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Johann Baptist Krebs, AKA JB Kerning, was a mystic, masonic philosopher, and opera singer who created and taught a unique and powerful form of inner alchemy–one that went on to change the lives and influence some of the greatest spiritual teachers of the 19th, 20th, and now 21st century. Ian Gladwin has released a translation […]

Donald Robertson and Jason Mehmel sat down to chat about the connections between Stoicism and Gnosticism! These two perspectives on life aren’t often thought of together, separated by a few centuries and some different spiritual traditions. We uncover the similarities and discuss the useful ideas that both classical and modern Stoicism can bring to a […]

The ancient Gnostics were, and still are, accused of cosmic pessimism, of seeing this life as torture. Many have pushed back that this wasn’t their true message but maybe there’s something here we shouldn’t be turning away from: Is life horrible and happiness fleeting? Could embracing a depressive realist view of existence actually allow us […]

Founded in 1754 by the mysterious Martinez de Pasqually, the Order of Knight-Masons Elect Priests of the Universe (AKA the Élus Coën) practiced a system of white magic (theurgy) aimed at recovering humanity’s original, spiritual memory. Members of the secret fraternity worked tirelessly for the restoration of man’s inner divinity and eventual reintegration with God. […]

Dr. Agata Bielik-Robsonm, Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Nottingham, poetically interrogates Gnosticism and Lurianic Kabbalah with us to reveal how Gnosticism is an essential consequence of monotheism and is deeply embedded in the Bible, in Jewish history and thought, and maybe, in so many unrecognized ways, in much of western philosophy. From […]

Jacob Frank was a Jewish messianic claimant in 18th Century Poland. Famous and influential in his time, he’s mostly remembered today as a cult leader, a madman, and a swindler, and -maybe- he was all these things BUT that doesn’t mean his thought, his religious ideas, and his life are not fascinating and worthy of […]

The Secret Revelation of John was lost to humanity for almost a millennia and a half, and now that we have it again, what light can it shine on the human condition and our relationship with the Divine? What healing can it bring to a world that feels more broken than ever? Dr. Shirley Paulson’s […]

German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel is considered by many to be one of the most important thinkers to have ever lived. And he had a lot to say about Christianity, maybe even enough to say he changed how we thought about the faith forever. However, Hegel is notoriously difficult to follow, so Dr. Todd […]

Welcome to another episode of Pop Gnosis! Today we’re going to be talking about the Netflix phenomenon Sandman, created by Neil Gaiman. We’ll touch on its comic history as well. On Pop Gnosis we take a look at the culture around us through a gnostic lens. Sometimes the connections are direct and easy to see, […]

Matt Christman has a new podcast, Hell on Earth, about the Thirty Years War (the apocalyptical cross-Europe conflict from 1618 to 1648) and how it birthed the modern world—and he returns to the Talk Gnosis to discuss the role of the Rosicrucian legends and conspiracy theories played in the War. Tune in to hear about […]

Epiphany season, which marks the famous visit of the Magi to Jesus in the well known Christmas story, is upon us! And to celebrate we’re interviewing Dr. Eric Vanden Eykel, author of “The Magi: Who They Were, How They’ve Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate.” Ancient historian and scholar Eric Vanden Eykel reveals what […]

Filmmaker, podcaster, and academic Helen Rollins comes on the show even though she’s probably sick of Gnosticism (she’s Jon’s thesis advisor). It’s a conversation that goes everywhere including the relevance of theology even if you’re not religious, art, trying to create during these Gnostic times, dialectical dialogues, filmmaking, and how embracing contradiction can set us […]

It’s our Christmas special and also another ep of our new show Pop Gnosis and wow…it’s also the reveal of our new host Rebecca “Bee” Scolnick! Bee and Jason will be exploring how Gnosticism is reflected in the cultural world around us, and how movies, music, art etc. have the capacity for gnosis, instead of […]

Listen to Part 1 first 🙂 A strange scene in the Bible where Moses erects a bronze serpent upon a pole becomes the jumping off point for a whirlwind exploration of life, the universe, and everything in Michael R. Osbourne’s “The Brazen Serpent: Chaos and Order.” Through the teachings and symbolism of the great mystics […]

A strange scene in the Bible where Moses erects a bronze serpent upon a pole becomes the jumping off point for a whirlwind exploration of life, the universe, and everything in Michael R. Osbourne’s “The Brazen Serpent: Chaos and Order.” Through the teachings and symbolism of the great mystics of the Western esoteric tradition onto […]

The Christian Community is a renewal of Christianity incorporating the insights of the mystic Rudolph Steiner, the liberal church, the esoteric Christian tradition with a mission to be a church for now. Patrick Kennedy and Jonah Evans, directors of the Seminary of The Christian Community in North America, guest on Talk Gnosis to tell us […]

Former 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 […]

We’re starting a new show about the intersections of pop culture and Gnosticism and this is our test ep for it AND this year’s Halloween special. The Darren Aronofsky film mother!, about a couple in an isolated country home encountering a series of disturbing visits by disturbing people, was advertised as a horror movie and […]

The Most Holy Trinosophia is a mysterious text from the late 18th century composed of mystical images and text, maybe written by the infamous Cagliostro in the prison of the inquisition, that tells the story of an allegorical and initiatory journey. Writer M.R. Osbourne tells us about his new edition of the book and reveals […]

Dr. M.David Litwa returns to Talk Gnosis and we talk about an evil creator god based on the deity of the Bible, the ancient Egyptian god of chaos Set, a near-forgotten Christian leader named Marcion, the real “first” and secret New Testament, and generally shift some paradigms in this interview about his book, The Evil […]