In this interview, Rev. Thom Muller, senior editor of Our Daily Bread, discusses the future of Western Esotericism and Christian Mysticism with prominent writer, theologian and scholar Bishop Stephan Hoeller of the Ecclesia Gnostica. Check out the link below for our fascinating conversation about Bishop Hoeller’s life and work, as well as the future of small Christian communities within the mystical tradition.
Rev. Thom Muller is pastor at the Swedenborgian Society of the East Bay at Hillside, an Urban Sanctuary, in El Cerrito, CA, as well as senior editor of Our Daily Bread. His passions include the intersection of spirituality and psychology, interfaith theology, and the Western esoteric tradition. A native of Germany, Rev. Muller was ordained into the ministry of the Swedenborgian Church of North America in 2016, upon receiving his theological education at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church and the Center for Swedenborgian Studies and Pacific School of Religion at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
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Thank you for this interview. I first ran across Stefan Hoeller at the Philosophical Research Society, circa 2002; because there had been a fire at the Gnostic Lodge in East Hollywood and so they needed a space. I always remember his lectures on the mystical interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount were revelatory for me.
It is great that you have this documented Thom!