about Enlightenment. He tells us how he views the purpose of Gnosticism as related…

Dr. André Gagné of Concordia University gives us some really neat new ways of reading the Gospel of Thomas, and we also chat about the communities that used the text, and lots more.

Curtis Childs of the Swedenborg foundation continues to chat with us about the visionary experiences of Emanuel Swedenborg, including his views of heaven and hell, spirits, angels, and demons. We als…

In this episode we are joined by Fr. Douglas Bess of St. Alban’s LCC to discuss the spiritual energies at work in the Liberal Catholic Church’s Eucharist Service, the history of the LCC, Theosophy’s …

Khalil Andani continues to teach us about esoteric Islam, the role of the Imam in Isma’ili tradition, and some Isma’ili history.

James McGrath of Butler University joins us once again to explain how scholars deal with the figure of Jesus. Is there a vast international conspiracy to convince you that Jesus was a real person? We…

Dr. Michael Kaler of the University of Toronto has a really great handle on the writings of Paul, and we were really lucky to receive the benefit of his expertise. Paul never met Jesus, but he sure h…

Bishop Tim Mansfield joins Father Tony to discuss the importance of spiritual practice and self knowledge in Gnosticism.

Dr. Michael Estell of the OTO and EGC talks to us about Thelema, Aleister Crowley, the Gnostic Mass, sex magic, and more!

Deacon Michael Strojan is our guest for this episode, and he talks to us about the middle period of Christian magical practices. We cover witchcraft, necromancy, Hermeticism, alchemy, and more.

Msgr. Jordan Stratford talks to us about alchemy and its relationship to Gnosticism. Whether laboratory alchemy or inner alchemy, there’s something we can learn and apply to our spiritual journeys.