GNOSIS: THE SYNTHESIS DOCTRINE The Gnostic Movement is the synthesis movement of the New Aquarian Age. All the seven schools of yoga are in Gnosis, but in a synthetic and absolutely practical form. There is tantric hatha-yoga in the Maithuna - Sexual Magic. There is practical raja-yoga in the work with the chakras. There is gnana-yoga in the mental works and disciplines that we have been cultivating in secret for millions of years. We have bhakti-yoga in our prayers and rituals. We have laya-yoga in meditation and breathing exercises. There is Samadhi in our practices with the Maithuna and during background meditations. We live the path of karma-yoga in right action, right thinking and right feeling. The secret science of the Sufis and dancing dervishes is in Gnosis. The secret doctrine of Buddhism and Taoism is in Gnosis. The sacred magic of the Norsemen is in Gnosis. The wisdom of Hermes, Buddha, Confucius, Mohammed and Quetzalcoatl, etc., etc., etc., are in Gnosis. The doctrine of the Christ is Gnosis. Jesus of Nazareth is, in fact, the man of the synthesis. Jesus of Nazareth was an Essene and studied the Hebraic wisdom a nd had two rabbinical masters during his childhood. However, in addition to his profound knowledge of the Zohar and the Talmud and the Torah, he is an Egyptian initiate, an Egyptian Mason. Jesus studied in the pyramid of Chephren. Jesus is an Egyptian Hierophant. He also traveled to Chaldea, Persia, Europe, India and Tibet. The travels of Jesus were not as a tourist, the travels of Jesus were for study. There are secret documents in Tibet that prove that Jesus, the Great Gnostic Master, was in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, sacred seat of the Dalai Lama. Jesus visited the cathedral of Jokhang, the holy cathedral of Tibet. The knowledge that Jesus acquired in all those countries and in all those ancient Mystery Schools was tremendous. The Great Master gave us all that yogic knowledge, all that Buddhist, Hermetic, Zoroastrian, Talmudic, Chaldean, Tibetan, etc., etc., etc., etc., in a synthetic form, already digested in his Gnosis. Jesus did not found the Roman Catholic Church. Jesus founded the Gnostic Church, the one that existed in the time of St. Augustine, the one known to Jerome, Empedocrates, St. Thomas, Marcion of Pontus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, St. Ambrose, Harpocrates and all the first fathers of the Church, which at that time was called the Gnostic Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church, in its present form, was not founded by Jesus. It is a deviation or corruption, a branch detached from the holy Gnosis, a corpse. Humanity needs to return to the starting point, to return to the holy Gnosis of the Hierophant Jesus the Christ, to return to primitive Christianity, to the Christianity of Gnosis. The doctrine of Jesus the Christ is the doctrine of the Essenes, the doctrine of the Nazarenes, Peraticenes or Peratas, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. In the doctrine of Jesus the Christ there is digested yoga, essential yoga, Tibetan magic, Zen Buddhism, practical Buddhism, Hermetic science, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc. In Gnosis there is all the ancient wisdom, already totally chewed and digested. Jesus, the Divine Master, is the instructor of the world. If we truly want intimate self-realization, let us study Gnosis, let us practice Gnosis, let us live the path of the Gnostic Arhat. The best exposition of the secret doctrine is in the Gnostic synthesis of the Hierophant Jesus the Christ. Gnosis saves us work and study. If it were not for the synthesis of the Christ, we would need to put millions of volumes in our heads and travel the whole world in order to find the Way. Fortunately, one already did it, and that was Christ, the same one who studied in the Buddhist cathedral of Jokhang, investigating ancient Tibetan books. Why do we need to do that same work of investigation? He already did that work, and in synthesized form he gave us all the yoga, all the secret science. What more do we want? Our duty is to study Gnosis and live it. That is what is important: what is vital. Let them laugh at us, let them attack us, let them slander us. What does it matter to science and what does it matter to us? You can be sure, dear reader, that the best of yoga is in Gnosis; the best of Buddhism is in Gnosis: the best of Egyptian, Chaldean, Zoroastrian, etc." etc., etc., science is in Gnosis. So, what else do we want? What else do we look for? (Samael Aun Weor, Great Gnostic Manifesto of the Third Year of Aquarius)
