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Gnosticism and its Legacy
Christ: The Misunderstood Redeemer
The Sorrow of Sophia
Hermes: Thrice Great Hierophant of Gnosis
Mani: Helmsman of the Ship of Light
Highlights from the Acts of John
Redemption and Redeemer in the Gospel of Thomas
Gnostic Initiation
Monotheism and its Shadow
Millennial Anxiety and Timeless Gnosis
The Doomsday Syndrome
Gnostic Cinema: The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded
J.R.R. Tolkien's Gnosis for Our Day
Joseph Campbell: A Modern Sage
Philip K. Dick's Gnosis
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For over fifty years The Gnostic Society in Los Angeles has sponsored activities dedicated to furthering an understanding of Gnosis and Gnosticism. The Society's "Friday Evening Lecture Series", directed for the last three decades by Dr. Stephan Hoeller, provides a distinguished and uniquely focused forum for individuals interested in Gnosticism, Jungian psychology, Kabbalah, mythology, and other subjects related to Gnosticism.
Twenty-five years ago, a young Hollywood recording engineer by the name of Bryan Campbell saw the importance of this work and began making high-quality recordings of every weekly lecture. Thus there came into existence "BC Recordings". Since 1996 (and the development of internet audio) The Gnosis Archives has presented a small collection of these lectures here for online listening.
The "Web Lectures" have become one of the most popular features at the Gnosis Archive -- indeed demand for the lectures has occasionally swamped the capacity of our internet server. And so the time has finally come for a major upgrade....
We are happy to announce the launch of a huge new online catalog of lectures by Dr. Stephan Hoeller. To handle the increasing volume of demand, BC Recordings has established a high-capacity server to host the lecture catalog and audio downloads. Currently over three hundred lectures, covering dozens of subjects, are available in high-quality MP3 audio format for immediate download.
BC Recordings offers a rotating selection of free lectures - as we have done here over the years. Other lectures in the extensive catalog are available for just $4.95 -- a modest charge to help defray costs of producing, archiving and delivering this new resource. Visit BCRecordings.net.and take a look!
Current Featured Web Lecture:
Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing
Dr. Hoeller introduces the subject of his latest book of the same title. An excellent brief introduction to the Gnostic Tradition. (This lecture introduces not only our 10-lecture album "The Wisdom of the Gnostics", but all of our recordings on Gnosticism by Stephan A. Hoeller) Running Time 47:25.
The Greatest Treasures of Nag Hammadi
"Thomas and Philip: Gospels of the Gnostic Christ" is a free, full-length presentation introducing the ten part set of lectures on the most popular and valued writings from the Nag Hammadi Library, the Gnostic writings found in Egypt in 1945.
Running Time 79:52.
An Introduction to The Gospel of Judas
Dr. Hoeller regards "The Gospel of Judas" as an important and very Gnostic document, and gives his preliminary evaluation in this brief talk. A series in four parts on the "Gospel of Judas" was delivered Summer 2006, and is available in disk and in download formats.Running Time 39:11
Altered States Ancient and Modern
Aids to consciousness have so much history it takes 13 titles in this set to cover this controversial subject. This brief lecture lays a foundation for a Gnostic understanding of this topic.
Running Time 53:01. Listen or Download
Tolkien and "The Lord of the Rings"
Gnosis and Creativity merged in this great work by J.R.R. Tolkien. A 7 part set on it is introduced by this brief presentation.
Running Time 74:04.
A Sample of Lectures Available in the BCRecordings Catalog:
The Wisdom of the Gnostics - Introduction to Gnosticism
-- Ten lecture series. (View and Download Now)
The Divine Feminine in Gnostic Tradition
-- Eight lecture series. (View and Download Now)
Mary Magdalene, The Templars and The Grail
-- Seven lecture series. (View and Download Now)
The Soul's Journey in "The Hymn of the Pearl"
-- Seven lecture series. (View and Download Now)Jung and Gnosis
-- Nine lecture series. (View and Download Now)C. G. Jung and His Mystical Psychology
-- Ten lecture series. (View and Download Now)
Understanding Human Character: Jung and The Psychological Types
-- Seven lecture series. (View and Download Now)
Understanding Evil: Jung's Concept of the Shadow
-- Six lecture series. (View and Download Now)
Jung and the Meaning and Value of Dreams
-- Ten lecture series. (View and Download Now)Introduction to the Gnostic Kabbalah
-- Eight lecture series. (View and Download Now)
The Mysteries of the Kabbalah
-- Nine lecture series. (View and Download Now)
Kabbalists and Mystics
-- Six lecture series. (View and Download Now)
Islam, Christianity & Fundamentalism
-- Ten lecture series. (View and Download Now)
Tarot, A Universal Mandala of Life
-- Nine lecture series. (View and Download Now)... and many more, on new BC Recordings lecture catalog server.
And if you are in Los Angeles...
Come and join us in person! Lectures are held at The Gnostic Society center (3363 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90039 - Map) every Friday evening at 8:00 PM -- See our schedule of upcoming lectures for this month. Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are presented by Dr. Stephan Hoeller. Lectures are free and open to the public (donations are appreciated). Refreshments are offered following the lecture. Further information is available by calling 323-467-2685.