Many people have no understanding of what the word gnosis means,others think that it simply means knowledge and leave it at that. Yet there is a deeper meaning. It is a word that gives rise to the title Gnostic, or one who has special knowledge. The true definition of the term gnosis is the direct mystical experience of the Divine in the self. It is the realization of the true nature of ourselves, and cannot be discerned through intellectual dogma or doctrine, but only through experience.
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Philip Gardiner is the best-selling author of The Shining Ones and The Serpent Grail. He has a degree in strategic marketing, and nine diplomas, ranging from holistic medicine to etymology. He lives in the heart of Robin Hood country in the United Kingdom and regularly lectures around the world with www.powerplaces.com. His personal Websites of www.philipgardiner.net, www.theshiningones.com, and www.serpentgrail.com have a great deal of additional information. Philip has appeared on TV, radio, and at conferences from the United States to Australia, and is much sought after for the esoteric knowledge he has gained.
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19 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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Gnosis is essentially about the road to inner enlightenment and how to achieve it. Having read other reviews of this book I have to assume that it worked for some people but I must admit that I found it a real effort to even finish. However, I did finish it but it was with gritted teeth and disappointment at the jilted style, the factual errors and Gardiner's propensity for 're-interpreting' previously well researched theories and ideas to substantiate his revolutionary new message.
For a book purporting to be unveiling a great truth, I thought Gnosis contained an awful lot of secrecy and implication. It also seemed at times to be overly dramatic - like a conjurer trying to establish an aura of expectancy before pulling a rabbit out of the hat. His assertion of being forced to join a 'secret society' because he had stumbled across the truth sounds a lot like somebody trying to add weight to his argument because he knows the argument alone won't bear scrutiny. The fact that this story is impossible to corroborate does not help his case.
Some people will be more inclined to believe in the central theme of this book than others but the point is clearly made that if you don't 'get it' then you need to read the book again because you must have missed the point first time around - a bit condescending I thought. The "Secret Code" (assuming it exists - I haven't checked) I dealt with in my review of The Shining Ones - my views have not changed. Why draw so much attention to something you are trying to hide so securely?
There were some genuinely interesting and thought provoking issues brought out in the book but they were spoiled for me by many glaring inconsistencies and contradictions that left me trying to sort the wheat from the chaff and then wondering why I was bothering to try.
I was left wondering if he really believed what he was writing or if this was a contract filler. The overall impression that I was left with was that of a book that had been rushed out from memory on a Sunday afternoon in order to meet a Monday morning deadline.
Gardiner may well be right and his road to enlightenment may, in fact, be what humanity in general (as opposed to a select few) has been searching for all of these years. The problem for me is that, having read this book with its errors, half truths, misrepresentations and unwarranted drama, I just do not believe him.
Gardiner is capable of better.
For a book purporting to be unveiling a great truth, I thought Gnosis contained an awful lot of secrecy and implication. It also seemed at times to be overly dramatic - like a conjurer trying to establish an aura of expectancy before pulling a rabbit out of the hat. His assertion of being forced to join a 'secret society' because he had stumbled across the truth sounds a lot like somebody trying to add weight to his argument because he knows the argument alone won't bear scrutiny. The fact that this story is impossible to corroborate does not help his case.
Some people will be more inclined to believe in the central theme of this book than others but the point is clearly made that if you don't 'get it' then you need to read the book again because you must have missed the point first time around - a bit condescending I thought. The "Secret Code" (assuming it exists - I haven't checked) I dealt with in my review of The Shining Ones - my views have not changed. Why draw so much attention to something you are trying to hide so securely?
There were some genuinely interesting and thought provoking issues brought out in the book but they were spoiled for me by many glaring inconsistencies and contradictions that left me trying to sort the wheat from the chaff and then wondering why I was bothering to try.
I was left wondering if he really believed what he was writing or if this was a contract filler. The overall impression that I was left with was that of a book that had been rushed out from memory on a Sunday afternoon in order to meet a Monday morning deadline.
Gardiner may well be right and his road to enlightenment may, in fact, be what humanity in general (as opposed to a select few) has been searching for all of these years. The problem for me is that, having read this book with its errors, half truths, misrepresentations and unwarranted drama, I just do not believe him.
Gardiner is capable of better.
15 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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For those who read the reviews on amazon, be aware that there are many out to bring Gardiner down. One needs only read his books to understand why. In Gnosis Gardiner has all too starkly placed before the ordinary man or "profane" as some would have it, the most sacred truths of the ancient and not so ancient secret societies. And this in itself sums up what Gardiner is about - revealing the truths that we should all be allowed to see. There are many who would wish that these secrets remained secret, not least of which are members of the Catholic Church and it is often these that place reviews across the web to destroy Gardiner's work. In this book Gardiner tells it as it truly is, that the Temple never existed and that we are all fighting over a piece of land for no reason. There is great power in this sentiment - for power is held by those who are funding the fighting.
Gnosis points us instead towards a new direction and one that many will not be too happy with - towards the mirror. The true Temple lies within us, says Gardiner, and he is absolutely right, but this diverts man away from the creations of the power brokers - their deities and saints and so his only error is to risk all.
Remember these things when reading reviews and make up your own mind as I myself have and remember that the truth is for you to discover for yourself.
In conclusion, this book is worthy of the greats and the grammatical errors from the first edition are now corrected in the new edition. Well worth the money.
Gnosis points us instead towards a new direction and one that many will not be too happy with - towards the mirror. The true Temple lies within us, says Gardiner, and he is absolutely right, but this diverts man away from the creations of the power brokers - their deities and saints and so his only error is to risk all.
Remember these things when reading reviews and make up your own mind as I myself have and remember that the truth is for you to discover for yourself.
In conclusion, this book is worthy of the greats and the grammatical errors from the first edition are now corrected in the new edition. Well worth the money.
14 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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I started this one, thinking, oh yeah right, what secret? I also thought it would be a boring diatribe like Laurence Gardner's latest attempt at re-writing something he has already written. Instead, and although, Gardiner here has to repeat some things, he quickly moves on and impresses the socks off you. Slowly, he bends your mind into the ancient way of thinking and bang - you end up suddenly understanding the true Gnosis!! At last, I said to myself. I have been searching for this all my life and here it all is in one book. Never by another book in your life - this will do.
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