What do Harry Potter, the Star Wars series, The Matrix, Masonry, New Age and the Raelian cult, which claims to have cloned the first baby, have in common? Their ideological soil. Identical esoteric ...

The discovery at Nag Hammadi began with an Arab villager whose name was Mohammed Ali going with his brothers on an ordinary errand. They saddled up their camels and they rode out from their village, a ...

It is only through self discovery that man may realise his true potential By Giles Oatley There exist many different schools in the world that have methods to develop the many internal senses, but all ...

Near the nexus of Hillhurst Avenue and Sunset and Hollywood boulevards, Bishop Stephan Hoeller has presided since 1977 at Ecclesia Gnostica, the tiny, incense-infused chapel of the Gnostic Society.

Just before Christmas, an article appeared in The Washington Post comparing the Star Wars prequel trilogy to the “Gnostic gospels,” such as the “Gospel of Thomas” and the “Gospel of Judas”: “Like the ...

If there ever was one unified Christian movement, it probably died with Jesus at the first Easter. Ever since, Christianity has been a collection of any number of diverse groups. Some - such as the ...