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Real psychology is spiritual and leads to self knowledge
Esoteric psychology, as studied in the light of Universal Gnosticism, can be found in all of the scriptures of the ancient religions. One cannot deny that the Old and New Testaments, for example, teach an in-depth doctrine of psychology. These teachings are taught in parables or stories, often with obscure symbols that are understood only to those who "Know" (Gnostics , or in other words those who have been initiated into the hidden knowledge). This is why we compliment the study of psychology with Alchemy and Kabbalah. Alchemy, the "chemistry of God," is the scientific and chemical basis of inner transformation. Kabbalah, related to the ancient teaching of the Tree of Life, is the mathematical basis of inner transformation. When these forces are combined with Meditation, a complete system of deep and penetrating wisdom is revealed; the symbols and parables are revealed in their original and pervasive depths. Through the combination of these sciences, a synthesis is formed which reveals in turn the synthetic ground from which all true inner wisdom arises. Like Kabbalah and Alchemy, psychology is an occult (hidden) science, because once applied, it reveals that which was once hidden in the psyche, and one can experience the miracles of the saints.
Conclusion
This article has attempted to demonstrate the strong influence that Gnostic thought has on present day psychology. Gnosticism has been defined as a syncretistic system that combined
the esoteric religions of the East with the logic of the West. As a metaphysical science, it
masqueraded as a religion. Its basic motif was that of a cosmological and anthropological
dualism which made of the practitioner either a fanatical ascetic or a licentious pervert.
Psychology, trying to maintain a somewhat tenuous scientific image, has gone through at
least five phases in its history as a discipline. The first of these is as a science of the soul
(philosophical psychology). Next is the science of the metaphoric abstract in psychoanalysis.
Thirdly, we have the science of humanism, so defined because of its cultural environs. Next is
the ―new found‖ science of consciousness, or quantum physics. And the latest and logical
outgrowth of this evolution is the absolute science of religion, the systems of the East.
The main reason for such a progression is the radical way in which the Gnostics synthesized
humanity's view of nature, what is termed today ―nature philosophy.‖ The Gnostic view that
matter is evil is not biblical, nor is the view that human nature is simply an outgrowth of nature.
For such views allow the Gnostic god to become the same as nature is in the East: Humanity is a
part of God. With this monistic and pantheistic world-view all is one and one is all. And, in the
end, all is nothing as in the beginning nothing is all.
Such thinking used to be completely foreign to the Western form of logic. But to an alarming
degree, these ideas are becoming accepted dogma, and psychology, as a discipline, is seen as
leading the way.
