Living Gnosis: A Practical Guide to Gnostic Christianity (Gnostic, 3) Paperback – September 8, 2005

Tau Malachi's book is an excellent one for explained Gnostic Christian traditions. I never knew about the 'Sophian Tradition' before this but it resonated with me. The whole idea that the true mission of spirituality is for our souls to become one with God makes a lot of sense. This is much like the Hindu beliefs as well. The idea of Lord Yeshua and Lady Mary being the male and female aspect of the Christos appealed to me. One comparison that I felt which is not mentioned in the book is also the relationship between Krishna and Radha.The book describes the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes and other spiritual insights with clarity and purpose. I personally really enjoyed the author's style of writing very much.The whole concept of the 'Light Continuum' was really cool. Also was the belief in the Sophian Tradition that there are millions upon millions of habitable worlds and each one of these is a place where each one of us can potentially go on a mission as a light bearer someday after attaining our Christos level. Just as Lord Yeshua came to Earth, we can go to these worlds in the same capacity.I also found the idea of Seth being the True Son of Adam instead of Cain and Abel to be most interesting. I do not want to reveal more on this, let future readers see for themselves.I must also point out that the idea of John The Baptist being Elijah and Jesus (Yeshua) being Elisha in previous incarnations just resonates with truth! Incidentally, for those who are not aware of this - Paramahansa Yogananda mentioned this in his classic book  Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of Original 1946 Edition)  and  Man's Eternal Quest - And Other Talks .I highly recommend this book for anybody who is interested in Gnostic Christianity and awakening the God within them.Prashant SolomonAuthor of  Shadows of Truth  (Kindle)  Shadows Of Truth: A Collection Of Short Stories  (Paperback)

For those of you who feel as though mainstream orthodox religion has left gaping holes in your spirituality please consider reading Living Gnosis: A Practical Guide to Gnostic Christianity. I have found it eye-opening and awesomely revealing and has filled in a lot of holes in my own spirituality. It is the tip of the iceberg as far as understanding the deeper meaning of relationship with yourself and with God. Tau Malachi explains the esoteric teachings that have been passed on behind the veil of religion that is light and truth and what I feel in my heart is the true way of experiencing God as the Lord Jesus tried to convey in his short time on this plane. The beautiful revelation that more people need to know is that Jesus Yeshua is still very much present among us and only the vanquishing of our own ignorance is the thing that keeps us from knowing His truth.If you are considering reading any of Tau Malachi books I would strongly recommend this one first as you need to familiarize yourself with the language of the Gnostics to grasp the message in the other books. But by reading this as a foundation you will be able to grasp the messages in the other books that Tau Malachi has taken the time to reveal to those who have thirst for this knowledge and hopefully bring closer to true enlightenment. This is a hard to put down book and not too many dull moments. There is a lot to grasp so I know I will probably read it more than once.

If you're looking for a complete, easy to understand introduction to the Gnostic religion, here it is. Tau Malachai tells the story of who the Christian Gnostics were, where they originated and what happened to them, along with their basic teachings and beliefs, in an easy, well-organized and easy conversational manner. Or you could go to the internet (or Library) and try to sift through dozens of scholarly, difficult to understand manuals, or even go right to the Nag Hammadi codices and Dead Sea Scrolls and try to sort out from the voluminous Gospels, stories and texts, and see if you can come up with a concise, accurate account and understanding of these mysterious persons who believed in those heretical writings that our Christian fathers deleted from our Bible. But Tau Malachi gives it all to you on a silver platter and I have to warn you, you may begin to wonder if we've been told the whole Truth of this mysterious man from Galilee. You may find yourself wanting to explore those Gnostic Gospels and stories that really upset the Christian apple cart. You'll find that they give quite a different and amazing view of our universe, our true creator, and true Father/Mother God and his/her Son, along with x-rated stories of Adam and Eve, their children, and the demon creators. There are also a line of new characters like Sophia, Mother Barbelo, Yaldabaoth and his demon son Samael. You may even find yourself questioning your own beliefs. So dare to be adventurous, studious and daring, and find out what our founding fathers did not want you to know! Oh! Don't forget to check out Tau Malachai's other two books.

Living Gnosis is an introduction to Sophian Gnosticism. This book is for the open minded seeker of an inner spiritual experience, termed enlightenment. At the heart of Sophia Gnosticism is Yeshua and Magdalene, representing the "second Adam." According to Malachi, Yeshua's earthly mission was not to save us from sin, but to remind us of who and what we really are - light bearers.Malachi describes the Godhead as Mother and Father God. Though differentiated, like Yeshua and Magdalene, they are in essence unified. Thus Malachi does away with the trinity and introduces the concept of the quaternary, symbolized by the tetragramation (YHVH).Malachi shares the Gnostic meaning of the ten commandments and The Sermon on the Mount. Finally, Malachi describes some of the Gnostic spiritual practices.Although I am not Gnostic, I found that I identified with much of what Malachi presented, and I plan on reading his book Gnosis of the Cosmic Christ. Living Gnosis is worth reading if just for the balanced perspective of the masculine/feminine Divine.

I love all Tau Malachi's books. They exhibit such a deep wisdom and understanding of Gnostic Christianity that I highly recommend each and every one of his books. This one is lovely to read and although I have read several of his other books...yet still there is much to glean from this one. Again...beautiful!

Bien que ce livre ne contienne pas de mauvaises idées d'une manière générale, il se contente de reprendre des thèmes et des techniques empruntées au écoles du bouddhisme tibétain (et à Sogyal Rimpoché en particulier), en les adaptant à une 'sauce' gnostique que je pense forgée de toutes pièces.Ce qui est gênant c'est que l'auteur ne le dit jamais, et fait remonter son enseignement à des traditions soi-disant séculaires.

If you are a new age fanatic or into wicca or something like that this book is for you... But I was sadly disappointed because this book is neither christian or gnostic... Most of the facts in the book are unsubstantiated, and are far from historical correct, and mr. Malachi provides no evidence or any source from were he gets any information... If you think this introduces you to gnosticism or any form of early christian belive you are mistaken, instead it introduces you into a world of hippie new age bull.......