GNOSIS back issue directory Gnosis #1 (Fall-Winter '85-'86) Gnosticism: Ancient & Modern Includes "The Mysterious Revelations of Philip K. Dick," an interview with Gnostic scholar Gilles Quispel, and David Fideler and Stephan Hoeller on the Gnostic myths. Gnosis #2 (Spring-Summer '86) Magic & Tradition Includes "Magic & Religion: Hidden Partners?", magical autobiographies, an interview about magic and healing with Diane di Prima, and Joscelyn Godwin on Hermetic academia. Gnosis #3 (Fall-Winter '86-'87) Kabbalah Includes "Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism: An Overview,"a Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi interview, a glimpse at the higher geometry of the first verse of Genesis, and a reader's guide to Kabbalah. Gnosis #4 (Spring-Summer '87) Heresies and Heretics Includes June Singer on Jung's gnosticism and contemporary gnosis, "The Legend of the Cathars," an interview with J. Gordon Melton, and a new Islamic heresy. Gnosis #5 (Fall '87) Oracles & Channeling TEMPORARILY OUT OF PRINT Gnosis #6 (Winter '87-'88) Secret Societies Includes Robert Anton Wilson on the Priory of Sion, an interview with a Great Druid, Christopher McIntosh on the Rosicrucians, R.A. Gilbert on Freemasonry, plus Invocation of the Black Sun. Gnosis #7 (Spring '88) Esoteric Spirituality Includes a critical look at Rene Guenon and Traditionalism, the "Work" of the Sufis, esoteric teachings of Rudolf Steiner, Schwaller de Lubicz, Ibn 'Arabi, and Murat Yagan interview. Gnosis #8 (Summer '88) Alchemy Includes an interview with working alchemist Art Kunkin, Robert Anton Wilson on sexual alchemy, Stephan Hoeller on Jung and alchemy, David Fideler on the Rose Garden of the Philosophers. Gnosis #9 (Fall '88) Northern Mysteries Includes Edred Thorsson on Runes and Woden, Celtic spirituality, John and Caitlin Matthews on the Grail, a look at writings about occult influences on the Third Reich. Gnosis #10 (Winter '88-'89) Jung & the Unconscious Includes an interview with June Singer, Stephan Hoeller on Jung and the occult, Dennis Stillings on "Invasion of the Archetypes," Robert Anton Wilson on synchronicity. Gnosis #11 (Spring '89) Ritual Includes "Why Ritual Works" according to Hawaiian Huna, an interview with Colin Wilson, whirling dervishes, wilderness rites of passage, Stephan Hoeller on the Mass, the esoteric significance of baseball. Gnosis #12 (Summer '89) Sects & Schisms Includes a look at the current Satanism scare, articles on Scientology, Rosicrucians, wandering bishops, and the amazing story of the Moorish Science Temple. Gnosis #13 (Fall '89) The Goddess Includes modern Goddess worship, Michael Grosso on visions of Mary, Caitlin Matthews on Sophia, Dawn Kolokithas on the Muse, the Black Goddess, "Goddess in the Metropolis." Gnosis #14 (Winter '89-'90) The Dark Side Includes examinations of Julius Evola's uneasy mix of Fascism and the esoteric, Peter Lamborn Wilson on the Yezidis of Iran, critiques of Foucault's Pendulum, "Darkness on the Path," and an interview with kahunas. Gnosis #15 (Spring '90) Ancient Civilizations Includes Peter Balan on the Maya, interviews with Bika Reed and John Michell, articles on Catal Huyuk, the Kushite kingdom of Meroe, the Delphic Oracle, and the spirit of Egypt. Gnosis #16 (Summer '90) Orthodoxy Includes John Garvey on Eastern Orthodoxy and esotericism, interviews with Orthodox abbot Father Herman, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and Roger Garaudy, and a look at the Russian mystic Soloviev. Gnosis #17 (Fall '90) Sex & Spirituality Includes the path of Aphrodite, the history of sex magick, coitus reservatus and mystical sex, an Islamic perspective on sexuality and marriage, and the relevance of Wilhelm Reich. Gnosis #18 (Winter '91) The Middle Ages Includes looks at medieval mystics Meister Eckhart, Raymond Lully, and Abraham Abulafia, Tarot origins, the esoteric twelfth century, and Ezra Pound's research into the Cathars and troubadours. Gnosis #19 (Spring '91) The Trickster Includes the Fool and the Jester, West Africa's trickster god Eshu, Dr. Gene Scott profile, Khezr the "green man," Paul Krassner, and eight pages of Illuminati satire. Gnosis #20 (Summer '91) Gurdjieff & the Fourth Way Includes "The Fourth Way and Inner Transformation," an interview with Jacob Needleman, Kathleen Speeth, Fourth Way cosmology, the Work today, Gurdjieff and Kabbalah, and possible sources of Gurdjieff's teaching. Gnosis #21 (Fall '91) Holy War Includes articles on the Crusades, the Islamic concept of jihad, an interview with Elizabeth Clare Prophet, Hildegard of Bingen, Orthodox Christianity on internal warfare, and "No Peaceful Warriors!" Gnosis #22 (Winter '92) Dreams Includes Sufi teachings about dreams, shared dreaming, Fred Alan Wolf on dreams and quantum physics, a Celtic view of dreams, the ethics of dreamwork, and profile of Karlfried Graf von Durckheim. Gnosis #23 (Spring '92) Gnosticism Revisited Includes Stephan Hoeller on definitions of Gnosticism, a view of ancient Gnostics and sacramental sex, Gnosticism and social action, Peter Lamborn Wilson on spiritual anarchy in colonial America, Kathleen Raine interview. Gnosis #24 (Summer '92) Saints & Scoundrels Includes interview with David Steindl-Rast on saints and the contemplative life, the Hell-Fire Club, Cagliostro, Aleister Crowley, Tsar Nicholas, the cranky saints of Ireland. Gnosis #25 (Fall '92) Groups & Communities Includes critique of Robert Bly, history of the Black Muslims, the Brethren of the Common Life, Kabir Helminski on Sufi groups, symposium on the Spirituality of the Future. Gnosis #26 (Winter '93) Psychedelics & the Path Includes interview with Ram Dass, psychedelic trips by Jean-Paul Sartre and Adele Davis, Roger Walsh on "Mysticism: Contemplative and Chemical," Bruce Eisner on Ecstasy. Gnosis #27 (Spring '93) Sacred Art & Music Includes cathedral symbolism, "Orpheus and the Mysteries of Harmony," healing sound and color, Rudolf Steiner's Eurythmy, Orthodox icons, the art of tattoos. Gnosis #28 (Summer '93) One God or Many? Includes Charles Tart interview, Mme. Blavatsky's Mahatmas, the gods of the African diaspora, the meaning of tree myths, and Gnosticism vs. conservative Christianity. Gnosis #29 (Fall '93) The Body Includes An intro to the subtle bodies, Moshe Fekdendrais, the ancient Egyptians' view of embodiment, Self-observation, Interview with Michael Murphy, a pagan defense of hunting. Gnosis back issues are available for $6.00 each (plus $1.50 shipping per total order) from: Gnosis Magazine, P.O. 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