The Great Declaration: A Commentary (Part 2)
In Part 1, we explored a few shared traits between Simon Magus and the Johannite Jesus. We also explored Simon’s cosmology and how it is rooted in a divine Fire similar to the Orphic Phanes and the...
View ArticleForbidden Fruit in the Midst of the Garden (Part 4)
In Part 3, we discovered that the two trees being the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge were seen as living symbols for the Gnostics’ cosmology as symbols for the Aeons in the Pleroma and the...
View ArticleA Luciferian Interview: Jeremy Crow
Jeremy Crow is a Luciferian/Left-Hand Path Occultist based in Toronto, Canada. He’s also part of the electro/drum ‘n bass group, Pleasure the Priestess. I’ve also interviewed him on the Youtube show,...
View ArticleInterview: Tracy R. Twyman
While this isn’t my first interview by any means, this however, is my very first audio podcast. This audio podcast features a very special guest, the author Tracy R Twyman. For those of you who aren’t...
View ArticleA Gnostic Holiday Greeting
Happy Holidays everyone. The title is very tongue-in-cheek but in all seriousness, I want to dedicate some space to speak on a conversational level to the reader while reflecting on what on the past of...
View ArticleThe Great Declaration: A Commentary (Part 3)
In Part 2, we examined further parallels between Simon Magus and Jesus along with Paul. We also examined a few key aspects about Daniel and Ezekiel and their relationship with Simonianism (the role of...
View ArticleInterview: Tracy R Twyman On Baphomet (Part 2)
Tracy R Twyman and I decided to do a Part 2 of an audio interview on the magical and occult mysteries of Baphomet and its connection with John the Baptist, the Teraphim, the Judas goat archetype and...
View ArticleShort Story: Unknown Territory
Just a quick note. At Smashwords, I uploaded another short story, Unknown Territory, based on H.P. Lovecraft’s mythos for only .99. Here is the blurb: A bounty hunter, Sigmund and his partner are on a...
View ArticleErotic Philosophy
Last year, I wrote a 45-page academically-oriented paper, Eros, Orpheus and On the Origin of the World for the Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition on the Greek god, Eros and his influence on the...
View ArticleGnostic Gnotes: The Logos in Hermetic, Simonian and Johannine Literature
Taken from: http://www.roytiesler.com/ This won’t be a very long post as this is simply a recent collection of notes that I believe have very similar themes present throughout. This is taken from the...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Publishing News!
Hello, dear readers. It’s been quite a while right? I recently finished this semester in my MA program and boy was it challenging, to the point where I had to cease all reading and writing outside of...
View ArticleThe Great Declaration: A Commentary (Part 4)
My ultimate contention is that Simon Magus is Chrestus and Simon identifies himself with the Logos and the Samaritan Messiah. While some believe this is a misspelling of Christos (it is not so)...
View ArticleFalse Gods, Divine Charlatans and Pesky Gnostics
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even...
View ArticleInterview: Jeffrey Kupperman and Living Theurgy
Hey, folks. It’s been a while since my last interview so I decided to go with a friend of mine who operates the seminal academic-oriented, the Journal for the Western Mystery Tradition, Jeffrey...
View ArticleUnconquerable: How the Early Roman Catholic Church Usurped the Cult of Apollo...
Hey, folks. This is an article written by my friend, James at PandirasBox. He’s been teasing me about this article, written for my site for some time now, and this is chock full of fascinating details...
View ArticleWay In Over My Head
Just a quick update as to what I’ve been doing lately. As many of my readers know, I am on my way to being a published author at Permuted Press. My first book Crimson Dusk (yes, I renamed the title) is...
View ArticleFalse Gods, Divine Charlatans and Pagan Rapscallions
In my first article, I explored how the Church Father theologians like Justin Martyr and Irenaeus, evaluated pagan gods like Aesculapius and Dionysus as well as Gnostic heretics like Simon Magus,...
View ArticleInterview: Tracy R Twyman On Baphomet (Part 2)
Tracy R Twyman and I decided to do a Part 2 of an audio interview on the magical and occult mysteries of Baphomet and its connection with John the Baptist, the Teraphim, the Judas goat archetype and...
View ArticleThe Simon Sancus Conondrum
The controversy surrounding the trinity of Simon-Paul, Simon-Peter (Dositheos) and Simon-Jesus, is not a new one and has been addressed by other scholars, although not exactly in the same angle, I’ve...
View ArticleAnnouncement: Publishing News!
Hello, dear readers. It’s been quite a while right? I recently finished this semester in my MA program and boy was it challenging, to the point where I had to cease all reading and writing outside of...
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