Who is Samael Aun Weor
Samael Aun Weor was born in Colombia in 1917. From an early age he began to search within the various esoteric schools that existed in that time, in order to find answers to the eternal questions: Who am I? What is the meaning of life? Why am I here?
Together with his wife Litelantes, he founded the first contemporary Gnostic Anthropological school in the early 1950’s, with the sole aim of bringing to humanity the wisdom of Gnosis and the keys to attaining self-knowledge.
He wrote over seventy works during his life, setting forth in a very direct, clear and practical way a marvellous synthesis, scientifically underlining the unifying elements of oriental mysticism (yoga, taoism, Buddhism, Sufism), esoteric teachings (alchemy, Kabbala, Rosicrucian philosophy, hermetic astrology etc), mythology, parapsychology and art.
He renounced personal income from the sale of his books and the giving of lectures. However, with the help of a small but dedicated group of students, he was able to accomplish a grandiose work, leaving humanity with a masterpiece of esoteric writings.
The origin of the stream of Gnosis runs from the Ancient Mystery Schools and now this stream flows again throughout the world. It is the mission and purpose of contemporary Gnosticism to explain, educate and unveil these ageless systems of wisdom that are so vital for our culture and the enrichment of humanity.
"In the Twentieth Century a disciple more informed, and far better fitted, may be sent by the Masters of Wisdom to give final and irrefutable proofs that there exists a science called Gupta-Vidya; and that, like the once-mysterious sources of the Nile, the source of all religions and philosophies now known to the world has been for many ages forgotten and lost to men, but is at last found."
- Madame Helena P. Blavatsky