by Miguel Conner | Nov 16, 2016 | Blog posts
We’re very proud to announce the release of Other Voices of Gnosticism, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Voices of Gnosticism. As with the first book, this is a collection of the brightest and best voices in Gnostic studies. We continue understanding...
by Miguel Conner | Sep 1, 2016 | Blog posts
I have been vastly enriched by the work of Gary Lachman. Beyond his keen enquiry on Western Esoterica, Gary’s historical research on consciousness intersects well with my research on Gnosis. (As an example of how Gary’s views have influenced me, you can find how...
by Miguel Conner | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog posts
The following is a stirring prayer from the Hermetic tradition (with an explanation on this Gnostic school of thought afterwards):The Knowledge of God has come to us;and at its coming, ignorance has been driven out.Truth has come to us,and with it has followed the...
by Miguel Conner | Jul 5, 2016 | Blog posts
By the title, you might think I’m selling out by providing the popular list article, the absinthe of a short-attention and profoundly sick society (borrowing from J. Krishnamurti). However, let me remind that arguably the most famous apocryphal Christian text, the...
by Miguel Conner | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog posts
In the first part of this article, I presented the Gnostic worldview on suffering. It basically goes: “Welcome to Hell, can I take your order?” Suffering is embedded into the fabric of reality, and it is not going away. Yet the ancient Gnostics offered solutions to...