The Universal Gnostic Church: Gnostic Lesson 2

Here's the second Gnostic Lesson, which is the material covering the first of the UGC's minor orders, the Order of Cleric. (Yes, you can insert the mandatory Dungeons & Dragons reference here; just remember you're starting out at experience level 0.) The work of this lesson should take you at least a month. It's seemingly very simple -- but the simplicity conceals unexpected lessons.

(Yes, by the way, the image is another Carl Jung painting -- this time an illustration from the Red Book.)

Gnostic Lesson Two

The Order of Cleric

The training of the Cleric is dedicated to the analysis of our physical bodies. Throughout these lessons, emphasis will be placed on heightening both your physical, emotional (psychic), and spiritual intuition; we hope also to impart to you, the seeker, useful techniques for harnessing and controlling your whole being to aid in the quest for spiritual enlightenment.  We are not our mere physical beings,  we are more than creatures of matter—but we do have material bodies, and need to include them in the process of our inner development.

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