Newest Episodes
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Praise and Glory–Aeonic Romance
The Father loved and admired the Son, and the Son loved and admired the Father. These two were well pleased with themselves, and they gave praise and glory to one another. From their exchange of “kisses,” the ALL arose.
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“Why Are We Here?” A Listener Question
Why did the Fullness of God find it necessary to create the Second Order of Powers and send them (us) down here to redeem the demiurge? Why wasn’t the demiurge simply abandoned after the Fall?
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The Birth and Nature of Logos
A listener asks why it was necessary to populate this Fallen material world. Why not just abandon the Demiurge down here? Why send the Second Order of Powers into this rocky place on a mission of redemption? Why couldn’t we just stay up above in our ethereal Paradise?
Answering this question requires an in-depth explanation of the origin and nature of aeons. Cyd examines aeonic life as depicted by the Tripartite Tractate of the Nag Hammadi scriptures. Then we look at one aeon in particular, Logos, as we consider why it reached for the Father and Fell. -
Magic and Gnosis
What’s with the so-called gnostic connection with magical practices? Cyd examines some of the inconsistencies between magic and Gnosticism and argues that magic is not a virtuous pursuit.
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Job and the Demiurge
Yahweh tortures a man named Job in order prove Job’s faithfulness to him. Does this sound like the behavior of a loving God? Here we see how the actions of the Old Testament God are actually those of the Demiurge and not the actions of the Father.
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Leading With Your Heart
Leading with our heart chakra helps us move through the world with love and compassion. Cyd reflects upon this idea and how it can help us interact with others less judgmentally whilst improving our posture!
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Tibetan Book of the Dead
The Tibetan Book of the Dead is an ancient manuscript that presents gnosis from an eastern perspective. In this episode, Cyd shows the parallels between gnosticism and Tibetan Buddhist thought. There is much to discover here that you will find helpful to remembering your gnosis.
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Sethian Gnosticism
This week’s episode compares Sethian gnosticism to the Valentinian gnosticism we usually feature. We’ll learn some of the basic ways that these two strains of “gnosticism” differ. Who/what is the Barbelo? Who/what is Yaldabaoth? Who/what falls from the Fullness to create our material world? Who and how is a person redeemed to the Fullness?
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Easter Message, 2022
The Christ has never fallen. The Christ didn’t fall. The Christ was a new fruit that came after the Second Order of Powers. The Christ came down voluntarily in order to save creation and return the entirety back up to the Fullness of God.
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Valentinian Theology Review
This episode discusses some of the differences and similarities between Gnosticism and Christianity and suggests that this Gnostic theology is what Jesus of Nazareth actually taught. Who is God? What is the original sin? Who and what is the Christ? Are you and your loved ones going to Heaven?
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Honoring Our Aeonic Nature
As part of the Gnostic psychology that I’m developing along with my brother, Bill, this episode discusses virtues and vices and how they relate to our Aeonic inheritance.
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The Demiurge’s Strings of Power
The Demiurge controls our material universe with strings of power, like a puppet master. There is no free will in the material controlled by the Demiurge. Free will is an attribute of the Father’s consciousness flowing down through living creatures from Above. This episode clearly explains the difference between the way the Demiurge controls matter versus how the Fullness of God creates cooperation for the betterment of all.
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Tessa Lena Interview, Part 2
Here is Part 2 of my conversation with musician, poet, and intellectual provocateur, Tessa Lena. In this part of the interview, Tessa explains the importance of courage and lovingly letting go of the need to control others.
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Interview with Tessa Lena, Part 1
This week I had the pleasure of talking with New York musician, intellectual provocateur, poet, and podcaster–Tessa Lena. In this episode, Tessa shares some Russian history with us as well as delivering a large dose of gnosis from her heart.
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Powers and Archons
Cyd translates the arcane language of the Tripartite Tractate into understandable words to describe the genesis of the archons and their relationship to the Demiurge and this material universe. Who or what are these “beautiful likenesses” that mistake themselves for the Aeons of the Fullness?
“The thought of the archons is not barren–all that they thought about they have as potential offspring: fighters, warriors, troublemakers, apostates, disobedient beings, lovers of power…”