Gnosis: this is one of the most dangerous sects in the world

This group is linked to cases of kidnapping of young people such as Patricia Aguilar.

They say that faith moves mountains. Belief is for many a reason for hope, something that gives strength and provides an explanatory framework of reality and the universe and that, although sometimes there may be divergences, in general they intend at its deepest base to offer peace of mind and the exercise of kindness and compassion (although sometimes they have been used in a utilitarian way). And there are many religious beliefs in the world.

However, not all of them have a positive orientation: there are numerous sects that seek to take advantage of those who fall into their hands. One of them is Gnosis, a dangerous sect that has recently been that has recently received a high level of media attention after the disappearance in 2017 of a young woman from Alicante, Patricia Aguilar. It is about this sect that this article is about.

Gnosis: what is it?

It receives the name of Gnosis a collective that defines itself as a movement but that is also considered as a dangerous sect. This organization was founded by Victor Manuel Gomez, a healer and writer of books on esotericism, in 1954.in 1954. During that year, he declared that he was an incarnation of Samael (a fallen angel from the Bible) and that he had come to the world to spread his word.

This man took the name of Samael Aun Weor and began to preach his beliefs, which are based on the practice of the Great Arcanum and sexual magic within marriage (rejecting onanism, climax or homosexuality among other things) and takes up some of the Gnostic beliefs (in fact, he also takes up the name to apply it to the sect in question) that arose during the first centuries of Christianity. His followers expanded little by little, and after his deathand after his death they spread to different countries.

What do they believe in?

The members of Gnosis consider themselves the invisible church of Jesus Christ and advocate following a doctrine or ideological current that seeks the self-realization of the being and the development of all human possibilities through the evolution of the psyche, soul and body. It also considers itself a scientific school that aims to regenerate humanity in all possible areas, and to contribute and expand scientific, artistic, mystical and philosophical knowledge (considering that these four are the pillars of knowledge).

Among some of their most notorious beliefs, it stands out that they consider the salvation of the soul not through faith but through the introspective knowledge of what is divine: for them redemption is something personal and requires forgetting and leaving everything behind to reach knowledge, being this a sacrifice that they must make. Likewise, they distinguish between essence, personality and ego (which must be fought against) as the main components of the human being. On the other hand, Gnosis defends the aforementioned sexual magicin which one should not reach orgasm.

The Patricia Aguilar Case

Although Gnosis has existed for long years and is widespread in various countries (including Colombia, where it originated, Peru or Spain), the truth is that if it has recently been under the spotlight of media attention is due to the case of a disappearance: that of Patricia Aguilar from Alicante.

This young woman disappeared at the age of eighteen, in 2017, being found in her room and diaries numerous documents and notes linked to the group. It was later discovered that she had traveled to Peru, hand in hand with Felix Steven Manrique.

This man, who claimed to be a spiritual leader of the Gnosis group, seduced the young woman in a way similar to that used by many sects: in a moment of vulnerability after the death of a family member and while she was still a minor, he began to contact her because she had entered an esoteric blog to tell about a dream she had had.. Little by little he would begin to establish a deeper and deeper relationship, in which he would incite her to believe in finding salvation and in which he even ended up making the young woman leave her home to flee to Peru.

There, Manrique, who believed he needed women to repopulate the Earth after a coming apocalypse and who had been in contact with numerous young women, kept her with him and two other women and their children and got her pregnant, having a daughter with her. Their conditions were terribleWhen they were found, both Patricia and the baby were malnourished and surrounded by filth. Fortunately, the young woman is now located and back in Spain with her baby, while the man who used her is in custody.

Gnosis version of the case

Felix Steven Manrique claimed to be a spiritual leader linked to Gnosis, but his representatives affirm that although he was linked to the sect, he was expelled soon after due to his mythomaniac character. In fact, he was not a leader but an initiate who was only in the group for a few months.

Now, Gnosis indicates that the man falsified sect material for his own purposes, also stating that he will file a lawsuit for identity theft and dissociates himself from the actions of the man responsible for manipulating the young Alicante girl.