"The Tao Path includes three paths, and Tao itself is the fourth.  Much has been said about the four paths.  We Gnostics travel along the fourth path in full Consciousness. During the sexual act, we transmute the brutal instincts of our physical body into willpower, the passionate emotions of the Astral Body into love, and the mental impulses into comprehension. As Spirit, we perform the Great Work. This is how we travel along the four paths in practice.  We do not need to become fakirs for the first path, neither monks for the second, nor scholars for the third. The path of the Perfect Matrimony permits us to travel the four paths during the sexual act itself." –Samael Aun Weor, The Perfect Matrimony

Energy is fundamental to physical and spiritual life. Learn about the different gradations of energy in accordance with the Hebraic Kabbalah: the Tree of Life, and how these different forces relate to different spiritual paths and the harmonious development of the soul. This lecture refers to the Fourth Way teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, the esoteric writings of Samael Aun Weor, the Gospels, and the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche, specifically his esoteric book Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and his analysis of the paths of the Fakir, Monk, Yogi and Gnostic.