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Four Pillars of Gnosis - (744)

A Little History

Once upon a time I typed out the following text verbatim from an old flyer that was amongst some of the old papers stored away in the cupboards of the Gnostic Centre that I attend. Sorry I am not sure who wrote it in the end.


Introduction

The four pillars of Gnosis are Science, Art, Philosophy and Religion or Mysticism.



Gnosis as Science

“The method of Gnostic science is experimentation or the objective knowledge of things. Its object of study is the universe and all that exists. It utilizes scientific meditation and other vehicles for the experimentation and direct observation of the object of study. Gnosis studies things in themselves, beyond their three-dimensional aspect.

It studies hermetic (Gnostic) anthropology, which is completely different from official (materialist and evolutionist) anthropology.

Gnostic science studies cosmogenesis and objectively knows the origin of worlds, suns, and universes; and, in particular, the Ors solar system, in which we live and have our Being.

It studies the human machine and the conditions of its five centers: intellect, emotion, movement, instinct and sex. It studies endocrinology and medicine (the causes of disease and their cure). Everything passes through the crucible of Gnosis.”


Gnosis as Art

“The objective of art is the pursuit of beauty in its different manifestations. Art is the faithful testimony of that great human work which we call culture. Gnosis is present in all the great works of universal literature and in the works of the geniuses of music, painting, sculpture and architecture.

We find Gnostic art in archaic settlements, in the pyramids and ancient obelisks of the Egypt of the pharaohs; in ancient Mexico, among the Mayans and the archeological remains of the Aztecs, Zapotecs, Toltecs, etc.; amidst the ancient medieval parchments of the Chinese, Phoenicians, Assyrians, etc.; in the hieroglyphs and bas-reliefs of ancient cultures; in the painting and sculpture of the Renaissance; in the music of Beethoven, Mozart, Liszt, Wagner; in the great works of universal literature, in the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer, in Dante’s Divine Comedy and in many others, which contain the same principles of universal wisdom, presented in diverse forms and sometimes hidden behind the veil of philosophical symbolism.

There are two types of art: the first is subjective art, the expression of a conditioned consciousness; the second is the (royal) regal art of nature, a transcendental art that reflects the wisdom of the universe.

Without art as a testimony, the philosophy, science and mysticism of our ancestors would not have been able to reach us. Gnosis removes the symbolic veil with which they are covered, revealing to us the cosmic truth that brings us face to face with our destiny.”


Transcendental Mysticism

“We must make a clear distinction between religious forms and religious principles. Religious principles are living cosmic formulas and religious forms are the diverse systems or ways of teaching these principles.

Gnosis studies the science of religions and attempts to reach the religious depths of ancient cultures. It seeks the connection of the Soul with the inner Real Being, the divinity that exists in each human. This involves great efforts in trying to eliminate the “I” of experimental psychology. Only then is this inner connection, spoken of by the ancient sages, possible.

Gnostic religiousness is totally scientific, highly philosophical and profoundly artistic; it pursues wisdom, the divine within us. If we do not discover God in us, we will not find Him anywhere else. This is self-Gnosis, the knowledge of oneself, which ultimately is the knowledge of God.”


Gnosis as Philosophy

“Philosophy, in spite of its divisions (logic, ethics, aesthetics, etc.), is, in and of itself, evident reflection, mystical knowledge of the Being, and a conscious functionalism of the awakened consciousness. Philosophy is love for wisdom. Its method is introspection, which leads to the direct experience of Truth.

Philosophy must answer the great questions of existence: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?

As philosophy, Gnosis is, in reality, a function of the consciousness and as such it arises in every place on the earth. Gnostic philosophy is expressed in the Vedas of India, in the prophesies of the Hebrew people, in the Tao Te Ching and in the Platonic Dialogues, in the theology of the Gospel of St. John and in the Mahayana, in Plotinus and in the Areopagite, among the Persian Sufis and the Christian mystics of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The perennial philosophy has spoken almost all the languages of Asia and Europe and has used the most important terminologies and traditions in order to always be present in all the religions and philosophies of the earth.”

End (744).

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