Persian culture is a main but often-ignored foundation of Western Culture. Also overlooked are the profound Gnostic ideas in the teachings of Zarathustra. Persian Gnosticism permeated religious history for centuries across Eurasia, manifesting as a threat to orthodoxy with such movements as Manichaeism, Zurvanism, Mazdakism, and Sufism. We explore this heretical stream, as well as the rich tradition of Persian magic & folklore.

Astral Guest – Jason Reza Jorjani, author of Novel Folklore

Let’s find the entities that have kept humanity enslaved for millennia. From ancient Egypt to Sumer to the face on Mars, from the Anunnaki to the Illuminati to modern banking cartels — we expose the alien forces that pull the strings of all world governments and religions across history. This quest of astrotheology, revelation, and sacred geometry also reveals the ancient codes that can awaken us to a cosmic destiny written in the very stars.

Astral Guest — Michael Feeley, author of Ancient Codes

We explore the images, associations, and myths that have allowed the tarot to resonate across many centuries and cultures – as well as the astrological, elemental, and Kabbalistic correspondences woven into every deck. Ultimately, what you will discover is the mystic components of the tarot that allow you to live a magical life and liberating self-knowledge.

Astral Guest— Susan Chang, author of Tarot Correspondences, as well as Lecturer in English Language & Literature at Smith College.

It’s our Halloween Special and Harvest Season extravaganza! So why not discuss the notions of death, the afterlife, and embodiment, from a Gnostic perspective? Why not scare up the parallel topics of reincarnation, demon-possession, and talking to spirits? Our heretical group discussion will cover all of this and more, from confronting the reality of the Demiurge to speculating whether our pets get into the Pleroma.

Astral Guests — Christian Smith and Scott Smith, author of God Reconsidered.

Mesmerism is considered the precursor to hypnotism, but in reality it is an esoteric discipline of consciousness-expansion that draws from many ancient traditions such as Hermeticism, Kabbalah, and Gnosticism. Mesmerism calls upon inner presences that unlock the divine potential of the universe. We understand the history, philosophy, and gifts of Mesmerism. We also explore the unique way the Gnostics and other mesmeric mystics radically dealt with the concept of fate.

Astral Guest — Lee Gerrard-Barlow.

Beyond one of the greatest movie stars in history, Greta Garbo was a living embodiment of self-actualization, reaching peak experiences, and the Gnostic Sophia herself. She was also a secret occultist, Theosophist, and activist who rubbed shoulders with famed mystics of the 20th century. From battling archons in Hollywood to plotting against Adolf Hitler to transcending mundane matter, we deeply explore the very remarkable soul that was Garbo.

Astral Guest -- Moon Laramie, author of Spirit of Garbo.

We explore the principles that allow the future to affect the present, and the present to affect the past, without causing paradox. We also deconstruct the powerful taboos that, for centuries, have kept mainstream science from taking phenomena like retrocausation and precognition seriously. To fully decipher the Gnosis of "remembering the future," we look at the lives and visions of Philip K. Dick, CG Jung, HR Giger, and other esoteric exemplars.

Astral Guest – Eric Wargo, author of Time Loops.

Could Lucifer actually be an entity from beyond the stars, and not an archetype or spiritual ideal? Could astral portals in Europe provide seekers with high states of awareness? These possibilities are found in a writer’s remarkable journey, which also encountered a secret society — preserved since antiquity — that influenced illustrious figures such as Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, Otto Rahn, and Howard Hughes, and Bérenger Saunière).

Astral Guest — Patrice Chaplin, author of The Stone Cradle.

A new film takes viewers on an evocative journey through the paths of divinity – using the Tarot as an archetypal map. This visionary work draws heavily from the wisdom of the Gnostics, Alchemists, Hermetics, CG Jung, Joseph Campbell, and more. Beyond an exploration of human apotheosis, the movie finds cultural solutions in an age of trickster trump cards and the disintegration of traditional socio-political models.

Astral Guest — Robert Bonomo, writer and director of The 21 Faces of God.

Scholars generally argue that the Gospel of Thomas is a loose collection of saying, a kinda “great hits” of early Christianity. Instead, what if this text was a coherent and a graduate mystery school course on attaining the higher self. We explore this argument, including other Gnostic Gospels that tie into a parallel stream of ancient secrets, including Dialogue with Savior and the Gospel of Philip.

Astral guest —  John Munter, author of The Integral Gospel of Thomas Made Easy.