The Austin Gnosis Center offers classes for anyone interested in learning about the Gnostic tradition. Classes are held weekly, and begin with an introductory series open to the public. With each new week, a new theme is introduced.

Themes start with the fundamentals, and continue on their progress towards the more esoteric. “Gnosis” is a word that means “knowledge”. A very special kind of knowledge, that is acquired from direct experience and concerns the inner knowledge of a human being.

The Gnostic knowledge is one that does not require the practice of an ancient or dogmatic belief system or religion. It is a contemporary tradition that aims at developing of all of our human and spiritual possibilities.

The first few themes are the most important, as these are the foundations of Gnosis which become the base of a student’s Gnostic work. The Gnostic classes present us with the study and practice of a set of universal principles of self-discovery and inner development.

Such principles are found in the sciences, philosophies, arts and spiritual traditions of human cultures throughout history. By putting the previously-mentioned universal principles into action in our lives, one is able to generate real, immediate and lasting positive change, as well as a growing level of freedom and happiness. As a result, one becomes more conscious, practical and efficient in every area of life.

The curriculum listed below is offered as a weekly course. It serves as a foundation for further study of esotericism and the science and ethics of meditation in a more in-depth manner. Anyone is welcome to attend. However, as the classes and practices build on one another, consistent weekly attendance is recommended.

If you decide not to continue with the classes at any point, you are totally free to stop attending with no further obligations.

1 – Introduction to Gnosis

The term Gnosis. Gnostic foundations. Science, Philosophy, Art and Mysticism.

2 – The Four Ways

The Fakir, the Monk, the Yogi and the Straight Path, or, the Fourth Way.

3 – The Two Lines of Life

The Level of Being. The marvellous ladder of the Being. The horizontal and the vertical lines of life.

4 – Need & Greed

Human needs. Money. Ambition. Happiness.

5 – The Consciousness, Personality and Animal Ego

The different egos. The development of the Essence. The false personality.

6 – The Human Machine and the Pluralised “I”

The intellectual, motor, emotional, instinctive and sexual centres.

7 – The Three Brains and How to Solve Problems

What is a problem? What are the types of problems we have, and how can we dissolve them?

8 – The Three Minds

The Sensorial, Intermediate, and Interior minds.

9 – The Universal Mind

Imagination and will. Mental epidemics. Mental hygiene. Origins of the Universal Mind.

10 – The Spatial Sense and the Fourth Dimension

The intimate remembrance of One-Self. Time. The six fundamental dimensions.

11 – The Awakening of Consciousness

Dreams, vigilance, self- and objective consciousness.

12 – Learning How to Listen

To speak is easier than to listen. Few are those who listen with their consciousness.

13 – Return, Recurrence, and Reincarnation

The great machinery of Nature and its intelligent laws.

14 – The Laws of Karma & Dharma

Justice and mercy. Types of Karma. Karma is negotiable.

15 – The Mysteries of Life & Death, pt. 1

Life, old age and death.

16 – The Mysteries of Life & Death, pt. 2

What of us continues after we die?

17 – Evolution, Involution and Revolution

The Transmigration of Souls: Elementals, Humanoids, Men and Super-men. The Three Factors for the Revolution of the Consciousness.

18 – The Seven Rounds and the Seven Races

The history of the races which have inhabited the Earth.

19 – The Origin of the “I”

How did we develop the ego? The history of the divine miscalculation that unbalanced human psychology. Explanation of the kundalini.

20 – The Lunar Influence

How the Moon influences human psychology, and how we can manage its effects.

21 – The Hidden Side of our Psychological Moon

Visible and hidden sides of our psyche. Criticism and self-criticism. The sense of psychological self-observation.

22 – Universal Sound

The power of the word. The relationship between vibration, movement, energy and matter. The keynote. Vibratory affinity. Mantras. The laryngeal-sexual relationship. Deformation of the word.

23 – The Seven Cosmos

Absolute Abstract Space, and the worlds that occupy all of space. The Ray of Creation.

24 – The Tree of Life

An introduction to the famous Tree of Life of the Kabbalah, and its principles.

25 – The Study of the Solar Humanity

The energy bodies of each Human Being: Astral, Mental, and Causal, and their relationship with the Tree of Life.

26 – The Seven Types of Man

Mechanical and conscious humanity. Our work towards becoming a balanced human, and the goal of the Gnostic work – the complete Realization of the Being.

27 – Psychic Development

Sensations. Perceptions. Concepts. Words. Language. Mantras. The Chakras.

28 – Transformation of Impressions

We receive life through our senses, in a series of impressions; our reactions dictate our internal state. How to process the impressions of life efficiently for spiritual growth. Principles of transformation and sacrifice.

29 – Prana, Tattwas, and Pranayama

The Law of Universal Vibration. The vital foundation. Properties of the Tattwas. Pranayama exercise.

30 – Sexual Hydrogen Si-12

Esoteric classification of energy: fundamental hydrogens. Transformation of food, air and impressions in the organism for the fabrication of sexual hydrogen.

31 – Astral Travel

The world of dreams. Astral projection and travel. Direct experience. Supra-dimensions and infra-dimensions.

32 – The New Age of Aquarius

The zodiac and the sidereal journey. The four ages of each humanity. The initiation of the Age of Aquarius in 1962, and its influence. What we need to do to participate in the upcoming Golden Age.

33 – The Pancatattwa Ritual

The five elements: fire, water, air, earth, ether. How to intelligently consume all of these, and their esoteric importance in our constitution. The Sahaja Maithuna, sacred sexuality.