The Eden Experiment: Aliens, Archons & the Associative Universe
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #110, expanded and revised with original illustrations. A fascinating survey of alternative human origins theories and their links to Gnostic mythology!
Art Gallery
The occult and esoteric knowledge of gnosis, gnosticism and the gnostic gospels, illustrated by the cartoon art of visionary artist Rev. Illuminatus Maximus. Third-eye opening, pineal gland stimulating, kundalini arousing, reptilian repelling fun!
Black Light Posters

Created by Rev. Illuminatus Maximus
These deluxe black light (or blacklight) rock art posters illustrate the occult secrets of the Gnostic gospels in cartoon form, telling the story the colonization of the Earth by reptilian predators called archons and its eventual rescue by an alien shaman named Yeshua.
Printed with high quality inks in a special process, [...]
T-Shirt + Gift Shop

Created by Rev. Illuminatus Maximus
Welcome to the official Gnostic Friends Network Cafepress store, where you can buy t-shirts, postcards and posters illustrating a variety of strange and shocking scenes from the occult gospels of the Gnostic heretics. Annoy your parents, provoke your pastor, and show your gnostic pride today!
Click thumbnails to view or buy merchandise. [...]
Key Concepts
Cognitive frames of reference informing the design and purpose of this web site:
Antinomianism – taboo-breaking as a means to wisdom, e.g., the “transgression” of Georges Bataille, Ikkyu , the “left hand” or “short path” of Tantra and Vamamarga.
Animism – the underlying assumption of indigenous shamanism is that everything is alive and capable of communication: rocks, [...]
God and His Angels Rape Eve

The Rulers laid plans to impregnate Eve and create a slave race to worship them, but Eve simply laughed and hid in the Tree of Knowledge, leaving her sperm-spilling suitors with naught but a ghostly decoy.
“…Eve, since she existed as a power, laughed at their false intention. She darkened their eyes and left her [...]
Secrets of the Serpent Savior

Disgusted by the Rulers’ antics, Sophia sent a slithering spirit to help the hapless humans: a divine messenger known as the “Instructor” or the “female spiritual principle.”
This slithering spirit (also known as “the serpent” in the Old Testament) descended to the earth and took residence in the Garden of Eden – not on the ground [...]
Eating from the Tree

Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge and absorbed some of Eve’s divine force. The surge of living, intelligent energy in his nervous system triggered a spontaneous kundalini arousal, opening a direct channel between his reproductive organs and his brain and blowing his third eye open.
Suddenly able to see into non-ordinary reality, Adam could now [...]
The Great Mother
“A Tantric yogi sees the great Mother present within his human body as the Kundalini. She lies hidden by her self-created ignorance, like a snake, coiled and fast asleep…at the bottom of the spinal cord. Through [meditation], the Tantric awakens the Mother and rouses her to go upward… the Tantric experiences such supreme bliss that [...]
