Episode 210: Tobias Churton: Gnostic Spirituality/Crowley's "March" to Samadhi/Occult Paris/Thelemic Synthesis

A world authority on Gnostic spirituality, Tobias Churton is Britain's leading scholar in the field of Western Esotericism.  Holding a Master's degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford, he was appointed Honorary Fellow and Faculty Lecturer in Western Esotericism at Exeter University in 2005.  Tobias is also a filmmaker, poet, composer, and author of many books, including The Gnostics, The Golden Builders, Occult Paris, The Babylon Gene and acclaimed biographies of William Blake, Elias Ashmole, and G.I. Gurdjieff.   In this podcast, we focus on his work Aleister Crowley in India:  The Secret Influence of Eastern Mysticism on Magic and the Occult, but of course, as usual, discuss many of his other works, including but not limited to Occult Paris For more information about Tobias' artistic abundance, please see his website:  https://tobiaschurton.com/ This podcast is available for download on your favorite podcast platform, or you can listen here:  https://endoftheroad.libsyn.com/episode-210-tobias-churton-gnostic-spiritualitycrowleys-march-to-samadhioccult-paristhelemic-synthesis Have a blessed 2022, which, as we discuss in the podcast, is perhaps the recapitulation of the age of the child:-)