Talk Gnosis
281 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★ - 41 ratingsWe talk about Gnosticism, esoteric religion, the occult, and more each week.
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Theology for Atheists, Art, & the Gnosis of Contradiction w/Helen Rollins
December 28, 2022 22:01 - 27.6 MBFilmmaker, podcaster, and academic Helen Rollins comes on the show even though she’s probably sick of Gnosticism (she’s Jon’s thesis […]
[Pop Gnosis] The Green Knight–Xmas Special 2022
December 15, 2022 01:07 - 101 MBIt’s our Christmas special and also another ep of our new show Pop Gnosis and wow…it’s also the reveal of […]
The Brazen Serpent & the Divine Code Pt. 2 w/M.R. Osbourne
December 08, 2022 07:12 - 46.1 MBListen to Part 1 first 🙂 A strange scene in the Bible where Moses erects a bronze serpent upon a […]
The Brazen Serpent & the Divine Code Pt. 1 w/M.R. Osbourne
November 30, 2022 05:09 - 45.7 MBA strange scene in the Bible where Moses erects a bronze serpent upon a pole becomes the jumping off point […]
The Christian Community w/Patrick Kennedy & Jonah Evans
November 22, 2022 04:10 - 74 MBThe Christian Community is a renewal of Christianity incorporating the insights of the mystic Rudolph Steiner, the liberal church, the […]
The Philosopher’s Tarot w/ Craig From Acid Horizon
November 14, 2022 21:48Craig from the philosophy podcasts Acid Horizon and Inner Experiences joins us to discuss the Philosopher’s Tarot that he’s created. […]
Consciousness, & Gnosticism w/ Blake Lemoine (Former Google Engineer)
November 09, 2022 00:10 - 64.1 MBFormer Google Engineer Blake Lemoine made international headlines for both his public comments about the consciousness of the Google AI project LaMDA and the corporation’s moral responsibly around creating sentient entities and his subsequent dismissal from the company. What many don’t know is Blake has a long time interest and active engagement with Gnosticism and […]
AI, Consciousness, & Gnosticism w/ Blake Lemoine (Former Google Engineer)
November 09, 2022 00:10 - 64.1 MBFormer Google Engineer Blake Lemoine made international headlines for both his public comments about the consciousness of the Google AI […]
mother! A Gnostic Horror Movie?
October 31, 2022 21:42 - 53.9 MBWe’re starting a new show about the intersections of pop culture and Gnosticism and this is our test ep for […]
A Secret Book of the Dead: Most Holy Trinosophia w/M.R.Osbourne
October 25, 2022 01:54 - 44.5 MBThe Most Holy Trinosophia is a mysterious text from the late 18th century composed of mystical images and text, maybe […]
The Evil Creator & Marcion w/Dr. David M. Litwa
October 13, 2022 00:38 - 56.9 MBDr. M.David Litwa returns to Talk Gnosis and we talk about an evil creator god based on the deity of […]
Gnostic Q & A: The Secrets of the Cosmos Revealed (for only a buck a month)
October 01, 2022 03:16 - 103 MBYou asked and we answered with the definite and only true answers to life’s biggest questions and answers…well maybe not […]
Contemplative Tarot w/ Britany Muller
September 27, 2022 02:24 - 54.7 MBDivination, magic, and various forms of oogie-boogie are associated with Tarot, so it is really something a dedicated Christian could […]
Mystical Christianity: A Panel with 3 Different Mystical Traditions
September 16, 2022 03:30 - 76.4 MBThe common perception of Christianity rarely sees it as a mystical, contemplative, or even magical religion, so we put together […]
Consciousness, Gnosis, & Merchants of Light w/ Dr. Betty Kovacs
September 09, 2022 00:54 - 40.7 MBDr. Betty Kovacs tells the story of the hidden tradition, the history of gnosis, as it winds it way through […]
The Gnosis of Simone Weil w/ Nina Power & Emmalea Russo
September 01, 2022 01:07 - 65 MBMystic, philosopher, and activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a fascinating thinker and activist whose influence only grows as the years […]
Conspiracy, Operation Mindf@*k, & Gnosticism w/Robert Guffey
August 23, 2022 01:46 - 30.8 MBAuthor Robert Guffey has long been an explorer of everything darkly weird and a chronicler of high strangeness—and his extensive […]
A Gnostic Dialogue About Thelema Between Jason & Nic Laccetti
August 08, 2022 23:19 - 62.4 MBHost Jason Mehmel has been reading a lot of Aleister Crowley and Thelemic materials and just doesn’t quite get the […]
Chaos Monk w/ Steve Dee
August 01, 2022 00:41 - 54.9 MBMonastic practice is powerful and transformative but we can’t all quit our life for the cloisters. That’s why Steve Dee […]
Gnostic Questions, Questions, Questions & Some Answers w/ Bishop Tim Mansfield
July 20, 2022 01:56 - 58.5 MBYou ask the questions about Gnosticism and we do our best to answer them. Bishop Tim Mansfield joins Deacon Jon […]
Gnosticism Hiding in Medieval Poetry & Literature w/ Natanela Elias
July 08, 2022 04:40 - 58.4 MBRather than being a quirky religion from almost 2000 years ago, Gnosticism weaves its self through Western culture and history, […]
Zola Jesus & Living in Arkhonic Times
July 01, 2022 01:02 - 39.8 MBMusician Zola Jesus comes back on the show to discuss everything from the creative process to Zen Buddhism to how […]
The Gospel of Judas w/ Dr. David Brakke
June 21, 2022 01:30 - 69.8 MBFor more than 2000 years, Judas Iscariot has been THE villain and betrayer. BUT in a lost-until-recently text the ancient […]
Found Christianities w/ Dr. M.David Litwa
June 13, 2022 02:15 - 63.8 MBFrom believing Jesus is a cosmic space dragon to the need to build a communal heaven on earth, there were […]
The Cathars: History, Myth, Or….? w/ Dr. Justin Sledge
June 05, 2022 22:00 - 69 MBThe Cathars were medieval dualists who lived in what’s now Southern France/Northern Italy and created an alternative parallel Gnostic church […]
Johannite Gnostic Tradition & Fabré-Palaprat w/ Bishop Shaun McCann, Pt 2
June 01, 2022 00:27 - 73.3 MBCheck out the Johannite Church at: Johannite.org Join us at our yearly conference, our conclave: Johannite.org/Conclave For more on Palaprat […]
Johannite Gnostic Tradition & Fabré-Palaprat w/ Bishop Shaun McCann, Pt 1
May 30, 2022 00:12 - 76 MBIn the early 1800s in Paris, the physician Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat discovered (or claimed to discover, or was led to believe […]
The Gnosis of Georges Bataille w/ Emmalea Russo & Nic Laccetti
May 23, 2022 01:20 - 64.5 MBGeorges Bataille (1897–1962) was a French philosopher, author, surrealist, poet, writer of erotica, sociologist, a master of transgression and filth, […]
Temple Theology & The Book of Secret John w/ Bishop Tim Mansfield
May 14, 2022 02:04 - 19.5 MBTemple Theology posits a secret lost tradition that lies behind Western religion and mysticism… and the now unveiled mysteries of […]
Part 2: The Secret Book of John Revealed
April 30, 2022 16:16 - 79.1 MBMake sure you check out part 1 at: https://pod.link/845230843/episode/c04f717fcb4c922e21a94eed430d59e2 The Secret Book of John aka The Apocryphon of John is […]
The Secret Book of John Revealed Part 1
April 26, 2022 21:27 - 52.4 MBThe Secret Book of John aka The Apocryphon of John is often considered the paradigm of the Gnostic myth, what […]
The Secret Technique of the Secret Societies w/ Sam Robinson
April 17, 2022 18:41 - 37.2 MBThe Golden Dawn, the OTO, Memphis-Misraim Masonry, Theosophy, all are esoteric societies who’ve influenced and guided spiritual seekers, artists, and […]
REUP: A Secret Chief, A Hidden Path of Transformation w/ Sam Robinson
April 10, 2022 20:27 - 38.8 MBSam Robinson of Pansophers.com comes on Talk Gnosis to reveal a secret Rosicrucian adept and a hidden path of spiritual […]
The Gnostic “Book of Revelation”
April 01, 2022 01:17 - 26 MBDo you feel like the world’s ending? Well, you might be right (this time) but for thousands of years people […]
Nonduality, Zen Gnosis, Unitarian Mysticism w/ Rev. James Ishmael Ford
March 21, 2022 00:31 - 56 MBThe Rev. James Ishmael Ford is an American Zen Buddhist priest, a Unitarian Universalist minister, writer, and a spiritual seeker […]
The Sophisians, Napoleon’s Sorcerers w/ Dr. Darius Spieth
March 01, 2022 02:00 - 49 MBA mysterious group of soldiers, theatre artists, writers, and mystics tried to bring the magic and mystery of ancient Egypt […]
Gnosticism & Mysticism in the Gospel of Mark
February 18, 2022 01:59 - 81.1 MBThe canonical Gospel of Mark is one of the oldest Christian documents and while many Christian mystics and Gnostics may […]
Theatre, Gnosticism, & Theatre of the Occult Revival w/ Dr. Ed Lingan
February 11, 2022 01:52 - 75.6 MBArt and creation is a form of magical creativity and theatre has always had a special relationship to mystical ritual, […]
Mysticism, Mystics, & Mystical Experiences w/ Emmalea Russo
January 26, 2022 23:07 - 59.2 MBA mystical experience for you to have is checking out this interview with writer, poet, and scholar Emmalea Russo. She’s […]
Gnosticism & Mysticism in the Gospel of John
January 24, 2022 02:09 - 74.6 MBThe canonical Gospel of John has inspired mainstream mystics, heretical Gnostics, occultists, and people of faith of many stripes for […]
Péladan: Art Will Save Us! w/ Dr. Sasha Chaitow (REUP)
January 15, 2022 01:33 - 94.1 MBREUP DUE TO GLITCH: Joséphin Péladan: mystic, art critic, Rosicrucian and curator (sometimes called the “first art curator”) was a […]
The Bible & Booze: Our NYE Special w/Dr. Mathew Anderson
December 31, 2021 17:52 - 33.6 MBDr. Matthew R. Anderson is a Biblical scholar, professor, and ordained Lutheran clergy and he’s the perfect guest for our […]
Spiritual Practice, Becoming Divine, & Neoplatonism w/ Dr. Jeffrey Kupperman
December 28, 2021 17:20 - 31.9 MBDr. Jeffrey Kupperman returns to the show to discuss his new book “A Theurgist’s Book of Hours,” a collection of […]
[Talking Gnosticism] A Very Merry Gnostic Christmas
December 24, 2021 14:36 - 42.9 MBIt’s our chill casual hangout show: Talking Gnosticism! Once a month, a diverse group of Gnostics will stream, live, their […]
Sabbatai Zevi, The False Messiah of Transgression w/ Dr. David Halperin
December 20, 2021 04:02 - 20.8 MBSabbatai Zevi was a 17th century religious leader who claimed to be the Jewish messiah. His movement and influence was […]
Tarot & Gnosticism w/ Skye Marinda
December 11, 2021 20:55 - 47.2 MBBesides working as a professional Tarot coach, Skye Marinda, has an interest and identification with Gnosticism so we’re pumped to […]
The Secret History of Atlantis w/ Howard Dean Ingham
November 30, 2021 21:42 - 61.8 MBYou might *think* you know what you’re in for a show on Atlantis but it’s muchmuchmuch stranger than you think. […]
Angelology, Cabala, Gnosis, & Pico’s Path of Enlightenment w/Greg Kaminsky
November 27, 2021 21:45 - 37.3 MBA forgotten path of enlightenment. A young genius assassinated in his prime for bringing Gnosis to the world. The recovery […]
Pagan Love, Nature, & Authentic Life in the Black Iron Prison w/Dr. Nina Power
November 20, 2021 02:12 - 61.6 MBPhilosopher, poet, and authour Nina Power comes on the show for a wide ranging conversation about paganism, re-enchantment, esoteric perennialism, […]
The Problem of Evil w/Dr. David Goodin
November 17, 2021 01:28 - 67.9 MBDr. David Goodin comes on the show to answer some softball questions from us like, “Why do bad things happen […]