What is Yogic Gnosticism? Demarcating an Elite Ritual Identity Worth Reconsidering
Journal of Yoga Studies 2025 Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette
In this paper I gather core definitional components of yogic Gnosticism (aka jñāna-yoga/ the yoga of knowledge), which I produced for a forthcoming monograph (Metaphysics as Therapy, Springer, April 2025) on the use of taxonomy in the spiritual exercises of gnostic yogas. I highlight the historical significance of this elite form of yogic cultivation and its general neglect within the emerging...