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FromTalk Gnosis

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Apr 10, 2014

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The conversation about critical thinking continues as the Talk Gnosis crew discusses objectivity and subjectivity when it comes to Gnosis. Also, spend at least 45 seconds Googling something before you post “facts” on social media.

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Apr 10, 2014

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We talk about Gnosticism, esoteric religion, the occult, and more each week.

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The Gnostic Episcopalian: The Talk Gnosis Crew talks with David Adkins about being a Gnostic outside of an established Gnostic tradition. David attends an Episcopal church on a regular basis, and we talk about how that experience affects his Gnostic spirituality. Find David on Fac by Talk Gnosis
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It’s In The Cards: In this episode our Talk Gnosis crew really get into it about the role divination can play in your spiritual practice. They also discuss the difficult questions of the role of fate in the Gnostic system. by Talk Gnosis
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Campus Crusade for Sophia: In this episode we talk about the challenges of starting a Gnostic community, both in a college setting and more generally. by Talk Gnosis
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A Mitre Covers a Multitude of Sins: The Talk Gnosis crew chats about Gnostic elitism and takes a vast and meandering detour onto the state of the independent church movement. by Talk Gnosis
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Don’t Drive Angry: Jonathan Stewart joins the Talk Gnosis crew to talk about the Gnostic themes in the movie “Groundhog Day” by Talk Gnosis
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Praying With the Lobsters: The Talk Gnosis crew is joined by Bishop William Behun and Deacon John DiGilio, both of the Apostolic Johannite Church, to continue the discussion of prayer. We talk about different methods of prayer, who exactly it might be that we’re praying to, a by Talk Gnosis
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You Can Call Me Miss Cleo: The Talk Gnosis crew discusses the 11th logion of the Gospel of Thomas, the incompleteness of the Gnostic scriptures, Gnostic cosmology, and ascent vision magic. by Talk Gnosis
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Too Many Cats!: The Talk Gnosis crew continues their discussion with Ame Kesa Morghan on our attachment to objects, both specific and in general. We also talk about materialism and it’s relationship to Gnosticism and the world. by Talk Gnosis
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The Responsibilities of an Initiate: Matthew Backus joins the Talk Gnosis crew to talk about the responsibilities of an initiate. The video part of this interview was lost due to idiocy, sorry about that. by Talk Gnosis
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Have a round of meh, on the house: Deacon John DiGilio joins the Talk Gnosis crew once again, this time to discuss the “Gospel of Jesus’s Wife” fragment that has recently been found to be authentically old. Why don’t we care very much? We’ll explain our apathy by Talk Gnosis
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Hickory Dickory Dock…: Tonight we are joined by Rev. Shawna R. B. Atteberry to discuss some of the reasons why many women are disillusioned by mainstream religion, and why they are leaving for alternative faiths. by Talk Gnosis
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The Super Gnostic Heroes of Comic Books: Writer and director Jason Mehmel leads the Talk Gnosis After Dark crew on an epic adventure through the super-gnosis of comic books. Gnosticism is all through your favorite graphic novels, from the recent experimental occult comics of Alan Moore to the 19 by Talk Gnosis
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You Just Can’t Eff It: In this episode the Talk Gnosis crew is joined by Deacon John DiGilio of the AJC to talk about the Gospel of Thomas logion 13. by Talk Gnosis
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Learning to Walk: I (Fr. Tony) messed up the audio for the video show, so this podcast covers all of that and more. The topic is the Gospel of Thomas logion 16: (16) Jesus said: Perhaps men think that I am come to cast peace upon the world; and they do not know that I am c by Talk Gnosis
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Power to the People!: Tonight the Talk Gnosis crew is joined by Chris Rooney, who shares his experience with the Catholic Workers movement, along with other protest experience. We talk about the role that Gnostics can play in rendering care and assistance to our fellow people. by Talk Gnosis
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Audio Archons and Our Favorite Books: We could talk about books all day. In fact, there are days that we do just that. This is only an hour, but we talk about some really terrific books covering Gnosticism and esoterica. There’s some audio interference at about the 11 minute mark, and by Talk Gnosis
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Think Before You Post: The conversation about critical thinking continues as the Talk Gnosis crew discusses objectivity and subjectivity when it comes to Gnosis. Also, spend at least 45 seconds Googling something before you post “facts” on social media. by Talk Gnosis
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Ordination for the Next Lifetime: The Talk Gnosis crew continues our conversation with Bishop John Plummer about the independent sacramental movement. by Talk Gnosis
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Agreeing to Disagree: The Talk Gnosis crew discusses some topics that they didn’t have time to cover in the video show, including: The source of scripture Gnostic fundamentalism The discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library the “so-called” Gnostic Scriptures Recon by Talk Gnosis
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Left Hand Tantra: The Talk Gnosis crew is joined by Bishop Craig Williams, whose new book, Cave of the Numinous, delves into Gnosticism, yoga, tantra, the left hand path, and more. by Talk Gnosis
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Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!: Our terrified hosts stare into the maw of madness with Scott Jones, author of “When The Stars Are Right: Towards An Authentic R’lyehian Spirituality ” as they discuss the mythos of H. P. Lovecraft and what that might look like if it was develo by Talk Gnosis
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Juicy Gnosticism: In this episode the Talk Gnosis crew continues their discussion of the 14th logion of the Gospel of Thomas with special guest Deacon John DiGilio of the Johannite Church. by Talk Gnosis
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Stop Shaving Your Head: The Talk Gnosis crew discusses family, spiritual authority, and the shaving of heads on this very special episode of Talk Gnosis After Dark. by Talk Gnosis
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wow. many archons: Msgr. Scott Rassbach joins the Talk Gnosis crew to talk about the archons. We also talk about the Jesus’s Wife fragment again, because news. by Talk Gnosis
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Big Silly Hats: This episode features a continuation of the discussion of logia 19 & 20 from the Gospel of Thomas. by Talk Gnosis
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Your God is Too Small: In this fascinating episode we discuss the dangers of spiritual bypassing, and some mental health issue that can arise alongside esoteric spiritual practice. by Talk Gnosis
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Esoteric Islam: Khalil Andani continues to teach us about esoteric Islam, the role of the Imam in Isma’ili tradition, and some Isma’ili history. Support us on Patreon and you can watch this podcast as a video! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS | Subscribe by Talk Gnosis
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Angry Sky Wizard is Peeved at You: Overcome the destructive creator of this world with one easy trick! Find out how in our After Dark podcast with Bishops Lainie and Ken and special guests Father Tony and Jonathan Stewart. We discuss many topics such as: how becoming more aware and awake by Talk Gnosis
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Your mamma’s so fat…: Among the theological geekery, we take all the tangents in this episode. We talk about seeking and seeing, the light within, and lots of silly off-topic stuff too. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS | Subscribe to the podcast on iTunes | Subscribe by Talk Gnosis
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Robocop is the Black Pope: In this episode, Bishop William Behun joins the Talk Gnosis crew to talk about the 17th & 18th logia of the Gospel of Thomas. by Talk Gnosis
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