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The Hymn of the Pearl: A Gnostic Story of Descent and Liberation

The Hymn of the Pearl is an early Gnostic-Christian text that is said to be written by the apostle Judas Thomas while in prison. The story recounts in a beautiful and symbolic way the descent of the soul, his entrapment in matter, and finally his liberation through achieving the purpose of the self-realization of the Being. In the story there is some deep esoteric symbolism, some more known while some known only to those who have been progressing on the path of initiations and thus seen in
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Hercolubus or Red Planet by Rabolu (Book Review)

“Hercolubus or the Red Planet” is a book that master Rabolu wrote towards the end of his life. “Rabolu” is a spiritual name of Joaquin Valbuena, who was a close disciple of Samael Aun Weor and who reached quite far spiritually. Rabolu has not written a book prior to that one; all other books attributed to him are compilation of transcribed talks from various conferences that he held on the subject of Gnostic teachings.
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The Third Eye by Lobsang Rampa (book review)

“The Third Eye” was the first book of an author called Tuesday Lobsang Rampa, published in 1956, soon afterwards to become a global bestseller. The story of this author is quite interesting. Lobsang Rampa was supposedly an advanced Tibetan lama who lived in the 19th century Tibet. Some time after he passed away from his life, an Englishman was contacted through a metaphysical mean in the 20th century, and was asked if he is willing to let go of his physical body so that a Tibetan lama
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In Search of the Miraculous (book review)

In Search of the Miraculous is a book written by a Russian philosopher and esotericist, P.D. Ouspensky, and was published towards the end of his life in the 1940’s. The book consists of recollection of conversations and talks by Gurdjieff, whom Ouspensky met while coming back to his hometown in Russia from one of his trips in Asia, and in general the part of Ouspensky’s life that he spend studying under Gurdjieff’s guidance. In that first conversation of theirs, when they first met,
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The Flight of the Feathered Serpent – A book review

The Feathered Serpent must fly. When you know what the flight of the Feathered Serpent is, you will know what to do. Until then...make it clear that the Message of the Immortals vibrates throughout the centuries. One of the spiritual books that had the most impact on me was The Flight of the Feathered Serpent, by Armando Cosani. He was a journalist in Spain during the Second World War, and after his injury he started going to church, turning to Jesus. It was then when he was approached
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Autobiography of a Yogi (book review)

Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda was an interesting read. In it, Yogananda writes about his life and spiritual journey, starting from spiritual experience from early childhood, and his wonderings in search of a guru. Eventually he finds a guru that he believes was destined to be his teacher, Sri Yukteswar Giri. From then on he spends a lot of time in his ashram, learning from him, while at the same time period attending college. After he learned fair amount, he decides to
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The Pistis Sophia Unveiled

“Come to us and within us, Divine Ancient, for we are part of Thyself." This great Gnostic text is discovered in the 18th century, and is thought to originate from 2nd century AD. The book consists of Jesus’s teachings. According to it, when Jesus resurrected, he remained on Earth for 11 more years. During that time he was teaching his disciples. The book is divided into several parts that are continuing one upon another, but with different spiritual topics.
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