A evaluate of the most important archetypal figures of the Gnostic spiritual tradition. (Series to be continued in December.)

November 3: Sophia, the greatest of Exiles: The psycho-spiritual archetype of the Feminine. Myth of the exile of Sophia and her relationship to the Logos and to Mary Magdalene. Is the Age of Sophia approaching?.

November 10: NO LECTURE: Veterans Day holiday vacation.

November 17: The Logos, and His Embodiments in World History: The redeeming and informing position of this supernal Archetype as manifest in the great Messengers of Light (Including Christ, Buddha, Mani and others).

November 24: NO LECTURE: Thanksgiving vacation trip.

October 2023: A Summary of Gnostic Teachings

A Quintessential summary of specific Gnostic Teachings.

October 6: In the beginning: The nature and importance of the movement of the last word actuality in Gnostic cosmology. How will we react to final actuality?

October 13: Gnosis as Awakening to the real: The awakening of the sparks of deific gentle by the impulse of Gnosis.

October 20: The Messengers of Light and their Mysteries: Buddha, Jesus, Mani and future Messengers and their Mission.

October 27: Hallowe'en, a Festival of Lost Meanings: Dr. Hoeller's annual temporary discourse and Hallowe'en Party. Costumes and/or decorations are most welcome so as to add to the enjoyable of the season!

September 2023: The Hymn of the Pearl, The Gnostic Monomyth

Also known as "The Hymn of the Robe of Glory", as a monomyth it's a myth that contains the theme of all or several particular person myths of a tradition. This hymn, contained within the Act of the Apostle Thomas (not of the Nag Hammadi Collection) is a poetic narrative, depicting the journey of a celestial Gnostic being to earth within the seek for a treasure of transcendental origin. This scripture signifies the recovery of spiritual Gnosis in an earthly surroundings. Recently novelist David Bentley Hart printed a splendid fantasy novel entitled "Kenogaia" (A Gnostic Tale) in part based on this hymn. (Angelico Press, 2021.) Translation of the unique text by Hans Jonas, pioneer Gnostic Scholar.

September 1: Thomas and the Pearl Poem: The origins and purpose of the poem and its relationship to the apostle Didymos Judas Thomas.

September 8: The Messenger from Heaven: The Search for the Pearl begins.

September 15: Early Part of the Journey: Descending from Heaven.

September 22: The Celestial Being and Earthly Slumber: Receiving the Letter from Heaven and the Awakening.

September 29: The Reawakening and Return to the Mission: The ascent to Heaven and the presenting of the Pearl.

August 2023: Four Great Gnostic Gospel Teachings

By a curious synchronicity, each the canonical (orthodox) Gospels and the Nag Hammadi Gnostic Scriptures are 4 in quantity. (Four is numerous completion in C.G. Jung's teachings.) Mark, Matthew, Luke and John are thus completed and supplemented by the 4 Gnostic Gospels of Thomas, Philip, Truth and the Gospel of the Egyptians. This is an attempt at bringing forth the contemporary relevance and potential for Gnosis of these 4 secret Gospels. It may additionally turn into a brand new take a look at these sayings.

August 4: Words of the Prime Gnostic Master-Teacher: Discerning of the distinctive wisdom of the Gospel of Thomas, which consists solely of sayings attributed to Jesus

August 11: The Mystery of the Bridal Chamber: Did the founder of Christianity follow the union of the opposites together with his disciples?

August 18: The Gospel of Truth and its Esoteric Christology: Was the Christian Messiah a Gnostic Hierophant reasonably than a Hebrew Prophet?

August 25: Gnostic Magic; Sacramental, Theurgic and more: Implications of the works of Gnostic Magic throughout the ages.

July 2023: Nature of the Esoteric Tradition

Its Re-Emergence within the 19th, twentieth and 21st Centuries For many centuries, this tradition functioned as a secret motion, till it got here to the fore in fashionable instances via the activities of two American residents, Col. H.S. Olcott and H.P. Blavatsky. Other elements (from France, Germany and the East) joined it within the last two centuries. Will the previous of this tradition affect its future?

July 14: American Esotericism: Was the Independence of the U.S.A. advanced by Esoteric forces?

July 21: The Rise of French Occultism: Eliphas Levi, Papus and the Master Philippe of Lyon.

July 28: The Esoteric Future: What direction will the twenty first Century Esoteric present proceed to?

June 2023: Inspired Literature in Our Age

Dr. Hoeller deals with a number of the literary inspiration of our times. As author of more than 5 revealed books, Dr. Hoeller attracts on some of his private experiences as well.

June 2: Literary Inspiration, Its nature and workings: How to invoke and utilize such literature.

June 16: J.R.R. Tolkien and the parable of Two Centuries: "The Lord of the Rings" in an esoteric psychological perspective.

June 23: Tolkein and "The Lord of the Rings": The coming of the Spiritual King.

June 30: Tolkien and Wizardry in Esoteric History: Gandalf the Gray, as the Magical Archetype of the Ages.

May 2023: Myths of Wisdom

The word "delusion" is commonly misused to point an untrue tale. In these talks, the speaker will indicate the higher than merely factual character of Myths and their message for the tradition.

May 5: Blavatsky's Myth: "The secret Doctrine": This work was called a "Myth" by the late famous Theosophist Joy Mills. The myth of Theosophical mysticism as against Theosophical doctrine.

May 12: The Rosicrucian Myth: Christian Rosenkreuz and the sources of European non-Catholic mysticism.

May 19: The Message of the Arthurian Myth: The timeless tale of Arthur's Round Table and its mysticism.

May 26: The Perennial Gnostic Myth reborn: Nag Hammadi and its coming impact on the tradition. The rebirth of Gnosis in the current and future.

April 2023: The Tarot

Dr. Hoeller's talk on the Tarot at P.R.S. on February 15 aroused some public curiosity; he will now make some quintessential statements about the Tarot. Recommended reading: "The Fool's Pilgrimage" by S.A. Hoeller, printed by Quest Books.

April 14: Tarot, the Mysterious Oracle: Introduction to be followed by pattern readings by Dr. Hoeller and Mr. Bryan Campbell.

April 21: Tarot as Mystical Tool: Introduction to the main Arcana.

April 28: Tarot Divination vs Fortune Telling: A glimpse into the oracle.

February and March 2023: The Tale of Gnosis: Teaching and Myth in the Gnostic Tradition

The great scholar Gilles Quispel acknowledged that "Gnosticism is expertise changed into Myth". The most important myths of Gnosis is recounted and interpreted within a contemporary context, whereas understanding their historic and timeless origins. Recommended textbook: Dr.; Hoeller's ebook "Gnosticism".

February 3: In the beginning: Where did the Gnostic Cosmo-Conception originate and first categorical itself? Was there a primeval Gnosis later to be repressed?

February 10: Genesis Revisited and Re-Visioned: How can the Hebrew Genesis fable be seen with Gnostic eyes?

February 17: The Sophia Myth and its Universal Relevances: Sophia and her journey in a perennial view. Authentic and falsified approaches to this delusion.

March 3: Gnosis and nineteenth to 21st Century Occultism: Eliphas Levi, H.P. Blavatsky and Neo-Rosicrucianism

March 10: Manly P. Hall and his Contribution: A retrospect on the message of the "Sage of Los Feliz" and his enduring legacy.

March 24: The Neo-Theosophical Matrix: Annie Besant, C.W. Leadbeater, J. Krishnamurti and others.

March 31: Ancient & Contemporary Gnosis: Nag Hammadi, C.G. Jung and Neo-Gnostic Movements of the Twentieth Century and beyond.

January 2023: The Gnostic Gospels in New Perspective Continues

The invention of the Nag Hammadi Library introduced a brand new understanding of the Gnostic tradition. While the complete assortment was named "The Gnostic Gospels" by pioneer scholar Elaine Pagels, only 4 scriptures bear originally the title of "gospel". Dr. Hoeller shares the essence of these scriptures and consider their relevance to this century.

January 6 The Annual Epiphany Celebration.

January 13: Dr. Hoeller's Annual Tarot Forecast: The Celtic Cross is used for prognostication for the U.S.A. for the year 2023. Video obtainable on YouTube.

January 20: The Gospel of Truth by Valentinus: This scripture reveals a sublime message of the Gnostic World View. Once owned by C.G. Jung, it's essentially the most poetic and inspiring of the Gnostic Gospels.

January 27: The Message of all of the Gnostic Gospels: This sequence on the Gnostic Gospels of the Nag Hammadi Library concludes and will embrace The Gospel of the Egyptians.

December 2022: The Gnostic Gospels in New Perspective

December 2: The Eternal Message of the Gospel According to Thomas: The preferred of the Gnostic scriptures, the sayings therein contain great disclosures for our turbulent and anxious age.

December 9: The Sublime Mysteries of the Gospel of Philip: Gnostic Sacraments culminating within the Redemption and the Bridal Chamber, resulting in the last word uniting of the opposites within the human being.

November 2022: Gnostic Thoughts for Late Autumn

Dr. Hoeller elucidates some highlight of the Gnosis acceptable for the late Fall and finish of the year season. November Country will be as informative as October Country. November is the month of mysterious holidays, resembling All Souls Day, All Saints Day and Thanksgiving!

November 4: Spirit World and considerations for After-Death States: Understanding the twilight-world fauna of ordinarily invisibly beings. Which after-loss of life states does the Gnosis recognize: Heaven-Hell; Reincarnation; Transmigration and different planetary locations etc?

November 11: Glimpses of the Possible Future: A glance into the possible and inconceivable future: The melting of sense and non-sense!

November 18: To offer Thanks, When and the way: A trainer quipped: "Let Gratitude be your Attitude". A wag responded: "But let it not become a Platitude!" Consideration for Gnostic Gratitude and secular ingratitude.

October 2022: Visionary Reality in October Country

With the arrival of October we're reminded of the great modern author Ray Bradbury, and his delightful e book, "October Country". While the latter is fiction, there are actual alternatives for experiencing visionary actuality at this time of the yr. Dr. Hoeller presents a number of examples of visionary writing as well as psychological works on visionary experience.

October 7: Dreams and Visions: The relationship of altered states to each other and to particular person perception. Psychology and Occultism at their visionary assembly level.

October 14: M.L. von Franz on Spiritual Vision: An amazing psychologist evaluates some essential mystic visions. Jung's "star pupil", Marie Louise von Franz explores two visionaries of Switzerland and earlier Europe.

October 21: Meister Eckhart's View of Visionary Reality: This lecture will include vignettes of the visionary world from such classics as "Theologia Germanica" and "The Cherubic Wanderer".

October 28: Hallowe'en, a Festival of Lost Meanings: Dr. Hoeller's annual discourse and Hallowe'en Party. Again this yr without a efficiency phase, costumes are most welcome so as to add to the fun of the season!

September 2022: Great Mystics and their Heritage

Ever since the ancient mysteries, the work "Mystic" denoted those who by "veiling their face" (mystes) most popular to look inward into the mysteries. In this sequence Dr. Hoeller speaks of the life and work of three feminine and two male mystics, their instance and teachings.

September 2: Hildegard of Bingen, the Prophetess of the Rhine: An outline of her Twelfth Century mystic life and teachings and an introduction to her spirit.

September 9: Juliana of Norwich: An amazing British Mystic in the Fifteenth Century recognized in her day as "Dame Julian, the Seer".

September 16: Theresa of Avila, the Mother of all Female Mystics: "La Madre", the reformer of the Carmelite Tradition, inspirer of many other saints.

September 23: William Law, Master Mystic: The great Eighteenth Century Mystic of the Era of the early Enlightenment.

September 30: Huston Smith as Mystic and Religious Chronicler: A wise man of the Post Modern Era.

August 2022: H.P. Blavatsky and her Heritage

As Manly P. Hall wrote, "Take away H.P. Blavatsky and all of the present Esoteric Tradition falls like a home of playing cards."

August 5: Who Was H.P. Blavatsky? The prophetic function and affect of the "Russian Sphinx" who revived the Ancient Esoteric Tradition.

August 12: Outer and Inner Messages of H.P. Blavatsky: "The secret Doctrine" because the outer shell of her message; her "Esoteric Teachings" as the central mystical message.

August 19: The guts of her Inner Teachings: "The Voice of the Silence" and other internal teachings.

August 26: The way forward for Blavatsky's Message: The Mystical Theosophy of the future as indicated by "H.P.B."

July 2022: The key Nature and Destiny of America

With the celebration of Independence Day our thoughts justly turn to the inquiry into the Esoteric Origins and Destiny of the U.S.A. Using sources equivalent to Manly P Hall and H.P. Blavatsky Dr. Hoeller will remind his audience of the mysterious message of the origins and history of our country.

July 8: Secret Destiny of America: Revelations from Esoteric sources, together with the teachings of Manly P. Hall and the initiatory fraternities of two continents.

July 15: Hermetic America: Its battle with Puritan America. How could the two philosophies be reconciled?

July 22: American Optimism and Religious Freedom: Can the way forward for the nation be redeemed by Esoteric Philosophy?

July 29: The U.S.A. as a Land of Gnosis Today: The rebirth of the Gnostic Tradition on American soil in the twentieth Century. Directives for modern Gnostics and Gnostic sympathizers. (Perhaps you are a Gnostic and do not realize it?)

June 2022: Manly Palmer Hall

An Introductory Overview of his Life and Work Beginning in April, Dr. Hoeller presented a number of lectures on the parable of the Esoteric Tradition. This topic will now be explored by way of a examine of the greatest current consultant of the great Tradition, Manly P. Hall of Los Angeles.

June 10: Special Presentation: Keynote deal with by Dr. Hoeller and Bishop Steven Marshall on the Gnostic Tradition and its spiritual practice. For this system of the conference on Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12 seek advice from separate bulletins by flyer and web.

June 17: Manly P. Hall; the American Sage of the twentieth Century: Personal and Transcendental glimpses of a Gentle Giant of Esoterica.

June 24: The Heritage of Manly P. Hall: The good Gifts of the Spirit we inherited from this Great Teacher.

May 2022: The Esoteric Tradition, its Message in Past and Future

This Tradition that survived in semi secrecy for a lot of centuries appeared overtly in the 19th, twentieth and 21st centuries. The character and lecture position of the Esoteric Tradition might be mentioned by Dr. Hoeller all through the Fridays in May.

May 6: H.P. Blavatsky, Reviver of the good Tradition of Esoterica: On May 8, 1891 Helena Blavatsky died, but left a splendid heritage for the world. The essence and continuing message of her Esoteric Tradition shall be mentioned.

May 13: Annie Besant, the Esoteric Emissary for the future: Social reformer, prophet of Indian independence, patroness of the Krotona neighborhood in Hollywood and how we could be taught from her life and teachings.

May 20: Rudolf Steiner and his Tradition: Esoteric Christianity and its nature and impact on future Esotericism.

May 27: C.G. Jung as Gnostic Adept: The man in whom Ancient Wisdom and contemporary psychology conjoined. The Revelations of his Red Book and Black Books.

April 2022: The Esoteric Myth

The key Tradition and its Narrative of Wisdom After presenting a few of the great myths of the culture in February and March, Dr. Hoeller will present the principal narratives of Western Esotericism in context.

April 1: The myth of Gnosis: Originating in remote antiquity, the follow and concept of Gnosis culminates within the Hermetic and Gnostic traditions in the early centuries A.D. The myth of Sophia, of the Logos, of Mani and of Simon with their meanings.

April 8: Magic and its Myth of Exalted Consciousness: From Egyptian and Grecian manifestations to Medieval and Renaissance Ceremonial Magic and its revival within the nineteenth and 20th centuries.

April 29: Alchemy, the nice Art of Spiritual Transformation: From Paracelsus to Jung and past, the story of the transformation of Soul.

March 2022: Three Teachers of Soul Wisdom

The 20th Century introduced 3 great students of psychologically knowledgeable fable and spirituality to our tradition, all of whom had been inspired by C.G.Jung. Dr. Hoeller pays them tribute within the wake of his Arthurian lectures in February.

March 4: Heinrich Zimmer, Herald of Mythic Wisdom: Teacher of Joseph Campbell, discoverer of psychologically informed mythology, he remains an important model of wisdom.

March 11: Mircea Eliade, Discoverer of Soul Culture: Reviver of the wisdom of spirituality from Shamanism to modern religion, the good determine who influenced the very best in American schooling.

March 25: Karl Kerenyi, discover of the which means of the Eleusinian Mysteries: The Hungarian scholar who unveiled the true character of the Greek Mysteries and grew to become Jung's principal advisor on the myths of antiquity.

February 2022: The Mythic Life

Dr. Hoeller further explains his principle of fable enlivening life as a substitute of containing age-previous stories of little present relevance. In addition to additional reference to the Arthurian cycle, inspiration is gained from Joseph Campbell's "Myths to Live By" which along with his "The Hero with a Thousand Faces", is his most inspired work.

February 4: Special PROGRAM: Dr. Hoeller's Tarot Reading for the U.S.A. for the yr 2022.

February 11: King Arthur and the Round Table: The archetype of superhuman royalty and its psychological implications. The spiritual "family" of the Round Table and of its Gnostic that means.

February 18: Of Kings and Lions; Owain, the Knight with the Lion: Spiritual significance of animal symbolism in relation to Gnosis. Heraldry and sacred animals in fable and psychic actuality. Animals, bodily and spectral.

February 25: Joseph Campbell's explorations of the Vital Link between Humans and their Myths: Can we reside by true myths right this moment? Can they relieve our contemporary anxieties and disquiet? Can they extend our psycho-spiritual potential?

January 2022: The Saga of the Hero

Magic Heroic Themes from the Arthurian Myths Heroes in Ancient Greece were humans on the path to divinity. Heroic Gnosis re-appears in the Arthurian myths, whose insights are applicable at present. These talks describe the hero-magician of every age, and are dedicated to Bishop Rosamonde Miller, lately deceased.

January 14: Merlin the Wizard-Hero and his Message for Today: How great fashionable heroes of the spirit modeled themselves on Merlin.

January 21: Lancelot, Hero of Love and of the Anima: How love works its magic, even in opposition to earthly guidelines.

January 28: The Feminine Archetype within the Arthurian Lore: Feminine heroism and its particular magical gifts.

December 2021: The fashionable Esoteric Tradition

Its Sources and Present Influence: In this world, all issues come from somewhere: If anything comes from nowhere, then it is going nowhere also! The numerous faculties and developments of right this moment's Esotericism have their roots previously, especially in the twentieth Century which has been referred to as "Modern". Dr. Hoeller evaluates this tradition and its influence on the contemporary culture.

December 3: Annie Besant and Modern Theosophy: In 2017 Dr. Hoeller presented a memorable program on Annie Besant's 170th birthday. This time her continuing affect on a number of continents and her many visits to Krotona of Hollywood prior to now shall be evaluated.

December 10: J. Krishnamurti, the Reluctant Messiah: Once the nice hope of Theosophists and their kith and kin, Krishnamurti renounced being "the World Teacher" but became a great instructor everywhere in the World. Friend to Aldous Huxley, statesmen, thinkers and world-celebrities.

December 17: Max Heindel, California's Rosicrucian Adept: Founder of the Rosicrucian Fellowship (Oceanside, Ca.), mentor of young Manly P. Hall, Heindel is the unsung hero of the Western Esoteric Tradition.

November 2021: The Madonna Mystery

Glimpses of the Madonna Archetype Yesterday and Today: During the present and previous two centuries, the figure of the Virgin Mother has attained new prominence. November 21, the feast of the presentation of the Virgin is buying new importance as the third of her holy days in Eastern and Western Christendom. Dr. Hoeller elucidates connections between Sophia, the Black Virgin of Europe and the photographs of the Holy Spirit.

November 5: Errant Goddess: Sophia's Return. Possible re-emergence of the Sophianic Archetype.

November 12: From Dark Goddess to Black Virgin: The relation of the Black Virgin of many nations to the Sophianic-messianic archetype.

November 19: The Meaning of the Black Virgin: The ubiquitous Black Madonna statues abound in Europe, including Jung's favourite in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. What is their potential message for immediately's world?

September and October 2021: Gnosis in Art and Literature

After having lectured by means of the tip of July and via August about the great Gnostic myths of historical past, Dr. Hoeller elucidates some latter day literary works in a Gnostic and Jungian perspective. This series may be seen as an incentive for extra studying of books in the midst of a mechanized communication age. Dr. Hoeller concludes his sequence in October on the good figures of the tip of the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries.

September 3: Psyche, Fiction and Poetry: The psycho-spiritual role of Poetry and Literature. How Gnosis, or Jungian individuation may be superior by literary means.

September 10: Theater and Drama: The presence of the magical imagination in drama. The continuing function of theater in spiritual transformation. Can the sacred drama of the ancient mysteries be experienced right this moment?

September 24: Laurence Durell, Herald of Esoteric Fiction: Primarily recognized for his work "The Alexandria Quartet", Durell was a literary messenger of a form of Gnosis. His books are in want of re-discovery.

October 1: D.H. Lawrence, Founding father of Classic Modern Literature: The profound philosophical message of this large.

October 8: Great Women Writers of the late 20th Century: Anais Nin, Simone Weil and Marguerite Yourcenar.

July and August 2021: Gnostic Mythic Reality

Dr. Hoeller presents an account of the great Myths all through History that disclose Gnosis.

July 23: The Hymn of the Pearl: The Gnostic Monomyth of the soul's journey, (originally contained in the Acts of John). Essentially the most charming account of the Gnostic which means of life.

July 30: The parable of Sophia: The story of the Gnostic Feminine Wisdom.

August 6: Parsifal and the Grail Legend: The greatest tale of the medieval Gnosis.

August 13: The Green Knight: The awesome and ambivalent fable of medieval Gnosis; about to be released as a movement picture.

August 20: The Rosy Cross: The Gnostic statement of the Reformation Era.

August 27: The Rebirth of Esotericism in the fashionable Era: Theosophy, New Thought, Modern Ceremonial Magic and the affect of Hindu and Buddhist Gnosis.

August 30: The Rosy Cross: The Gnostic assertion of the Reformation Era.

June 2021: The Message of Gnosis

As Revealed by the Gnostic Gospels Since their publication in the 1970s, the the scriptures found at Nag Hammadi in Egypt (collectively sometimes called "the Gnostic Gospels") have aroused a lot interest. Four of those scriptures really bear the identify "gospel". Dr. Hoeller, who devoted much of his life to Gnostic study and observe will current highlights and current-day observations relating to those 4 Gospels.

June 4: The Message of "The Gospel Based on Thomas": Deriving contemporary meaning from the Gospel of Thomas. Could these secret sayings of the founding father of the Christian religion revive the vanishing spirituality of our culture?

June 11: "The Gospel of Truth" and its relevance to C.G. Jung's teachings: Possibly authored by Valentinus, the best of Gnostic teachers, this treatise accommodates helpful insights into the visionary message of Gnosis with relevance to the anniversary of Jung's loss of life (June 6).

June 18: Initiation and Individuation in "The Gospel of Philip": The supreme experience of the Union of the Opposites (Mystery of the Bridal Chamber) and its Alchemical and Jungian relevance.

June 25: The entry of the Gnostic into the waters of Psyche: The great spiritual baptismal ritual and its relevance to transformational magic. Is there a future Gnostic magic being born at present, as predicted in Jung's Red Book?

May 2021: Alchemy, The Art of Human Transformation

Within the twentieth Century C.G. Jung rediscovered the internal which means of Alchemy as referring to the individuation process. The Alchemical Model of human transformation shed light on many issues, bodily, psychic and spiritual. The character and affect of the Alchemical process and its current-day relevance will probably be defined by Dr. Hoeller.

May 7: Alchemy and Jung's Red Book: Jung's re-discovery of Alchemy and the relevance of this historical discipline to the human psyche as we speak.

May 14: Philosopher's Stone and Elixir of Life: The mystic goals of Alchemical transformation in a Gnostic and Jungian perspective.

May 21: The Liberation of Sophia through Alchemy: The mysterious guide "Aurora Consergens" and its relevance to the transformation of the Divine Feminine.

May 28: Alchemy's Relevance to Human Society: History and the present problems with human society in an Alchemical perspective.

March and April 2021: Death, Life and Gnosis

In the final two years there has been an abundance of anxiety and worry of dying. Dr. Hoeller returns to Friday evenings with a Gnostic view of these topics, of their relation to the Gnostic world view, together with altered states, visionary states and out-of-body experiences.

March 26: The Dying Moment and its Transcendental Import: How Gnosis can take away the "Sting of Death" and the "Victory of the Grave".

April 9: A brand new View of Death: Research into Death in the twentieth Century Harold Bloom, Raymond Moody and different researchers. Does Death have a Gnostic Meaning?

April 16: Assisting the Dying: Rituals and Vision of Death: How we may help others and ourselves in going through dying and death.

April 23: Does Death have Meaning? Modern and Postmodern meaninglessness creates concern. What could be the "Good death" proclaimed of previous?

April 30: Encounters with Immortality: An All Soul's Day for all year's use and its Insights.

2020 Lecture Schedule

January and February 2020: Jung and a brand new Age

Dr. Hoeller presents a series of talks extending from January by February, which concerns C.G. Jung's prophetic message about the new Aion, or Age.

January 24: The way of what's to return: The important Message of Jung's Prophecy about the new Aion (Age).

January 31: Glimpses of the brand new God Image: Will there be a new God and Religion in the new Aion? Insights into the spiritual crisis of our time.

February 7: The Spirit of the Deep and the Divine Child: Two important Archetypes and their function in Jung's Prophecy.

February 21: Abraxas and Phanes: The two polar opposite deities in the Universal Mandala in Jung's "Red Book".

2019 Lecture Schedule

December 2019: Spirit Beings in Past and Present

An investigation of the info and theories relating to Angels good and fallen, Archons, Deities, Elementals and Nature Spirits within the Western Tradition. Dr. Hoeller was acquainted with noted Theosophical seers Geoffrey Hodson and Dora Kunz and will check with their perceptions, including Kunz' "The Christmas of the Angels", and Hodson's "The Kingdom of the Gods".

December 6: Ancient Deities as Understood by Esotericists Today: Prehistoric entities, Egyptian, Greek and Roman deities; Mount Olympus and the Isles of the Blest. Are the gods and goddesses present in the present day?

December 13: Spirit Beings from the Middle Ages to Modernity: Paracelsus, Shakespeare and Renaissance Magic and its relevance at the moment.

December 20: Elementals, Angels, Elves, Spooks and Occultists: Comte de Gabalis, Eliphas Levi, H.P. Blavatsky, Golden Dawn and their heirs in seership and perception in the present day.

November 2019: Insights into the Mystical Kabbalah

A Gnostic Overview of Kabbalistic Wisdom In October Dr. Hoeller offered a 3-part description of the Tarot. In the current four talks, the important options of Kabbalistic knowledge might be put forth, further expanding the brief point out made within the October series of lectures.

November 1: What is Kabbalah? An in-depth perception into the character and objective of Kabbalistic wisdom and its contemporary applicability.

November 8: Kabbalah and Gnosis: Since the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library, classical Gnostic teachings have been clarified. The connection of these teachings to Kabbalah shall be discussed.

November 15: Kabbalah explains Evil: The teaching regarding the Qliphoth, or Shells and their application to our turbulent world at this time.

November 22: Isaac Luria, Greatest of Kabbalistic Teachers: The Holy Lion of God, as he was recognized, and his profound mystical insights into the world view of the Kabbalah.

October 2019: Philosophy and Divination of the Tarot

The Tarot has at all times been a matter of curiosity in our curriculum. Every now and then we host evenings of Tarot Divination, at occasions with some rationalization. Kabbalistic insights into Tarot Arcana are also taught. Dr. Hoeller authored one among the most well-liked and comprehensive manuals on the Tarot ("The Fool's Pilgrimage", earlier title "The Royal Road") which as been in print since 1975. In these three talks he will present the quintessence of his insights into the Tarot from a number of vital vantage factors.

October 4: The Cosmic/Occult Structure of the Tarot Deck: The Minor and Major Arcana as depicting the non-public and trans-private selfhood of humanity. The hidden forces related to the Tarot as a Universal Mandala.

October 11: The Inner which means of the Tarot Minor Arcana: The four fits, court docket cards and numbered playing cards of the Tarot and their depth-psychological, occult and philosophical meaning. These are subjects usually uncared for in esoteric approaches to the topic.

October 18: The major Trumps (Arcana) and their Revelatory Power: Tarot both inside and outdoors of divination. The significance and foibles of the Kabbalistic attribution to the cards, including a beforehand secret Gnostic view of the Tree of Life.

October 25: NO LECTURE: Annual Hallowe'en Celebration! A quick lecture on the lost that means of this holiday, then readings, orations and skits and eventually socializing (Annual Hallowe'en Party).

September 2019: Redeeming Wisdom from the World of Myth

These talks devoted to the reminiscence of Joseph Campbell What is a correctly functioning mythology and the way is it to be apprehended? Can we derive advantages from myths right this moment? Can they help relieve the endemic confusion and anguish in the present world of meaningless change and conflict? In the wake of the directions supplied by Joseph Campbell we discover the important hyperlink between our consciousness and the timeless mythic actuality.

September 6: Joseph Campbell, Mythologist and Prophet: Inspired largely by Jung, Campbell, Eliade and H. Zimmer developed the "new mythology" which continues to be absolutely meaningful today. &nbspA tribute to Campbell, our homegrown wise man.

September 13: The parable of Reality: What's to happen spiritually to our tradition? &nbspCampbell gave us some instructions the best way to develop the true fable for our age.

September 20: Myths of War and Peace: Mythic consciousness in its position of overcoming conflict. &nbspCampbell's endorsement of "Starwars" as pointing to overcoming the battle of cultures.

September 27: The parable of the Demiurge: Concluding with a timeless keynote of Gnostic wisdom, recognized to Jung and Campbell, we could see the sunshine at the top of the dark tunnel of earthly existence!

August 2019: The Heritage of Occult, Esoteric and Magical America

Preserving the Legacy: A evaluation of non-mainstream spirituality within the U.S.A. during the last two-and-a-half centuries. Unlike in some past talks, the emphasis right here just isn't historical however concerned with ideals and spiritual practices. Recent publications, written and/or edited by historian Mitch Horowitz illuminate the subject. How can the rules of the American Spirit help us amidst the radical modifications and cultural upheavals of the present?

August 2: From Ancient to Latter Day: America's Mystic Heritage: Native Shamanism, Spiritualist Neo-Shamanism and the heterodox and magical roots of the U.S.A.

August 9: American Theosophy: The late 19th Century worldwide Occult revival, launched by two American residents, Connecticut Yankee H.S. Olcott and naturalized citizen H.P. Blavatsky. An analysis of Modern Theosophy.

August 16: Positive Thinking, or American Mentalism: Modern American life reshaped by 19th or twentieth Century New Thought philosophy. Advantages and perils of this development.

August 23: Imported Wisdom in America: From 18th Century Rosicrucianism to Ceremonial Magic revived in the 20th Century and the Gnostic Revival in the twentieth Century.

August 30: The Wise Man of the twentieth Century and his revealing of the "Secret Teachings": An evaluation of the work of Manly P. Hall on the 29th Anniversary of his dying.

July 2019: Four Forms of the Feminine Soul

Innumerable individuals know of C.G. Jung's epochal work "Psychological Types". Much much less fame has come to the transient treatise by his disciple Antonia ("Toni") Wolff, "Structural Types of the Feminine Psyche" (1951). Still, this sensible work is of great significance and has not develop into obsolete within the so-called "Feminist" era. Dr. Hoeller will recount Toni Wolff's thesis and evaluate it in philosophical and esoteric phrases.

July 5: Feminine Psyche and its Typology: Personal and transcendental nature of the implication of Wolff's work. The four structural kinds in outline. Nature of the "Maternal Feminine".

July 12: Psychological Types, Masculine and Feminine: A basic comparability of Jung's and Wolff's typological examine. Glimpses of the "Heteira" type of Wolff's research.

July 19: Feminine Types and the changing God Image: Jungian feminine typologies and Wolff's "Amazon" kind.

July 26: The Fourfold Feminine Form and its Development: Including the mysterious "Medial Woman" kind and its position.

June 2019: The Wisdom of Dreams and Visions

The inside Tradition relies on the visionary and imaginative schools of the human psyche for its insights. Similarly the spiritual expansion of the soul (named "Individuation" by C.G. Jung) proceeds by the use of extraordinary inner experiences. The speaker will introduce the viewers to an important non-abnormal actuality.

June 7: Dream and Life; the nature of Visionary Reality and its relation to waking Life: Dream analysis from classical antiquity, to Freud and Jung. How we may recognize the nature of our dreams.

June 14: Dreams and Individuation: The motion of the soul toward wholeness and full spiritual maturity was named by Jung "Individuation". What goals herald such developments? Individuation and Gnosis.

June 21: Alchemical Dreams, the prime Images of Transformation: This lecture will proceed with the theme of inner Transformation voiced by the speaker within the series of talks in May.

June 28: Dreams as Aids in Self-Understanding: Ego Images, Complexes and the Shadow in desires and in Life. The relationship of Active Imagination (Visionary or Waking Dream).

May 2019: Jung, Red Book Vision and Alchemy

Interest within the historic self-discipline of Alchemy has been revived within the 20th Century by C.G. Jung. Today many alternative approaches to Alchemy exist. The speaker will discover the essential nature of "The good Art" of Alchemy and its relevance to psycho-spiritual transformation.

May 3: Basic Principles of Alchemy: The symbolic elements of Alchemy: Elements, Forces, Stages of Transformation and their that means within the psycho-spiritual life of human beings.

May 10: Alchemy in the sunshine of Jung's Red Book: The comparatively latest publication of Jung's "Red Book" (Liber Novus) sheds a brand new mild of meaning on Alchemy.

May 17: How the 2 became One: The Rosarium Philosophorum: In his misleadingly entitled treatise "The Psychology of the Transference" Jung sketches the sample of the Alchemy of all relationships and interactions of opposites.

May 24: The Universal Meaning of Chinese Alchemy: "The key of the Golden Flower": The revelation of this historical Chinese Alchemical treatise to Jung and to all of us; previous, current and future.

May 31: The Alchemical Sophia: Lady Wisdom and her presence in Alchemical Symbolism, particularly in "Aurora Consurgens", a treatise of nice significance, translated by Marie L. von Franz.

April 2019: Our Spiritual Environment

Today frequent attention is given to the physical setting of our lives. It is very important call to mind, nevertheless, that we live also in a spiritual surroundings where occult forces, beings and traditions hold sway. The Spirit of the United States of America, in addition to that of California will likely be explored in the perspective of esoteric traditions and alternative realities.

April 5: Occult America: The U.S.A. was destined not solely to serve as a World Power and Industrial Giant, however as the area of Esoteric Spirituality the place the Inner Traditions of a number of continents come to satisfy. This lecture can pay homage to Manly P. Hall's vision of America's Secret Destiny and Mitch Horowitz's analysis on Occult America and to Esoteric Freemasonry and its function.

April 12: Mystical, Magical, Occult Los Angeles: The hidden roots of the singular creativity and spirituality of our city. From the mountains to the sea with seances, magical circles, Theosophical and Rosicrucian centers and much more.

April 19: NO LECTURE: Good Friday Ceremony and Easter Party. All are welcome.

April 26: Past, Present and Future of Spiritual Creativity in America: Are we living in the new Alexandria of the return of Ancient and timeless mysteries? The occult promise of the future.

March 2019: The Gnosis of Tolkien

The Visionary Myth of the Century First published within the U.S.A. in 1965, J.R.R. Tolkien's nice trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" with its prologue work "The Hobbit" has been the source of much curiosity both in its literary and motion image expressions. The visionary sources and spiritual relevance of these new myths to our present age will likely be elucidated by the speaker.

March 1: J.R.R. Tolkien, the Magical Myth Maker of our Era: The prophetic message and mission of the writer and of his work.

March 8: The nice Myth of Middle Earth and Its Meaning: "The Lord of the Rings" and its which means for our age and beyond. Is the battle towards Sauron fought right now?

March 22: The Meaning of Evil within the War for Middle Earth: The Gnostic and Manichaean vision of Demiurgic Evil and its cosmic reality in all ages.

March 29: Themes of Gnosis in Tolkien's Myth: Good and Evil; Spiritual Nostalgia, Heroism, Adeptic Wizardry and everyday Hobbit Wisdom.

February 2019: In the Aftermath of the "Red Book"; The Gnostic Spirituality of C.G. Jung

The Jungian psychological community is experiencing some discord over the Gnostic light by which C.G. Jung seems in the wake of the publication and the response to his Red Book/Liber Novus. Dr. Hoeller, who played a pioneering position in calling consideration to Jung's Gnostic orientation in his ebook "The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead" (1982), will shed gentle on some of these issues from the position of the Gnostic Tradition..

February 1: Jung's Entry into the Kingdom of Gnosis: Beginning on the age of thirty-eight, between 1913 and 1916 Jung undertook a life-altering visionary journey into the depth of Gnostic "understanding". The affect of this expertise on his work can be elucidated.

February 8: The Sources of Jung's Gnosis: As in classical instances, Jung acquired direct inside knowledge as well as confirming concept, (theurgia and theoria). What did these include? Philemon, Elijah, Salome and different revelators.

February 15: The Crux of Gnosis: Jung's recognition of the Demiurge in the Seven Sermons to the Dead, as effectively because the mysticism of the identical scripture.

February 22: Jung and the parable of Gnosis, Past, Present and Future: The human psyche as a supply of Gnostic Revelation; Gnostic Alchemy both Western and Chinese; the prophecy of the long run Gnostic Aion.

January 2019: A Single Lecture

January 25: A new Year and a new Aion: Dr. Hoeller presents a Gnostic view of future traits in the spiritual and historical fate of the world for 2019 and past.

2018 Lecture Schedule

December 2018: The Gnosis of the Mystics

The tradition of Gnosis continued through many channels. One of those was by way of some mystics, nominally attached to mainstream religiosity, however practicing the information of the divine thriller in methods just like the perennial Gnosis. In these four talks Dr. Hoeller will elucidate the mysticism of 4 nice mystics of historical past from a Gnostic standpoint, and related to the season of the Mystical Christmas.

December 7: Angelus Silesius, the Cherubic Wanderer: One of the distinguished of the "Rhineland Mystics" of the Middle Ages, whose message is of the Eternal Gnosis.

December 14: Juliana of Norwich: The seeress of Britain and of all mystics, enormously admired by such contemporary esotericists as Aldous Huxley and Alan Watts.

December 21: Hildegard of Bingen, "The Sybil of the Rhine": The earliest representative of the "Rhineland Mystics", her recognition increased vastly within the late 20th Century.

December 28: John Donne, Mystic Poet: Championed more just lately by T.S. Elliot, this 16th Century mystic combined his visions with poetry, rather like Rumi of Sufi lore. His mystical poetry is of perennial relevance.

November 2018: Jung's "Answer to Job"

C.G. Jung's most Gnostic work (apart from "Liber Novus") and its prophetic and remodeling message. Dr. S. Shamdasani known as "Answer to Job" a "psycho-theological argument". In 1951 Jung described his e book as: "I have landed an important whale: I imply 'Answer to Job'". His secretary wrote that typing the manuscript, her protestant pastor ancestors rose in revolt, but Jung reported that his own father's spirit approved!

November 2: Red Book and Answer to Job: An evaluation of the character and message of Jung's two most Gnostic and prophetic treatises. Is the "New Aeon" of the Holy Spirit approaching as Jung predicted?

November 9: Job as the example of Gnostic Humanity: The suffering smart man who can train God about consciousness.

November 16: The approaching of Sophia: The God of this world rediscovering his misplaced Wisdom. The Sophia of Job and her image in the Red Book.

November 30: Consciousness as Redemption: The symbolic determine of Christ in "Answer to Job" because the bringer of Individuation. Is there a message of hope for the future in "Answer to Job"?

October 2018: The Laughter of the Gods

Gnostic Reflections on the value of Humour The historical Greeks believed that the gods laughed on Mt. Olympus. The Gnostic scriptures are the only ones that declared that Jesus laughed. Non-Gnostic religiosity largely misplaced contact with the spiritual worth of humour. In our days politics is changing religion as the energizer of the psyche and it also is becoming ever extra grim and hateful. In these three talks, Dr. Hoeller will expound and display the spiritual worth of humour and "Fun". Lighten up and be instructed by humour in these lectures!

October 5: Approaching the Spirit with Humour: Humour as revelation of the Unconscious. The Trickster-Fool as archetype. Humour as a way of experiencing life and its which means.

October 12: Humour as Contact with the Archetypes (Gods) of Joy: Nietzsche on divine humour. Transformation of the psyche as a funny and joyous experience. Discovering humour in Religion/Spirituality.

October 19: Defeating the Grimness and Fanaticism of our Age with Humour: We stay in an age of fanaticism which by definition has no sense of humour. May we defeat the evils of our age with humour? Is humour a mighty ingredient of the Alchemy of the psyche?

September 2018: The Crisis of Our Culture

Its Origins and Solution: It is more and more evident that Western Culture has reached a time of disaster in its historical past. Gnostics recognize that such tough instances originate in spiritual causes. If these causes are recognized, the harm they have wrought could also be repaired. Recently a pioneering ebook by Australian scholar James Boyce ("Born Bad", 2015) has completed the evaluation begun by Elaine Pagels ("Adam, Eve and the Serpent" 1988) and proven that the West suffers from a sick theology of "unique sin" which current Gnostic insight might efficiently undo and deconstruct. Come and hear the Gnostic view of those essential issues.

September 7: How the West was Lost; The way it may be Regained: A more and more secular culture suffers from religious falsehoods. What are they like and the way might we discard them?

September 14: A way of Sin; Original and other and its Undoing: Dismantling the inspiration of the harm caused by Augustine, Calvin, Knox, Marx and their progeny.

September 21: The Shadow of Genesis: Humanity has suffered for two millennia from the "Genesis curse". Gnostic Gospels have proven us a useful alternative to Original Sin, the Hex of Sex and other unsuitable-headed religious indoctrination.

September 28: America and its New Spirituality: American Optimism and its hope for the future. Can the vision of "The secret Destiny of America" (by Manly P. Hall) be realized in our days?

August 2018: The Holy Grail

Its Mystery, Legendry, Imaginal Truth and Factual Reality J.R.R. Tolkien asks, "Can we stroll in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?" Devotees of the Grail have executed each for centuries. At the very least as soon as each one hundred years there happens an upsurge of curiosity in the Grail. From the adventures and fabled Quest of the Middle Ages to contemporary conspiracy theories, the tale of the Grail continues endlessly. Recently our good good friend, Charles Coulombe revealed a normative research (A Catholic Quest for the Holy Grail) of the subject, representing the Grail as a most sacred relic. Come and observe Dr. Hoeller to the Gnosis of the Grail!.

August 3: Grail and Gnosis: The important tale of the Quest and its relation to Gnostic and related esoteric issues. How can we find the Grail in the present day?

August 10: Parsifal, the Archetypal Grail Hero: The "clever fool" and his story of mystic individuation. From Eschenbach to Wagner: the symbolic interior journey of each human.

August 17: Sophia and the Grail: The eternal Feminine because the companion on the quest. Grail priestesses and magic ladies in the Grail Saga.

August 24: Pop Culture and Grail Quest: "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", Holy Moly. How trendy wild speculation calls attention to timeless Gnosis.

July 2018: Divination: Its Magic and Psychology

Following upon his series of talks on Synchronicity in May, the speaker will talk about and exhibit the major modality involving this principle, namely the practice of Divination. Dr. Hoeller wrote the properly-identified primary e book on Tarot, "The Royal Road", in print since 1975 and republished now as "The Fool's Pilgrimage". In these talks the ambiance of Divination and the character of a number of disciplines of Divination might be discussed.

July 6: The Tarot; the Grand Example of Divination: Cartomancy (Divination by cards) as a significant divinatory art. Explanation of the Tarot Deck and its philosophy.

July 13: Tarot and Kabbalah: For the reason that 19th Century the mixed use of Tarot and Kabbalah has come to reinforce the choice spiritual area. The emphasis of this speak is to be primarily in the divinatory field.

July 20: Insights into the I Ching and Taoist Philosophy: R. Wilhelm and C.G. Jung and their contribution to the understanding of Chinese divination and philosophy.

July 27: Predicting by the Stars: The Starry Heavens and their Relevance to our Lives What is the Starry Wisdom generally known as Astrology? The philosophy and psychology underlying the most popular predictive modality.

June 2018: The Dream, the Vision of the Night

As evident in the experience of Synchronicity (The topic of the talks in May) goals are the royal highway upon which the interior mystery travels into the daylight world of conscious awareness. In these talks, the speaker will mix Gnostic perception and depth-psychological concept concerning this most essential activity of the human psyche, its utility from self-understanding to archetypal transcendence.

June 1: Dream Understanding throughout the Ages: The 5 types of goals, in accordance with Greek sage Artemidorus, together with parapsychological and prophetic desires.

June 8: Dreams in Sickness and in Health: Dreams as diagnostic tool. Depression, anxiety and physical ailments and their cure indicated in desires.

June 15: Selves and Part-Selves in Dreams: Ego photos, complexes, Persona and Alchemy in dream imagery.

June 22: Archetypes in Dreams: The foundational imagery of the inside mystery of the soul and their message to our mundane selfhood.

June 29: Dreams and Transcendence: How we may consider dream-material as means to overcoming mundane problems and our limitations.

May 2018: Synchronicity and its Influence on Life

One of the least explored discoveries of C.G. Jung is that of the precept of Synchronicity, the a-causal revelation of that means in day by day life. The speaker will clarify the nature of Synchronicity and illustrate its workings in a number of borderline disciplines.

May 4: Synchronicity, the Revelation of Meaning: C.G. Jung and his discovery of Synchronicity. How we might overcome the tyranny of causality.

May 11: Synchronicity and Divination: From Astrology to Oneiromancy (interpretation of Dreams) and another thirteen divinatory modalities explained in synchronistic phrases.

May 18: Synchronicity and Alchemy: The timeless self-discipline of psychic transformation in its connection with the causeless course of that means.

May 25: Chance of Prophecy; Synchronicity and Glimpses into the longer term: Can Synchronicity disclose the longer term? Is that this the timeless defeat of time?

April 2018: The Gospels of the Gnosis

The discovery in 1945 of the Nag Hammadi Library brought to the eye of our age a magnificent treasure trove of authentic scriptures written by the historic Gnostics. Although, starting with Prof. Elaine Pagels, many got here to call your entire library "The Gnostic Gospels", only four scriptures in this assortment bear the phrase "gospel" of their title. Dr. Hoeller will focus on the context and interpret selected passages from these 4 Gospels with particular attention of their relevance to our present period. A new take a look at the guts of the Nag Hammadi corpus 41 years after its publication!

April 6: Secret Sayings of Jesus, the Logos: A variety from the Sayings within the Gospel of Thomas on such matters as the Human Condition, Conduct, the Redeemer and Self-Knowledge.

April 13: Transformation and Bride Chamber: The sacramental mysticism of the Gospel of Philip. An genuine Gnostic view of the technique of Grace.

April 20: Liberation from Worldly Confinement: The philosophy of the Gospel of Truth, authored by Valentinus. C.G. Jung's favourite Gnostic scripture.

April 27: Ecstatic Experience of the Divine: The Gospel of the Egyptians and its rapturous expertise of the Divine Aeons. Is such an expertise potential for us at this time?

March 2018: Spirits!

Only two Fridays this month as a consequence of special occasions.

March 2: Spirits in this World and That: What and where are Spirits? Spirits of the residing and of the lifeless, real and unreal, haunts and spooks, angels and demons. Are we Spirits ourselves?

March 23: The Kingdom of Faerie: Folklore, historical past and religion concerning Fairies, Elves and Goblins. Dr. Hoeller and famous researcher R.C. Coulombe will conduct a dialogue.

January & February 2018: The Soul's Journey in "The Hymn of the Pearl"

Where will we come from? Why are we here? What is our final aim and future? Dr. Hoeller will reply to those query from the vantage point of a Gnostic, utilizing the well-known and properly-beloved textual content "The Hymn of the Pearl" as a tenet. This collection might be completely different from earlier remedies of the hymn by the speaker and can emphasize the contemporary relevance of its message.

January 12: The Annual Tarot Forecast for the U.S.A.

January 26: The Gnostic Mythic Pattern of the Journey of the Soul: The origins of Gnostic mythic narrative in mystical expertise. Overview of the story and of its application to our lives. Introducing the St. Thomas tradition, as expressed within the "Acts of Thomas" and "The Gospel of Thomas".

February 2: Origins of the Human Soul and the Quest for the Pearl of Gnosis: Departure of the Soul from its origins and the aim of incarnation.

February 9: The Entry of the Soul into Manifest Existence: The Search for the Gnostic Pearl of Great Price and the hazard of shedding one's goal as a consequence of unconsciousness.

February 16: Awakening from Unconsciousness and the Message to us from on High: How to seek out the awakening impulse and to have interaction in the search for final that means.

February 23: Awakening from the Sleep of the World and Obtaining the price of Gnosis: How to seek out supernal consciousness and re-enter the heaven world of true transcendence.

2017 Lecture Schedule

December 2017: The Mystery of Animal and Human

Throughout all of history, animal and human are connected. Joseph Campbell's last main work concerned this subject and was entitled "The way of the Animal Powers", and we'd say that Santa Claus nonetheless travels along with his reindeer. In these talks Dr. Hoeller will discover the thriller of the human and animal in Gnostic-Magical phrases.

December 1: Archetypal Symbolism of Animal and Human: Joseph Campbell's insights. Are we humans both Gods and Animals? What is the Gnostic connection between human and animal powers?

December 8: Magic and the Animal Powers: The oldest piece of cave-art shows a pre-historic priest with antlers on his head. Have we inherited magical powers pertaining to animals? What's an "Animal Spirit" and a wiccan "Familiar"?

December 15: Archetypal Symbolism of Wolves and Humans: In mythic historical past wolves and humans are closely related. Rome was based by brothers raised by a she-wolf. In Europe Werewolves are of great renown, as is the Coyote-god of the plains natives of America.

December 29: The Wisdom of the Serpent about Nature, Sex and Spirit: The so-known as Serpent venerating Gnostics (Naasenes, or Ophites described by Hippolytus) left a well-known scripture, revealed perhaps by the Divine Serpent. C.G. Jung and Marie Louise von Franz consider this scripture of great worth.

November 2017: Meaning and Mystery of the Holy Grail

From the Middle Ages to the current, the Grail Legend represents a recurring theme in history: Troubadours and poets, like Lord Tennyson and composers like Wagner have been calling attention to this thriller. In more moderen times the controversial "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and its literary progeny have continued to create curiosity.

November 3: The Grail, and Enduring Mystery: The journey of the Grail Legend throughout historical past; attainable reasons for the persistence of the legend. A vital evaluation of the disclosures of "Holy Blood, Holy Grail" and of their effects.

November 10: Within the absense of Dr. Hoeller: visitor presenter Bryan Campbell: "The fundamentals of Astrology": An assist to gnosis vs fortune telling.

November 17: Parzival and the Holy Grail: The grandest of all of the Grail legends, the story of Perzival (Parsifal, Perce-val, Percival) and its spiritual and individuational interpretations.

November 24: (Day after Thanksgiving) The Grail and Gnosis: Gnostic spiritual improvement and its symbolism implicit within the symbolism of the Grail legend. What is the way forward for the Grail saga?

October 2017: Faust and Goethe, Archetypes of Mystical Drama

Little known in America, but immensely influential in Germanic nations, the drama "Faust" (and the opera by Gounot, primarily based on it), is an esoteric thriller play of timeless relevance. Dr. Hoeller will introduce us to this occult drama primarily based on the medieval Magus, Faust, whose figure is probably the primary Gnostic, Simon Magus.

October 6: Goethe, Occult Prophet of the 18th Century (1749-1832): The "Prince of Poets and Poet of Princes", as philosopher, alchemist and Gnostic. His Masonic, Rosicrucian and Alchemical spirit and its message.

October 13: The Archetypal Story of Dr. Faustus by Goethe: The first and second part of Faust in a Gnostic exposition. Poetry and the mystical conjoined in this eternal tale.

October 20: The Feminine Archetypal Figures in Goethe's Faust: C.G. Jung found a four-fold improvement of Feminine Archetypes in Faust which have a significant applicability to contemporary culture.

September 2017: Paracelsus, Alchemy and Healing

The alchemical physician and magician of the 16th Century; a true Renaissance man and universal genius. Generally known as "the Swiss Hermes" in his time, he was revered by C.G. Jung, who thought of the Paracelsian philosophy as being relevant to our age.

September 1: Paracelsus, the Occult Physician and his Teachings: The occult philosophy of Paracelsus and its medical implications.

September 8: The Five Causes of Disease and their Alchemical Treatment: Paracelsus and his philosophy of multiple causation as early psychology.

September 15: Magnetic Healing and Altered States: The odyssey of magnetic philosophy from Paracelsus to Mesmer and to Freud and Jung and its relationship to the psychedelic revolution.

September 22: The future and Meaning of Human Health and Disease: Miracles and psychology of various varieties; the unconscious and aware and their relationship to the spirit.

September 29: Paracelsus and Alchemy Today: Transformation in the new Aeon.

August 2017: The Western Esoteric Tradition

Its Leaders, Teachings and Tradition for the reason that nineteenth Century The recent talks of Dr. Hoeller touching on the Golden Dawn have introduced much curiosity and requests for further information. In these talks a complete presentation of the topic shall be given, together with about some newer leaders and teachers, who had been personally known to the speaker.

August 4: The Rebirth of Western Esotericism: Founding, and some early leaders of the Golden Dawn. H.P. Blavatsky, as Grandmother of the 19th Century Occult motion. The nature of the esoteric teachings which have been reborn.

August 11: Tarot, Magical Fiction and Neo-Theosophical Lore: The outstanding figures of A.E. Waite, Paul Foster Case and Dion Fortune and their vital heritage.

August 18: Magic, Psychology and All That: E. Aleister Crowley, Israel Regardie and their associates and contribution. Where is their transmission headed?

August 25: Manly P. Hall; the Occult Plato from California: In commemoration of the twenty seventh anniversary of his death (August 29, 1990) a tribute to our native clever man and apostle of Western Esoteric Spirituality. (Look for special flyer.)

July 2017: Myths of Love and Life

The latest publication of J.R.R. Tolkien's great mythic love story "Beren and Luthien" once once more brings to the fore the enlightening function of fable. &nbspIn this series, Dr. Hoeller will recount and interpret two nice love myths and two myths dealing with that means to be discovered in a largely meaningless cosmos.

July 7: Tristan and Isolde: The greatest love fantasy of the Middle Ages, as understood in the light of Gnosis.

July 14: Tolkien's Great Love Myth "Beren and Luthien": The love of a mortal human and an angelic Elf and its archetypal that means.

July 21: Shedding the Cosmic Burden: The tale of Abu Kassem's slippers. A Middle Eastern fable of Sufi provenance as re-told by the good mythologist Heinrich Zimmer.

July 28: The parable of the Demiurge: The historic Gnostic image of an intermediate cosmic ruler as applied by C.G. Jung in his "Red Book" and in "Answer to Job".

June 2017: The Return of the Magi

A overview of the Magical-Initiatic Tradition as revived all through the final one hundred fifty years, and because it descends from ancient sources.

June 2: The Origins and Nature of Magic: The message of the theurgic traditions of Antiquity. Simon Magus, the primary Gnostic; Hermetic, Neo-Platonic and Gnostic expansion of Consciousness.

June 9: The Magical Message of the Renaissance: Rebirth of Classical Spirituality. Giordano Bruno and the rebirth of Hermeticism. What has the Renaissance Spirit to say to us in the present day?

June 16: Magicians and Mystics of France of the late nineteenth Century: Eliph