[net.religion] A new journal on Gnosticism

ehn0@bunny.UUCP (Eric Nyberg) (05/16/85)

I am forwarding an announcement I received in the mail from
Jay Kinney of The Lumen Foundation:



			GNOSIS

	A Journal of the Western Inner Traditions


The journal will be forum for essays concerning:

Christianity
	
	-Gnosticism
	-the Grail
	-Rosicrucianism
	-Mystics
	-Esoteric Chr.
	-Contemplation


Judaism

	-Kaballa
	-Hasidism
	-Gematria
	-Mystics
	-the Shekinah
	-the Essenes


Islam

	-Sufism
	-Geometry
	-Dance
	-Mystics
	-Design $ Calligraphy


Native & Folk

	-European
	-African
	-the Americas
	-Pagan
	-Ritual
	-Shamanism


Hermetic

	-Egyptian
	-Freemasonry
	-Alchemy
	-Tarot
	-Magic
	-Initiates


Articles and Reviews in the first two issues will include:


"The Mysterious Gnosis of Philip K. Dick," by Jay Kinney

Excerpts from Philip K. Dick's unpublished journals

"The Gnostic creation myth of Valentinus," by David Fideler

"Valentinus' contemporary relevance," by Dr. Stephan A. Hoeller

An interview with Gilles Quispel, Dutch religious scholar, on
	Jung and Gnosticism

An interview with Diane DiPrima, poet and teacher, on Magic and
	inner work

"Priests, Professors, and Gurus," by Joscelyn Godwin

A forum on Secrecy in esoteric taditions with contributions from
	Reshad Feild and Bishop Rosa Miller

An in-depth review of recent translations of the Sufi poet, 
	Jelaluddin Rumi



GNOSIS Magazine will be a 48 to 56 pp., full-size magazine with color 
covers. It will appear twice yearly for the first two issues, and
more frequently thereafter. The first issue should appear in early summer, 
1985. Cover price will be $4. A four-issue subscription is available
for $15. 


Address all subscriptions and correspondance to:

	GNOSIS Magazine
	The Lumen Foundation
	P.O. Box 14217
	San Francisco, CA 94114