Samael Aun Weor claimed that he could remember his own birth, and had identified the only true path to spiritual development. Crucial to his religion was a sexual practice that involved couples never reaching orgasm. Though many who follow his belief system understand sickness to be a result of one’s own karma, their master died of stomach cancer in 1977. He claimed that when he died, he would be resurrected.

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Links:

• Three Mountains — by Samael Aun Weor, Glorian Publishing, 2008
• Samael Aun Weor — New World Encyclopedia, accessed July 2022
• The Social Christ — by Samael Aun Weor, 1964
• Inside the Vestibule of Wisdom — by Samael Aun Weor, 1953
• Lynn Short - The New Gnostic Society, Sexual Alchemy, & Lucid Dreaming — Trust Me podcast, 6 April 2022
• Former member of Circle for Investigation of Gnostic Anthropology Aust (CIGA) and Gnosis in Australia — Name Withheld, entry on the CIFS website

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