Glorian News

Online Kabbalah Study Tool

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:56:10 +0000

Although many people in this day and age believe Kabbalah is a uniquely Hebrew tradition, the truth is far more profound. Samael Aun Weor wrote:

"All of the populaces of the Earth knew Alchemy and Kabbalah." - Samael Aun Weor, The Kabbalah of the Mayan Mysteries (1977)

The fact is that the Kabbalah is a universal system that helps us understand the laws and structures that sustain existence. It is present in all religions, yet by other names. Wherever you find religion or mysticism, laws are described. Those laws are Kabbalah: the science of divinity.

The purpose of all religions is to guide our consciousness to realize its true nature. The universal Kabbalah provides a beautiful map that illuminates all religious symbols and gives us a powerful tool for our awakening and comprehension of ourselves and our environment. By studying the Kabbalah, we can understand more about the path we intend to walk, no matter what religion or tradition we admire.

"The objective of studying the Kabbalah is to be skilled for work in the Internal Worlds... One that does not comprehend remains confused in the Internal Worlds. Kabbalah is the basis in order to understand the language of these worlds." - Samael Aun Weor, The Initiatic Path in the Arcana of Tarot and Kabbalah (1978)

Your understanding of subtle Kabbalistic symbols will be enhanced by utilizing your imagination. As an aid to visualization we have made an interactive Kabbalah Study Tool. Use this free tool to learn the basic concepts and structures of Kabbalah so that you can go deeper in your meditation and comprehension.

When you open the tool, you can learn about each part of the Tree of Life simply by clicking on it. This tool works in all current internet browsers and requires no registration or fee.

We also offer a wide range of books, courses, audio lectures, and articles about Kabbalah, appropriate for all levels of study.

As with all of our projects, this useful tool was made possible by donations from people like you. Help us to create more spiritually educational tools: offer a donation online or by mail.

Sacrifice for Humanity

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:56:08 +0000

Dear Friend,

We hope you are benefiting from the resources Glorian has been striving to provide to you: more than thirty life-changing books, thousands of pages of spiritual wisdom, online courses, a revolutionary video, and more. This year we have added new content and features, like the free Alphabet of Kabbalah course and the amazing new features of the Gnostic Community, and we have seen more people than ever opening their eyes to the beauty and vital importance of the Gnostic teachings. Every day, thousands of people from around the world visit our websites. This is how we are rocketing to being one of the most visited religious and spiritual websites in the world.

We have reached this level of renown because Gnosis is real and it works. This fact inspires our instructors, programmers, and designers every day to put their hearts and souls into providing access to Gnosis for anyone around the world, without restriction of politics, race, religion, sex, or money.

It is our goal to expand awareness of Gnosis even more. In order to grow and provide even more resources to humanity – new books, new videos, and any other way of offering the balm for suffering – we need financial energy to empower it. We would be honored if you would partner with us on behalf of humanity. Together, we can ensure that more people are given the practical tools that can dramatically improve their lives. With your financial support, Glorian Publishing can expand and reach even more of those who suffer in darkness and pain.

Our teacher and founder Samael Aun Weor told us,

The obligation of the tithe [weekly donation]... is the universal obligation by which all the brethren of the Path have to loyally contribute part of their income (which should not be inferior to the tithe) in a free and suitable way, according to what the brothers and sisters judge as most opportune and effective to support the cause of truth and justice...

We hope that you will consider the efforts of Glorian as deserving of your tithe.

You can donate online here: donate now.

Please consider offering a recurring donation so that your gift helps others throughout the year. Alternatively, you can send a check or money order to the address on the bottom of this letter.

Every dollar you give expands humanity’s awareness of Gnosis. Your sacrifice and generosity will improve the lives of others, and in turn, your own.

Together, as partners, we can change the course of this humanity.

Sincerely,

The Staff and Volunteers of Glorian Publishing

Online donations - whether one-time or recurring - are quick and easy here: donate now.

Checks and money orders can be mailed to:

Glorian Publishing
7420 SW Hunziker Rd Suite F
Portland, OR 97223 US

Website Upgrades

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:36:12 +0000

In order to make it easier for you to navigate through the thousands of pages of spiritual knowledge on our websites, we have spent several months designing a whole new look and feel for our sites. We are not done yet (not even close!) yet we want to introduce you to some of the main features of the new design:

New menu system

At the top of every page is a new menu (just below the logo) that features the most important links on our sites. This is the first version of this menu system, and we invite your feedback to improve it. Our goal is to create a very simple but thorough way to find your way around.

Faster, cleaner, easier

The site architecture has been completely overhauled: pages load faster, navigation is simplified, and the graphics are reduced so that you can find what you are looking for faster. In addition, this new architecture is more friendly to search engines. We know that many people have loved our graphic-heavy designs in the past, but that approach has burdened our servers and clogged up searches. Hopefully, once the technical side is complete, the graphic look can be touched up, too.

Stay in touch

Keeping up with all of our new content is not easy - even for us! So we are working to consolidate all the latest updates. Now when you visit Gnostic Teachings, you can also see what is new on our other sites. New articles and additions will be listed here. The only exception is the Gnostic Community: to stay informed about classes, discussions, and other students, sign up (it is free and anonymous). By the way, we have improved the Online Classroom. Check in to see who is online!

Recurring donations

Everything Glorian does is made possible by donations from people like you. Now it is very easy to contribute to the spread of Gnosis. With a few clicks you can set up recurring donations (daily, weekly, monthly) in any amount, with a variety of ways to provide the funds. Your donations make it possible for others to discover the keys to conquer suffering, plus your donations are completely tax-deductible. This new feature is easy to access in the new menu, under "About Us." Also, if you already have a member account in the Community, you will be able to manage your donations from there.

These changes mark significant progress in our development. Yet, there are more improvements coming! We look forward to sharing them with you soon.

Major Community News

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:57:29 +0000

Advancing in our efforts to aid worldwide awareness of Gnosis and the science of overcoming suffering, we have made some significant upgrades to the Gnostic Community website. Glorian has operated a popular discussion forum for many years, yet it always lacked the warmth and friendship one finds in Gnostic schools. Although it remains impossible to transmit consciousness and emotion electronically, we have found that it is possible to enhance the ability to communicate with one another through intelligent use of technology. As Samael Aun Weor instructed us,

The fundamental goal of the Gnostic institutions is to serve humanity. It is our priority to spread the teachings on a massive scale since this is a general concern in modern times. Thus, by using the most advanced electronic systems for the preparation of educational programs, the formation of Gnostic possibilities at any level will be remarkably expanded, especially in these moments in which we are experiencing the times of the end of our present world. Thus, it is necessary to accelerate the teachings and to increase the ability to work in the Great Work for all the Gnostic students.

Therefore, we have instituted a massive expansion to the Gnostic Community, providing a whole array of new tools for students and instructors to utilize. Key features include:

integration with Facebook. You can even log in with your Facebook account.
users can form Groups, upload photos, videos, make friends, and stay in touch

With this new technology, it is our hope that members will demonstrate the positive qualities extolled by our most sacred traditions: compassion, patience, warm-heartedness, diligence, and most of all, tolerance.

We invite anyone and everyone to become a part of this free, growing, and dedicated spiritual community.

Get Serious

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:17:48 +0000

The very purpose of the Gnostic wisdom is personal experience of the truth, which cannot be retrieved through the five senses, but must be accessed through the development of other senses that are latent within us. The abilities to imagine and to dream are merely the seeds of a greater ability that can be developed when one learns the precise method. In other words, reading books and listening to lectures is but preparation for the skill you must develop in yourself: the skill of real meditation.

Now is your chance to conquer laziness and fear, and learn to meditate. From August 12 to 16, 2009, a community of serious spiritual aspirants will gather at Padmasambhava Buddhist Center in New York in order to work intensely on developing meditation skills. In group meditation, a powerful sense of inspiration and dedication arises, whose force helps us to push aside obstacles and reach the vital experience we need in order to develop spiritually. A few days of meditating with a group can advance your meditation practice in a dramatic way. Here are some comments from those who attended the previous retreats:

The main reason I attended the retreat was to learn how to meditate. The steps and progressions we practiced had a great effect with me. Meditation is now a daily practice with me, morning and night. What a gift that is to receive. Thank you God.

The strength that I received from the retreat is something that I can never forget, since it has provided me with a lot of faith to keep ahead in my own work.

It was more of a taste what gnostic practice is supposed to be instead of hard and arduous work. Now I know what I can do at home, which is a different approach then other retreats. Where in other retreats you learn some specific meditations and apply them for the rest of time, here you were given a taste of what gnostic practice is.

I'm staggered by how far we progressed. Not for 15 years has there been such a focus on the work. And with [the instructor's] direction during the effort to bring us back to a point of focus, amazing. Wish that could happen everyday. The final [meditation] exercise had me humbled and speechless for some time (and several others too who discussed it).

The retreat was very good for me as a person who must fit practice around/inside the traditional work week. Because cumulative practice renders fruit, practice time must be devoted to critical areas that need development. The retreat helped me place more weight on my critical areas for development.

We encourage you to do your best to attend this year's International Gnostic Retreat. Registration ends July 30.

Learn more about the retreat.

Our Site in the Top 1.12% in the World

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:10:17 +0000

The Gnostic Teachings website, our repository of writings, lectures, courses, articles, and the extensive online glossary, has recently been ranked among the most popular websites in the world. Alexa is an online service that measures traffic for millions of sites on the Internet in a similar way to Nielsen television show ratings. The Gnostic Teachings website has an Alexa rank of 344,516, which is in the top 1.12 % of all websites.

You can help this site go higher! By linking to pages on the site, you make a direct impact on the visibility of Gnosis. Here are some easy ways you can contribute:

Link Sharing

Link sharing is a free and very easy way to build awareness of pages or sites that you value. Anytime you provide a link to our sites or books, you help expand the opportunities for others to find Gnosis, and the more activity on a given web page, the more it is noticed by others. Do you write your own blog or web articles? Place links to our sites anywhere it is appropriate, and someone may find it and thus find Gnosis. Ideas for link sharing:

Use linksharing services like Delicious and Digg. These sites help you keep your weblinks organized and share the ones you want with others. The more people that share our links, the more people will check them out. You can share the main page of our sites, or:
Every article on our sites has a "Share This" tool under the article name. We have provided a selection of popular link sharing services, and when you click it, the page link is automatically carried over to the sharing service.
Add links to our sites and pages on your social networking sites, like Facebook or MySpace.
Add links to our sites and pages in the signature of your emails. (You can pick pages that are appropriate for the recipients. Popular pages include: Meditation: The Science of Awakening; What is Gnosis?; Alchemy and Tantra: Sacred Sexuality; Psychology and Awakening Consciousness; Kabbalah: The Universal Tree of Life)
Be active in forums and social communities, and provide links in your signatures, profile pages, and in your posts. Most of all, discuss the teaching with others (and be a good example of the teachings), and perhaps you can aid those who are seeking.

2009 Gnostic Retreat Announced

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:04:46 +0000

Glorian Publishing is happy to announce the dates and location of the 2009 International Gnostic Retreat. This is our third year to sponsor the retreat, and we believe this will be the best one yet. By the supreme grace of our divine guides, we have been granted a wonderful location that is certain to inspire the international community of students and instructors:

As always, the International Gnostic Retreat is open to all of humanity, from any religion, group, or country. This is your invitation to begin preparing for a life-changing event.

Learn more about the retreat at the Gnostic Community website.

Gnostic Tarot Deck Progress

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:54:27 +0000

The long awaited Gnostic Tarot deck is advancing steadily towards completion. After a few setbacks, the volunteer artists have truly brought new life to these sacred images. Take a look at the progression: these first three images show what we started with and the first few drafts:

Abandoning these early and crude renderings, our artists have gone deep into the Egyptian sources to recover as much authentic reference material as possible. This includes jewelry design, chairs, fabrics, color palettes, iconography and more. Yet, they have chosen to present the figures with accurate proportions and anatomy, in order to emphasize the living truths within these arcana.

This is still not a finished image, but will give you an idea of how the drawings look today:

It has been a long road, but Glorian Publishing is committed to bringing this important project to humanity as soon as possible. As always, your support and donations make a huge difference.

National Advertising

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:19:15 +0000

Now in bookstores all over North America, full page advertisements about Samael Aun Weor and the practical Gnostic approach to spirituality are in the latest issues of Parabola magazine and Light of Consciousness, which feature prominantly in stores like Borders and Barnes & Noble, and have the potential to reach hundreds of thousands of readers.

Glorian is striving to raise international awareness of the sacred wisdom of Gnosis. As far as we know, these ads represent the first appearance of Samael Aun Weor in national media. Very few English-speaking people have heard of Samael Aun Weor. Our advertising and other outreach methods are starting to change that.

These ads are part of our campaign to reach out to humanity in new ways, and were made possible by the generous financial support of our Fund Drive. Donations made in the early weeks of the campaign made it possible for Glorian to finance these ads. Since the arrival of the worldwide economic situation, donations to the Fund Drive have been slow, thus we are unable to expand our outreach program as originally designed. We will continue to maximize the donations that arrive, and we encourage everyone to remain hopeful and follow in the example of our teachers, who remind us how to work with the Scale: by doing good deeds, we pay our debts. No matter our circumstances, let us all do what we can to alleviate the suffering others. Money is a useful tool, but is not the only way to help humanity. Learn more here.

Gnosis in iTunes Radio

admin@gnosticteachings.org (Administrator) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:57:28 +0000

Gnostic Radio - our free online broadcast of lectures about Gnosis, kabbalah, meditation, and more - is now listed in Apple's iTunes. Every user of this free software can easily listen to Gnostic Radio by simply navigating in iTunes to Library > Radio > Religious and clicking on Gnostic Radio.

TIP: Make a shortcut by dragging Gnostic Radio into the Playlist column.

If you are unfamilar with iTunes, you can learn more here, and download it for PC or Mac for free.

This marks another milestone in our efforts to make Gnosis more widely available, and was made possible by donations and other forms of support from readers, listeners, and students from around the world. Want to help out? Learn how.