The Association of Gnostic Anthropology Samael Aun Weor is an
institution created with the purpose of achieving the self-
development of man through the study of the Being and the
knowledge. Its object of study is man, its origin; that which he
is, the cultures created by him and the universe in which he
lives. As the basis of this study we have Gnosticism and its
universal principles. The term "Gnosticism" gathers in the same
meaning of the word the idea of systems or currents dedicated to
the study of Gnosis. The word "gnosis" comes from the Greek
"gnosis," which means "knowledge." Gnosis is the illuminated
knowledge reserved for an elite. Gnosis is a very natural
function of the Conscience, a Philosophy Perennis et
Universalis. Gnosis is the intelligent principle, that in each
time hides behind the symbolism, and that in a philosophical
form responds to these three eternal questions: Why? How? Where?
Gnosis is a profound superior emotion that leads to the search
of all the beauty and sublime of the magister