- Stephan A. Hoeller
Stephan A. Hoeller, (1931 - ) is a
writer ,scholar and religious leader. Born inBudapest ,Hungary he received a Ph.D. in philosophy with a minor in the philosophy of religion from theUniversity of Innsbruck inAustria .http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/hoeller.html retrieved 2007-08-07]Career
Richard,
Duc de Palatine established a modern-day gnostic church, the Pre-Nicene Gnostic Catholic Church, inEngland during the 1950s. Duc de Palatine commissioned Hoeller to the United States, settling in Southern California in 1952,http://www.questbooks.net/author.cfm?authornum=14 retrieved 2007-08-07] to continue the work they started in England. After the death of Duc de Palatine in the 70's, Hoeller changed the name to theEcclesia Gnostica (Latin for "the Gnostic Church"). [http://www.gnosis.org/ecclesia/ecclesia.htm Introduction to the Ecclesia Gnostica ] ]Hoeller is Professor Emeritus of
comparative religion at theCollege of Oriental Studies in Los Angeles. An author and scholar ofgnosticism andJungian psychology , he is also Regionary Bishop ofEcclesia Gnostica , having been consecretated to the office in 1967 by the Duc de Palatine, and thus is the senior holder of the English Gnostic Transmission in America.Hoeller is a member of the lecturing faculty of
Manly P. Hall 'sPhilosophical Research Society , a national speaker for the Theosophical Society of America, and Director of Studies for theGnostic Society centered in Los Angeles. He was a frequent contributor to the now defunct "Gnosis" magazine.Partial Bibliography
*"The Royal Road : A Manual of Kabalistic Meditations on the Tarot" (1975), ISBN 0835604659 Second Edition republished as: "The Fool's Pilgrimage, Kabbalistic Meditations on the Tarot" (2004) ISBN 0835608395
*"The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead" (1982), ISBN 083560568X
*"Jung and the Lost Gospels" (1989), ISBN 0835606465
*"Freedom: Alchemy for a Voluntary Society" (1992), ISBN 0835606783
*"Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing" (2002), ISBN 0835608166References
External links
* [http://www.gnosis.org The Gnosis Archive & The Gnostic Society webpage]
* [http://gnosis.org/bookstore3.htm Catalog of Books by Stephan Hoeller]
* [http://www.bcrecordings.net/store Lectures by Stephan Hoeller, available in MP3 format]
* [http://www.paranoiamagazine.com/hoeller.html Paranoia Magazine 2003 interview with Dr. Stephan Hoeller}]
* [http://www.gnosis.org/LAWeekly.htm LA Weekly 2005 article about Dr. Stephan Hoeller ]
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