“Gnosis is a natural function of the consciousness; a Philosophy Perennis et Universalis… The gnostic revelation is always immediate, direct, intuitive; it radically excludes the intellectual operations of a subjective type, has nothing to do with the experience and assemblage of fundamentally sensorial information.” -Samael Aun Weor
The Gnostic Society Samael Aun Weor is guided by the principles of Tradition and Revelation.
Revelation
Revelation is the direct experience of the light of the divine that comes from within one’s own heart. Revelation illuminated the hearts and minds of all the great prophets and Masters including Jesus, Buddha, Zoroaster, Joan of Arc, Mary Magdalene, Hermes Trismegistus, Mohammad, Sephora, Divinus the Oracle of Delphi etc.
All of these individuals were transformed by their spiritual experiences and sacrificed their lives to help and teach others. Their individual revelation and process of spreading wisdom created a gospel, then a doctrine.
The doctrine then becomes the tradition which endures throughout time and place, and encapsulates a given religion as different or unique from others.
Tradition
All these diverse religious traditions are meant to guide those who yearn on the universal pilgrimage from matter to spirit. The forms of the teachings become the means of transmission, communication, agreement and conciliation between teacher and student, between one group and another.
Tradition provides the doctrinal foundation, and revelation the soaring architecture of the temple.
With revelation there is a living fire that brings individuals to the actual experience of the Being, and the doctrines are lived and continually renewed with the light of our own understanding, and adaptations to the current era.
Tradition allows the teachings to be shared across time and space, and studying the works of these masters guides us on our own path.
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