Stephan A. Hoeller

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Stephan A. Hoeller
Stephan A Hoeller at Besant Lodge January 31 2020.jpg
Stephan A Hoeller at Besant Lodge, January 2020.
Born
Istvan Hoeller

(1931-11-27) November 27, 1931 (age 93)
Writings
  • The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead
  • Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing
  • Jung and the Lost Gospels
  • The Royal Road: A Manual of Kabalistic Meditations on the Tarot
  • Freedom: Alchemy for a Voluntary Society

Stephan A. Hoeller (born 27 November, 1931) is an American author, lecturer and neo-Gnostic bishop. [1]

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Career

A lecturer and writer of books and articles about Gnosticism and Jungian psychology, Hoeller is also Regionary Bishop of Ecclesia Gnostica. [2]

Hoeller was ordained to the priesthood in the American Catholic Church by Bishop Lowell P. Wadle in 1958, [3] and consecrated bishop by Richard Duc de Palatine on April 9, 1967. [4] After the death of Palatine, Hoeller abbreviated Palatine's church's name — the Pre-Nicene Gnostic Catholic Church — to Ecclesia Gnostica, [5] and has since held the title of Regionary Bishop.

Hoeller has lectured in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Hungary, Germany, and the United States. [6] He was a member of the lecturing faculty of the late Manly P. Hall's Philosophical Research Society, and a national speaker for the Theosophical Society in America. [7] His articles have appeared in Gnosis and Quest Magazine .

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See also

Notes

  1. "About the Author". Quest Books. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. "Ecclesia Gnostica". The Gnosis Archive.
  3. "The Rebirth of Gnosticism: An Interview with Dr. Stephan A. Hoeller". New Dawn Magazine. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
  4. Hoeller, Stephan. "Wandering Bishops: Not All Roads Lead to Rome". The Gnosis Archive. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  5. Introduction to the Ecclesia Gnostica
  6. "Stephan A. Hoeller: About the author". Amazon.com. Retrieved October 21, 2025.
  7. "Stephan A. Hoeller". World Congress - Theosophical Society. Retrieved October 21, 2025.