By comprehending and eliminating our defects, we produce the awakening of the consciousness within dreams. This is the sacred return of the soul to divinity within this very life, without needing to physically die. We can competently navigate the higher worlds, the internal dimensions, and receive direct guidance from the Being through profound meditation and spiritual practice: (see Dream Yoga and Astral Travel).

On every Saturday the 13th, we can perform the Spiritual Practice with Melchizedek, supplicating to the genie of the Earth to guide us in the path of mystical death. Such a process radically awakens the disciple during the normal hours of sleep, so that the soul can personally converse and commune with divinity with joy, inspiration, and spiritual healing.

Resources and References:

https://chicagognosis.org/scriptures/ibn-arabi-the-meccan-revelations-voluntary-death

Critiques and explanations regarding divine sexuality. See the following references to Glorian Publishing and Chicago Gnosis:

Article Text: Why is Sexual Magic Controversial?

The basis of understanding reality is direct perception. While contemporary science accepts sensory and conceptual means of apprehending truth, the ancient mystical traditions taught that the awakened consciousness possesses superior faculties beyond the limitations of individual subjectivity and personal bias. Rather than imprison oneself within a sensual or believing mind, it is possible to awaken a third type: the inner that knows how to perceive and comprehend states of being beyond subjective materiality. By developing the inner mind, we come to experience and witness our true nature.

Resources and References:

https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/experience-your-true-self

The proper use of sexual energy can empower us to attain the highest spiritual potential, though we must be aware of the dangers that the misuse of this energy can cause.

Resources and References:

https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/sexual-transmutation

Our current psychological state is not unitary, but aggregated within varying levels of density. Another analogy is a spectrum or gradient marked by two extremes. The lowest qualities of being are attributed to affliction, confusion, pain, ignorance, and a whole constellation of destructive behaviors, characterized by complexity, problems, and all their concomitant sufferings. As hinted by the great mystical traditions of antiquity, superior states of being relate to spiritual awakening, serenity, and religious experiences of divine reality. Discover how to identify, discriminate, and understand various forms of perception through four states of consciousness: sleep, dreams, wakefulness, and spiritual illumination, so as to master one's complete potential.

Resources and References:

https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/awaken-your-true-self

The foundation for experiencing the most fundamental truths of human and divine reality lies within the field of psychological self-observation. By watching our thoughts, feelings, and impulses, it becomes possible to discover who and what we really are, not from any theory, theology, or belief system, but direct perception: the basis of real faith.

Resources and References:

https://chicagognosis.org/lectures/observe-your-true-self

Enlightenment is realized through renouncing desire.

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Practical advice for Gnostics who seriously wish to preserve their chastity.

Resources and References:

Article Text (How to Overcome Masturbation)

The truth about drugs, perception, awakening, and obstacles to spiritual enlightenment.

Resources and References:

https://chicagognosis.org/articles/how-do-drugs-affect-our-spiritual-development

Take advantage of the crisis to spiritually awaken. See the following recommended sources for meditation and spiritual practices to initiate a personal, in-home retreat:

Article Text (COVID-19: A Time of Opportunity)