For my entire life, I can honestly say that I had lived in fear. Not the kind of fear you may imagine from growing up in a war-torn country or an abusive environment; no, just a fear of anything and everything. This fear has had its grip on me since I was a very young child, and though it may sound extreme, it has been the reason for many (but of course, not all) doings and undoings throughout my existence. … Continue reading
There is a certain “concerned mother” who has contributed testimonials to a smear campaign against The Gnostic Movement and Belzebuub. I am the daughter she writes about, and I am just fine. No one asked me to write this. Although I am portrayed in images in my mother’s account as a 7-year old girl, I am nearing 30. As an adult, I have chosen to live a spiritual life. Obviously, this means that I make different choices to someone whose … Continue reading
Read: (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) The Criteria for Condemnation Commonly disgruntled apostates publicly condemn their former religion, particularly the group’s leader, whether openly or implicitly, by following a formula of assessing the group against a set of criteria provided by anti-cult groups. However such criteria are not widely accepted or supported by academics in the field. “CESNUR notices that, when scholars are ignored or regarded as less reliable than anti-cult activists, serious mistakes are made. The French and/or … Continue reading
I never expected I would meet anyone like Belzebuub. Actually, I never expected I would meet anyone out of my body. But the first time I met Belzebuub that’s just where I was, thanks to his astral projection course. That might sound a bit far fetched I know, at least I would have thought so once upon a time; but since coming across Belzebuub’s teachings I’ve had some amazing experiences that have shown me there is much more to life … Continue reading
I started Gnosis in 2001 at a time when I was yearning to find meaning in life. After starting Gnosis, I was amazed at what I was able to discover. With gratitude, this was due to the clarity and simplicity of the way the information was presented by Belzebuub. Without such help, I would have been left searching through a minefield of confusing information. A great deal of learning came about through being able to explore the different dimensions whilst being … Continue reading
(Read Part 1) (Read Part 2) The Formula for Condemnation Academics have studied the “atrocity story”—the testimony related by a former “cult” member (also known as an “apostate”), telling of their experience in their former group typically in the form of an expose—and have discovered they follow an identifiable pattern. Stuart A. Wright, an American sociologist, author, and Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research at Lamar University, asserts that the apostate narrative follows a predictable pattern, in which the … Continue reading
I always felt like there was something greater to life; the problem was that I did not know what that “something” was and how to tap into it, and so I ended up falling into the fold of the mundane. Without realizing it though, I had been slowly searching through various spiritual systems to try and understand what it was I was looking for. Then, after coming across the teachings of Gnosis, my life took on a whole new meaning … Continue reading
I remember first coming across some aspects of the Gnostic teachings via word of mouth. I had heard about Gnosis through some friends and their new acquaintances who were studying Samael Aun Weor, but from what I was told about Gnosis by them, and in seeing the examples of people who were supposedly Gnostics, I wasn’t the least bit interested. It seemed that Gnosis was like some sort of fairy tale, and I felt that if I took it up, … Continue reading
(Read Part 1) The Academic View of “Cults” Soon after in the 1980s, those who occupy a more objective position in what is fraught with ulterior motives—most scholars and sociologists of religion, responded by rejecting the use of the word “cult”, and like organizations such as the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) instead use the term “new religious movement” or NRM—which tellingly, although generally preferred in academia, has not gained popular use in the media. They argue their … Continue reading
I’ve always been sceptical of religion, gurus, authority – pretty much anything with rules that dictates how someone should behave. Having had well-meaning parents who tried to encourage me into two different religions before the age of 12, I learnt early on that I needed to be free-thinking and independent if I wanted to live my own life and learn about the world and existence for myself. That’s not to say that I didn’t benefit at all from this – … Continue reading

