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Chaos in a World of Archons

by Jonathan Stewart
added 3 months ago

In the late 20th century, the chaos magic challenged occultism’s dominant paradigms. Irreverent, suspicious, and focused on results, not personal ascension (whatever that means), chaos magic turned magical practice on its head. In our interview with author ...

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Practical Esotericism

by Jonathan Stewart
added 5 months ago

The relationship between Gnosticism and occultism is a complex one. Many modern Gnostics, although certainly not all, are also practicing occultists and many episodes of Talk Gnosis have focused on a variety of esoteric and magical topics. For this episode,...

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Talk Gnosis Q&A Special 2…We Answer YOUR Questions!!

by Jonathan Stewart
added 6 months ago

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 to make a list of your questions and answer them in a special ...

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Theology & Science Fiction Part 2

by Jonathan Stewart
added 1 year ago

Dr. James McGrath joins us for an unprecedented third time to discuss his new(ish) book, Theology and Science Fiction. Here's the second part of our amazing discussion: https://youtu.be/rwZFMIknCF4 Dr. McGrath's book: https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Scie...

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Theology and Science Fiction

by Tony Silvia
added 1 year ago

Dr. James McGrath joins us for an unprecedented third time to discuss his new(ish) book, Theology and Science Fiction. https://youtu.be/pRxgQkZ3TIU Dr. McGrath's book: https://www.amazon.com/Theology-Science-Fiction-Cascade-Companions/dp/1498204511 (not ...

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Marcion of Sinope

by Tony Silvia
added 2 years ago

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 out! https://youtu.be/B-zjOTFGA7c Dr. Fairen’s book: As...

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The Dead Sea Scrolls Part 4

by Tony Silvia
added 2 years ago

Part 4 of our conversation with Dr. Glen Fairen of the University of Alberta on the Dead Sea Scrolls. https://youtu.be/g31HyHikLLs Dr. Fairen’s book: As Below, So Above: Apocalypticism, Gnosticism and the Scribes of Qumran and Nag Hammadi Subscrib...

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The Dead Sea Scrolls Part 3

by Tony Silvia
added 2 years ago

Part 3 of our conversation with Dr. Glen Fairen of the University of Alberta on the Dead Sea Scrolls. https://youtu.be/uUS9dtbappo Dr. Fairen’s book: As Below, So Above: Apocalypticism, Gnosticism and the Scribes of Qumran and Nag Hammadi Subscrib...

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The Dead Sea Scrolls Part 2

by Tony Silvia
added 2 years ago

Dr. Glen Fairen is our guest for part two of our discussion of the Dead Sea Scrolls. We discuss the end-times as seen by the Qumran community, the Enochic worldview, and the possibility that the scrolls were written as political satire. https://youtu.be/CqJ...

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The Dead Sea Scrolls Part 1

by Tony Silvia
added 2 years ago

Dr. Glen Fairen of the University of Alberta joins us teach us about the Dead Sea Scrolls. We talk about the origin of the scrolls and the controversy surrounding their discovery. We have a little fun discussing some of the myths about the content of the scrol...

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