The Gnostic Wisdom Network

The common perception of Christianity rarely sees it as a mystical, contemplative, or even magical religion, so we put together a panel with members and clergy from three different Mystical Christian churches/traditions. Curtis Childs from the Swedenborg Fou...

Dr. Betty Kovacs tells the story of the hidden tradition, the history of gnosis, as it winds it way through the human experience over the last 40,000 years in her magisterial book "Merchants of Light." Dr. Kovacs joins us to talk about her book as well as h...

Mystic, philosopher, and activist Simone Weil (1909-1943) was a fascinating thinker and activist whose influence only grows as the years go by. A convert from Judaism to Christianity her ideas about God's absence and the separation of humans have startling c...

Author Robert Guffey has long been an explorer of everything darkly weird and a chronicler of high strangeness—and his extensive knowledge of conspiracy theories serves him well for his new book "Operation Mindfuck," which chronicles where the intermeshed co...

Author Robert Guffey has long been an explorer of everything darkly weird and a chronicler of high strangeness—and his extensive knowledge of conspiracy theories serves him well for his new book "Operation Mindfuck," which chronicles where the intermeshed co...

Monastic practice is powerful and transformative but we can't all quit our life for the cloisters. That's why Steve Dee is back on the show to tell us about his new book "Chaos Monk: Bringing Magical Creativity to the New Monastic Path" which deals with brin...

You ask the deep questions about Gnosticism and we do our best to answer them. Bishop Tim Mansfield joins Deacon Jon and Jason to give our Gnosis and speculation and thoughts on questions submitted by you, the audience. Profound questions are asked and we g...

Rather than being a quirky religion from almost 2000 years ago, Gnosticism weaves its self through Western culture and history, sometimes hiding, sometimes prevalent. In her book "The Gnostic Paradigm," Natanela Elias uncovers gnostic undercurrents in the li...

Musician Zola Jesus comes back on the show to discuss everything from the creative process to Zen Buddhism to how to live in Gnostic times. We go through her brilliant new album "Arkhon," a masterpiece which some can tell from name alone is a must-listen for...