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Tobias Churton (born 1960) is a British scholar of Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, and other esoteric movements. He has a Master's degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford. He is a lecturer at Exeter University, and the author of Gnostic Philosophy, The Magus of Freemasonry, and Freemasonry and other works on esotericism. He has also written about John T. Desaguliers, and Rosicrucianism.

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  • Tobias Churton (born 1960) is a British scholar of Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, and other esoteric movements. He has a Master's degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford. He is a lecturer at Exeter University, and the author of Gnostic Philosophy, The Magus of Freemasonry, and Freemasonry and other works on esotericism. Churton has made several television programmes, including Gnostics, a four-part drama-documentary series made for Channel 4 (UK) by Border TV (together with an accompanying book) which was broadcast in 1987 and repeated in 1990. Churton's studies include critique of heresiologists' perceptions on the role of women in these "unorthodox" Christian movements. He has also written about John T. Desaguliers, and Rosicrucianism. Churton's biography of Aleister Crowley was released in 2011. Subsequently, he has published four more biographical volumes on Crowley - The Beast in Berlin, Aleister Crowley in America, Aleister Crowley in India, and Aleister Crowley in England: The Return of the Great Beast, the last biography being due for release on 7 December 2021. (en)
  • Tobias Churton is een Engels auteur en filmmaker. Hij studeerde enige tijd theologie in Oxford. Churton toont grote belangstelling voor esoterie en aanverwante onderwerpen. Hij koestert grote sympathie voor de gnosis, in het bijzonder de gnostiek, en is verder een druk vrijmetselaar. Volgens Churton is de gnosis de werkelijke kern van het christendom. Hij kan tot de hedendaagse neognostieke stroming gerekend worden. Churton maakte enkele films over magie en esoterische onderwerpen. Enige bekendheid verwierf hij met een film over de gnosis. Churton is oprichter en redacteur van het blad "Freemasonry Today" (Vrijmetselarij Vandaag). (nl)
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  • Tobias Churton (born 1960) is a British scholar of Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Gnosticism, and other esoteric movements. He has a Master's degree in Theology from Brasenose College, Oxford. He is a lecturer at Exeter University, and the author of Gnostic Philosophy, The Magus of Freemasonry, and Freemasonry and other works on esotericism. He has also written about John T. Desaguliers, and Rosicrucianism. (en)
  • Tobias Churton is een Engels auteur en filmmaker. Hij studeerde enige tijd theologie in Oxford. Churton toont grote belangstelling voor esoterie en aanverwante onderwerpen. Hij koestert grote sympathie voor de gnosis, in het bijzonder de gnostiek, en is verder een druk vrijmetselaar. Volgens Churton is de gnosis de werkelijke kern van het christendom. Hij kan tot de hedendaagse neognostieke stroming gerekend worden. (nl)
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  • Tobias Churton (nl)
  • Tobias Churton (en)
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