Samael Aun Weor

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Samael Aun Weor (Hebrew: סמאל און ואור; March 6, 1917 – December 24, 1977), born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez, was a Colombian-Mexican occultist and author of over sixty books of esoteric spirituality. He formed a new religious movement under the banner of "Universal Gnosticism", or simply gnosis, which scholars have described as the origin of multiple neo-gnostic sects across Latin America, and taught practical and esoteric principles purported to "awaken consciousness" and fundamentally change the practitioner's psychological condition. He first gained a following in his native Colombia before moving to Mexico in 1956, where his movement grew and his works spread among practitioners of occultism and Western esotericism and were translated into other languages. Many of his teachings draw heavily on other esotericists, in particular Gurdjieff (via Ouspensky), without acknowledging them as sources. His writings condemn homosexuality as a path to spiritual damnation and teach that orgasm...

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