Talk Gnosis

How do Jacques Lacan, Islamic mysticism, Henri Corbin, and Iranian art films help us understand the modern crisis of meaning? Dr. Daniel Tutt joins Talk Gnosis to discuss his paper on Joan Copjec’s latest work, bridging psychoanalysis and the theology of Henri Corbin. We explore the mysteries of Shia Islam and Sufism through Corbin, the trap of “sham enjoyment,” and what the fai...

The word “decadence” may trigger a whole host of associations for you, but today we’re talking about the French art movement of the 1800s… and what it has to do with modern Gnosticism! [https://dn721901.ca.archive.org/0/items/talk-gnosis-the-decadence-movement-gnosticism/%5BTalk%20Gnosis%5D%20The%20Decadence%20Movement%20%26%20Gnosticism.mp3] 

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Dr. Anya Foxen, co-author of “The Serpent’s Tale Kundalini, Yoga, and the History of an Experience,” stops by to explain how the “serpent power” became permanently tangled up with Gnosticism, Hermeticism, and Theosophy. We cover how the famous seven-chakra system actually owes its structure to Western planetary spheres, why the Ophite Gnostic savior serpent perfectly primed th...

We continue our history of the origins of the French Gnostic Church in the 19th Century, a oft forgotten chapter in the history of Gnosticism and alternative religions. From the mystical offshoots of 18th-century Catholicism and the seance-fueled rise of Spiritism to Jules Doinel’s 1890 visions of Cathar bishops and the return of the Divine Feminine, we unpack the quirky, “crun...

* Note: There was a tech issue and Jon’s recording is a bit rough but it does improve some as we go on This week, Jason, Deacon Jon, and Nick dive into the rarely discussed “secret origins” of modern Gnosticism that took root in France long before the Nag Hammadi discoveries. We trace the wild historical lineage from the French Revolution’s Constitutional Chur...