Samael Aun Weor

Samael Aun Weor was born on the 6th of March, 1917 in Bogotá, Colombia. At a young age, he was interested in many of the transcendental aspects of life, asking who we are, where we come from, and what the purpose of our life is.

He began to search for those answers in the metaphysical schools of the time, studying Theosophy, Masonry, the systems of Gurdjieff, the Gnostic-Rosicrucian tradition, yoga, and the system of Krishnamurti.

By the age of 17, he was giving lectures at the Theosophical Society, and at 18 he became a member of the Ancient Rosicrucian school founded by Dr Arnoldo Krumm-Heller (M. Huiracocha), which educated him in practical esotericism.

Still feeling something was missing, he grew tired of theories and turned to profound meditation, yearning to awaken and enter the path of spiritual initiation. In his first book, “The Perfect Matrimony” (first published as “The Doorway to Initiation”), he explains that after many efforts he found the key, the Great Arcanum, that would allow him to prepare what the alchemists call “the sacred fire of the philosophers”, and with it he began his process of genuine spiritual initiation. This occurred in 1947; in 1948 he formed the first small Gnostic organisation, which soon spread to an international level.

It was “The Perfect Matrimony”, along with many other written works from the 1950s and 60s, that first defined the formation of the International Gnostic Movement. From his second residence in Mexico, Samael Aun Weor went on to write treatises on anthropology, psychology, philosophy, art, science, mysticism, Kabbalah, alchemy and medicine.

In all, he wrote more than 70 books and gave thousands of lectures, renouncing all copyright so the teachings could spread freely. In essence, he taught the “Fifth Truth”, the truth of sacred sexuality, as the synthesis of all religions, esoteric schools, cultures, civilisations and races. His writings remain the foundation of the Gnosis classes taught at our centres across Victoria today.