The Gnostic Wisdom Network

The Rev. James Ishmael Ford is an American Zen Buddhist priest, a Unitarian Universalist minister, writer, and a spiritual seeker who's explored and been connected to the last 60 years or so of religious developments in the West. Our frank, funny, and enligh...

The canonical Gospel of Mark is one of the oldest Christian documents and while many Christian mystics and Gnostics may not pay much attention to it we think it might reveal some esoteric secrets of the universe if looked at through new eyes. To talk abo...

Art and creation is a form of magical creativity and theatre has always had a special relationship to mystical ritual, religion, and the occult. Dr. Ed Lingan, scholar/professor/theatre artist, has a book specifically about theatre and the occult revival of ...

A mystical experience for you to have is checking out this interview with writer, poet, and scholar Emmalea Russo. She's our guide to this huge and dense topic as we go through what mysticism even is, and we cover everything from what horror has to do with m...

The canonical Gospel of John has inspired Christian mystics, heretical Gnostics, occultists, and people of faith of many stripes for almost 2000 years. We put together a panel to talk about the magic and power of this biblical text. We've got all returnin...

Joséphin Péladan: mystic, art critic, Rosicrucian and curator (sometimes called the "first art curator") was a late 19th century/early 20th century French visionary who could change your life—and whose vital impact on everything from high art to esoteric and...

Dr. Matthew R. Anderson is a Biblical scholar, professor, and ordained Lutheran clergy and he's the perfect guest for our New Year's Eve special thanks to his new book "Pairings: The Bible and Booze." From apple cider (Genesis) to bloody Caesars (Revelati...

Dr. Jeffrey Kupperman returns to the show to discuss his new book "A Theurgist's Book of Hours," a collection of daily practices and prayers that provides a structured framework which while drawing primarily upon Neoplatonic teachings, is adaptable and acces...

It's a live panel on esoteric Christmas! And your panelists are podcaster, Gnostic artist, esotericist, and numerologist Rebecca Scolnick from Divine Spark Media, Bishop Tim Mansfield from the AJC, theologian and writer Nic Laccetti, scholar and Talk Gnos...