The Universal Gnostic Church: Gnostic Lesson 3

Here's the third Gnostic Lesson, which is the material covering the second of the UGC's minor orders, the Order of Doorkeeper. The work of this lesson, like the last, should take you at least a month. Again, it's seemingly very simple, but the simplicity conceals unexpected lessons.

(The image is another illustration from Jung's Red Book. He had an extraordinary gift for painting.)

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Gnostic Lesson Three

The Order of Doorkeeper

The training of the Doorkeeper is dedicated to the analysis of our emotional life, assigned to the soul or psyche by some classical Gnostics. Throughout the course of this lesson, 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 emotions to aid in the quest for spiritual enlightenment.  We are not our mere physical beings,  we are more than creatures of matter.  We also possess an emotional self. 

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