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GnosCast:
The Gnostic Podcast

“...raises amongst ourselves no other questions than those
which heresies introduce, and which make men heretics.”
-Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics. XIII

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Episode 1: Is “Sane Religion” an Oxymoron?

Is “Sane Religion” an oxymoron? If not, why does it seem that way?
Sections:

(On a) High Horse:
      Rev. Troy briefly introduces himself. (yawn)
Everybody Knows:
      Being a Gnostic entails not-knowing
Building a(n Understanding of) Religion:
      Religion and Sanity.
Real Spirituality:
      Where you are on your path.
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Episode 2: Holy Smoke without a Filter

Seeing beyond our filters, assumptions, and prejudices in the arena of religion is the only way to freely follow a religious path.
Sections:

(On a) High Horse:
    Our Religious Assumptions & Framework.
Everybody Knows:
    Being Agnostic to be a Gnostic.
Building a(n Understanding of) Religion:
    How the Development of Orthodoxy Shaped
        our Religious Views.
Real Spirituality:
    What is I?
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Episode 3: Dancin' the Gnostic Two-Step

Not being dualistic about two aspects of our pursuit of the Gnostic path, but seeing it as a dance.
Sections:

(On a) High Horse:
    The Gnostic Two-Step.
Everybody Knows:
    Discerning Combinations of Knowing.
Building a(n Understanding of) Religion:
    How the Needs of Orthodoxy Shaped our Religious Views.
Real Spirituality:
    That 'I' can blind you.

Episode 4 Here is a graphic to go along with the third GnosCast podcast. It shows some of the different combinations possible of Gnosis and Episteme, using plant metaphors.
The one on the left shows what we aim for, rooted in Gnosis, growing into Episteme and flowering into our lives.
The next is where we so often are, having episteme and seeking Gnosis.
The third is the situation where you have Gnosis, but it hasn't developed into an understanding and expression yet.
The last is rigid belief planted where Gnosis should grow.
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Episode 4: Illuminating the Da Vinci Code Seminar 1

Stories Untold & Half-told: The Surprising Power of a Story
Uncovering the larger issues buried in the Novel & Phenomena

  The least interesting position to have on a topic is to be either for it or against it. In this seminar we began to look beyond the easy answers to see why this story has such strong reactions and polarized sentiments.
  Questions were asked on many topics related to the DVC and to Gnosticism in general.
  Recorded: Sept. 12, 2006

Backstories interwoven in the Da Vinci Code. (Click on to open full-size image.)

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Episode 5: Illuminating the Da Vinci Code Seminar 2

Our Stories of Stories: The Nature of Sacred Stories
What stories do we tell about stories, and what do they tell about us?

  Stories, and particularly, sacred stories shape our lives. Yet we also shape them. This seminar considered their nature and our relationship to them.
  Recorded: Sept. 19, 2006

Diagrams displayed on overhead projector during seminars

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Episode 6: Illuminating the Da Vinci Code Seminar 3

Pulling Back the Veil: The Spiral Sacred Quest
Our Sacred Stories as Experiences, Guides, and Quests

  This evening we will explore what directions these particular stories lead us, and what lies beneath and beyond them.
  Recorded: Sept. 26, 2006

Diagrams displayed on overhead projector during seminars

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