As with all Gnostic studies, the emphasis of the retreat will be on practical spirituality. The goal is for you learn how to guide yourself, so that upon returning home you can direct your spiritual practice successfully. The retreat instructors have this as their sole focus: to teach you to be self-reliant and capable of acquiring conscious, spiritual experience at will.

There will be two levels of teaching: a Beginner's Track and an Advanced Track. Both tracks will focus on practice, and will have some overlapping sessions and/or activities. It is up to you to determine which track you would like to follow.

Spiritual Practice

Gnosis is a practical science that develops every aspect of the human being. As such, each of the hundreds of spiritual exercises taught in Gnosis have specific goals, and knowing how to organize and practice them effecgively is no small task. The Gnostic Retreats provide an opportunity for you to be amidst a vibrant community of people who work daily with the practices of the Gnostic tradition, and to receive guidance and help from experienced instructors.

Practices will include:

• Meditation
• Pranayama
• The use of sacred sounds (mantra)
• Prayer
• Runic exercises: physical postures combined with sound, prayer, and devotion
• Tibetan exercises (yantra): special practices for healing and comprehension

Group meditation forms a formidable magnetic vortex, that, due to cosmic magnetization, has the power to attract towards its participants certain divine types of forces that are very necessary. - Samael Aun Weor

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