«What is Gnosticism?» (7-6-86)

Lecture «What is Gnosticism?» was given by the Messenger Elizabeth Clare Prophet on July 6, 1986, during the «Freedom 1986», at The Heart of the Inner Retreat, Royal Teton Ranch, Montana.
(The amazing story of the Christian Gnostics, who claimed to possess a secret tradition passed on by Jesus’ closest disciples. Prophet discusses their emphasis on a personal quest for self-knowledge (“gnosis”), their views of Jesus and the feminine aspect of God, how their teachings parallel ancient Buddhist traditions and why Church Fathers condemned the Gnostics as heretics).