The Four Pillars
The Gnostic teachings are based on four pillars of study: Science, Art, Philosophy and Religion.
Gnosis and Science
The methodology of Gnostic science is the experience or objective knowledge of things. Its object of study is the human being and the universe - all that exists - utilising scientific meditation and conscious investigation.
Gnosis studies things in and of themselves beyond their tri-dimensional aspect.
Gnosis and Art
Gnosis has been always present in all the great works of universal literature, in the works of the masters of music, painting, sculpture and architecture.
There are two types of art; subjective art and the Regal Art of Nature - a transcendental art that contains precious cosmic truths.
Without art as testimony, the philosophy, science and mysticism of our ancestors wouldn’t have been able to reach us. Gnosis unveils the symbolism with which they are covered, revealing the cosmic truths.
Gnosis and Philosophy
Philosophy is the love of wisdom. Its method is introspection, which leads us towards direct knowledge and experience of the Truth.
Philosophy should respond to the great questions of existence: Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?
Gnosis is the intelligent principle that, in a philosophical form, answers these eternal questions; the mysteries of life and death.
Gnosis and Religion
A clear distinction should be made between religious forms and religious principles. Religious principles are living cosmic formulas, and religious forms are the diverse systems or ways of teaching these principles.
Gnosis is that cosmic eternal principle dressed with the religious forms of each race, civilization or culture, pertaining to the era of its time.
The word religion comes from ‘religare’, which means ‘to unite with Divinity’. Religion serves to unite man with his interior Divinity.
If we do not discover God within us, we cannot find Him anywhere else. This is Self-Gnosis, the knowledge of oneself, which is the knowledge of God.