Purpose

The Gnosis Institute serves through the application of insight and wisdom from the Gnostic tradition and allied traditions of spiritual liberation, and through scholarship, support and growth of these traditions. It supports the Gnosis Institute learning community consisting of its members, scholars, and students. The Gnosis Institute also serves by developing and applying knowledge that frees and transforms the mind and spirit. Transforming our world through individual growth and service.

Living the scriptural motto “the truth shall set you free,” the Gnosis Institute fosters and values academic freedom, and individual freedom of conscience and self-determination. Seeking truth together, while respecting but not being restrained by scholarly and spiritual traditions.

Mission

Provide structure and support to enable a diverse learning community to engage in deeper exploration of the Gnostic tradition and allied traditions of spiritual liberation in order to:

Promote personal and cultural growth and understanding; provide mutual spiritual and scholarly support and nurturance; and share the riches of the tradition and the rewards of engagement and scholarship.

Serve as an academic home for those who value the Gnostic tradition, and other Western traditions of spiritual liberation, from antiquity to the present.

Provide a community to students, scholars and practitioners who share a vision of liberating transformation available to all.

Deliver unique, transformative and effective learning opportunities that develop a community committed to research,  engagement, and communication focused upon enhancing and enriching spiritual and psychological understanding and growth.

Apply the highest standards of scholarship and professionalism in creating and delivering transformational learning experiences for students, scholars, and facilitators.

Support the preservation and advancement of the Gnostic tradition in scholarship, research, and lived application. Foster an environment where new modes of learning are encouraged and refined.

Welcome diverse learners with support, trust, respect and challenge to realize their own potentials and goals.

Recognize the strengths and limitations of the use of technology in education and serve to balance it with person-to-person contact.

Employ modes of inquiry that explore the complexities of reality, human experience and growth.