Event Details

  • Date:
  • Venue: The Atlantis Bookshop
  • 49a Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1A 1LY, UK

Cost £50

We are pleased to be welcoming David Goddard back to The Atlantis Bookshop for another day-long class on Western Esotericism.

Gnosticism arose during the greatest flowering of spiritual and occult development in the West. This was in Alexandria, in the first and second centuries of the Common Era. Gnosticism flourished alongside Hermeticism and Neo-Platonism. These three did influence each other, but it was Gnosticism that had the greater magical impact. Why? Because the fundamental purpose of Gnosticism was: not to ‘believe’ – but to ‘know’ – not just ‘faith’ – but ‘direct experience’. And so ceremonial magic – communing with gods and angels – was the tool that the Gnostics used to have these experiences.

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It is important to reserve your place by paying in advance for this workshop, so please either click the PayPal button below (which will allow you to pay online even if you don’t have a PayPal account – just use the “checkout as a guest” option) then email the Shop with a contact phone number in case we need to get in touch, or call 020 7405 2120 if you would prefer to pay over the phone.  Please note that we can only offer a full refund for any cancellations notified to us at least 48 hours before the event.