Join me as I read a chapter from Manly P. Hall's “The Wisdom of the Knowing Ones: Gnosticism, the Key to Esoteric Christianity,” a collection of inter-related essays concerning the "esoteric keys" to the early movement of Christianity. In this episode, we'll be reading the introduction of the book, titled "What Do The Knowers Know?" Together, we'll explore the importance of the 1945 dicovery of the Nag Hammadi Codices, a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts, which were originally written in the 2nd and 4th centuries AD.

What you'll learn:

• What is Gnosticism?
• What were the main Gnostic beliefs and practices?
• What does Gnosticism have to do with esoteric Christianity?
• What is the significance of the Nag Hammadi library and what sacred texts were found there??
• Is Jesus in the Nag Hammadi writings?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Manly Palmer Hall was a Canadian author, lecturer, astrologer, mystic, and Freemason. Over his 70-year career he gave thousands of lectures and published over 150 volumes of written work. Early in his life, he became drawn to mysticism, esoteric philosophies, and their underlying principles. While visiting London in the early 1930s, Hall acquired from an auction agent at Sotheby's, a substantial collection of rare books and manuscripts about alchemy and esotericism. Owing to economic conditions resulting from the Great Depression, he acquired the collection for an insanely low price due to the economic circumstances of the time.

SELECTED READING: “The Wisdom of the Knowing Ones: Gnosticism, the Key to Esoteric Christianity.” (Pages 1-22)

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