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Gnosis Courses

Esoteric & Meditation Classes

About Gnosis Courses

The Sydney Gnostic Centre offers classes for anyone interested in learning about Gnosis. Classes are held weekly and begin with an introduction. With each new week a new theme is treated. Themes start with the fundamentals and progress their upwards towards the more esoteric.

“Gnosis” is a word that means “knowledge”. A 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 you to practice some ancient 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 and which later become the base of a student’s Gnostic work. The Gnostic classes present us with the study and the 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 generates real, immediate and lasting positive change, as well as a growing level of freedom and happiness. As a result, that makes us 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.

Alchemist of Notre Dame

Course Topics – 33 Lessons

Our curriculum of 33 lessons explores a wide range of esoteric, psychological and mystical subjects.

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 AND GREED:
Human needs. Money. Ambition. Happiness.

5. THE CONSCIOUSNESS, PERSONALITY AND THE ANIMAL EGO:
The different egos. The development of the Essence. The false personality.

6. THE HUMAN MACHINE AND THE PLURALISED “I”:
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:
Sensorial mind, Intermediate mind, and Interior mind.

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-consciousness and objective consciousness.

12. LEARNING HOW TO LISTEN:
To speak is easier than to listen. Few are the people who listen with their consciousness.

13. RETURN, RECURRENCE AND REINCARNATION:
The great machinery of Nature and its intelligent laws.

14. THE LAW OF KARMA AND DHARMA:
Justice and mercy. Types of Karma. Karma is negotiable.

15. THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE AND DEATH (part 1):
Life, old age and death.

16. THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE AND DEATH (part 2):
What part of us continues after we die?

17. EVOLUTION, INVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION:
The doctrine of 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 previous races that 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 side 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 COSMOSES:
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:
A study into the energy bodies of each Human Being: Astral, Mental, and Causal, and their relationship with the Tree of Life.

26. SEVEN TYPES OF MAN:
Mechanical and conscious humanity. Our work towards becoming a balanced human, and the goal of the Gnostic Work – the full Realisation 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, and our reactions dictate our internal state. How to process the impressions of life efficiently for spiritual growth. Studying the 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 foods 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 ERA 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 Golden Age to come.

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.

Samael Aun Weor

“Gnosis lives in facts, withers away in abstractions, and is difficult to find even in the noblest of thoughts.”

Introductory Gnosis Course - 33 Lessons

A new course will be starting on Thursday 22nd August, 2024. If you are interested in learning more about Gnosis and meditation, then please get in touch with us to register for classes.