What you can do here
This guide is for someone who wants a free course and has not chosen an organisation. No earlier study on this site is required. It is a reading of existing Library records, not a First Order Gnosis course and not an enrolment form.
After you read it, you can name who runs a listed course, read the tradition label and format stored on its record, and open the publisher. One course is enough. You do not have to open every link before you leave.
The courses
Listed by organisation name. That order is not a ranking. The description under each link is the Library record, including its limits.
Gnostic Courses — free 33-lesson series
Who runs it: Austin Gnosis Center. Tradition: Practical Gnosis. Format: Course.
Open Gnostic Courses — free 33-lesson series at Austin Gnosis Center (opens in a new tab)
A free 33-lesson introductory series, moving from Gnostic fundamentals and psychology towards meditation, mantras, pranayama and astral travel.
Lesson list and free-course statement checked on 10 October 2026. Format, dates and sign-up are set by the centre; it is not one of our guided courses.
Library record checked 10 October 2026. Read the full record.
Free online course
Who runs it: British Institute of Gnostic Studies. Tradition: Practical Gnosis. Format: Course.
Open Free online course at British Institute of Gnostic Studies (opens in a new tab)
A free theoretical-practical course in four levels plus a level of selected practices, including self-study, awakening of consciousness, dream yoga and meditation.
Course outline and free-of-charge statement checked on 10 October 2026. Lesson content has not been reviewed here; it is not one of our guided courses.
Library record checked 10 October 2026. Read the full record.
Course of Gnosis
Who runs it: Gnosis England. Tradition: Practical Gnosis. Format: Course.
Open Course of Gnosis at Gnosis England (opens in a new tab)
A free English course in the practical Samael Aun Weor tradition, with live lesson videos on meditation, mantras, runes and psychology.
Course page, free-of-charge statement and live-lesson list checked on 12 October 2026. The organisation's homepage credits Samael Aun Weor. Registration is with Gnosis England; lesson content has not been reviewed here. It is not one of our guided courses.
Library record checked 12 October 2026. Read the full record.
Online Gnosis Course
Who runs it: Gnostic Institute of Anthropology Samael and Litelantes. Tradition: Practical Gnosis. Format: Course.
A free correspondence course in eight levels of six lessons, each with theory, practice and audiovisual material, for people who cannot reach a study centre.
Course structure and free-access statement checked on 10 October 2026. Registration is by the publisher's form; lesson content has not been reviewed here.
Library record checked 10 October 2026. Read the full record.
Gnostic Chemistry or Alchemy
Who runs it: Gnostic Studies. Tradition: Practical Gnosis. Format: Course.
Open Gnostic Chemistry or Alchemy at Gnostic Studies (opens in a new tab)
Free school hub after Glorian ice: what alchemy means in this neighborhood. Not lodge instruction, not day-one transmutation.
GS — Gnostic Chemistry or Alchemy hub; later school orientation, not lodge instruction
Library record checked 7 September 2026. Read the full record.
How to choose
Read the organisation, the tradition label and the format first. Then use the description already stored on the record. The records on this page share the tradition label Practical Gnosis and the format Course. They differ in what each description says the course contains.
Austin Gnosis Center’s record describes a free 33-lesson introductory series. The British Institute of Gnostic Studies’ record describes a free course in four levels plus a level of selected practices. Gnosis England’s record describes a free English course with live lesson videos on meditation, mantras, runes and psychology. The Gnostic Institute of Anthropology Samael and Litelantes’ record describes a free correspondence course for people who cannot reach a study centre. Gnostic Studies’ record describes a free school hub on what alchemy means. That record does not give a lesson count.
Open the publisher’s page for the course you want to look at. Where a note says the lesson content has not been reviewed here, this page does not add a review. Where a note mentions registration, dates or sign-up, those details stay with the organisation named on the record.
Chicago Gnosis’s Way of the Bodhisattva is a course record kept with the same Library file. That record does not describe the series as free, so it is not listed above. Glorian’s archived courses are a separate collection. They remain available through the Library course filter and the archived Glorian courses filter.