The Gnostic Society Inc.
Meetings
Auckland in-person meetings are held every Tuesday and every second Thursday evening. A Sufi Universal Worship Service is held every second Sunday morning. Online meetings alternate between Monday evening one week, Thursday evening the next. Northland meetings are held on Wednesday afternoons. Newcomers are welcome to attend any service or meeting (except Monday). Please contact secretary@gnosticsociety.co.nz for details.
Monday Night Meeting
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm every second Monday evening (on-line only)
Meetings begin with a reading from and discussion of one of Abdullah’s works, followed by queries from members, either of a general nature or directly related to their inner work
Abdullah Dougan, Quest Part I: Ideas.
https://www.gnosticpress.co.nz/products/gnostic-press-the-quest-part-i-ideas/
11th August 2025 -'Essence’, p. 241 ‘What is it which makes the choice?’
Tuesday Night Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm every Tuesday evening (in-person). Meeting room, 55 Tramway Rd, Beach Haven, Auckland 0626
Tuesday meetings have an emphasis on psychological work as taught by G.I. Gurdjieff and expanded by Abdullah. Each week a member reports on progress and experience in their own work. This is followed by general questions and a reading from and discussion of one of Abdullah’s books.
Abdullah Dougan, The Glimpse.
https://www.gnosticpress.co.nz/products/gnostic-press-the-glimpse/
12th August 2025 - p. 64. “The advantage of working…”
Sufi meetings
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm alternating Thursday evenings
Weekly Sufi meetings alternate between online discussion of Hazrat Inayat Khan's lectures (attendees are requested to read and ponder the text in advance of the meeting) and an in-person meeting in which the writings of another spiritual teacher are read and discussed.
Hazrat Inayat Khan Thursday meeting (online-only)
Complete Works of Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, Original Texts: Lectures on Sufism 1926.
Pir-O-Murshid-Hazrat-Inayat-Khan-1926-III.pdf
21st August 2025 - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - The Art of Painting (lecture only) p.305
4th September 2025 - Sunday Public Lecture - Dependence p.342
18th September 2025 - Philosophy - the Effect of Sound (lecture only) p.366
2nd October 2025 - The Message p.378
16th October 2025 - The Education of the Children p.392
30th October 2025 - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow - Art (lecture only) p.412
13th November 2025 - Sunday Public Lecture - Three Steps to Perfection p.423
11th December 2025 - Psychology - Twin Souls (lecture only) p.450
Alternate Thursday meeting (in-person only)
Meeting room, 55 Tramway Rd, Beach Haven, Auckland 0626
Attar, Farid ud-Din, The Conference of the Birds. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974.
https://data.nur.nu/Kutub/English/Attar_Conference-of-the-Birds_tr.C.S.Nott.pdf
14th August 2025 - p.56. '21. Excuses of the fifth bird.'
Sufi Universal Worship Service
10:30 am – 11:00 am every second Sunday morning,
Meeting room, 55 Tramway Rd, Beach Haven, Auckland 0626, New Zealand
Universal Worship, the prayer and meditation service of Hazrat Inayat Khan, acknowledges the unity of all spiritual teachings with readings on a chosen topic from Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Hebrew, Christian, and Islamic texts, and Hazrat Inayat Khan’s Gayan. The topic is also illustrated with teaching stories. The service and stories are intended to be suitable for families including children.
Topic: Constant Prayer
17th August 2025 - Longing
31st August 2025 - Conscience
14th September 2025 - Gratitude
28th September 2025 - Acceptance
12th October 2025 - Remembrance
26th October 2025 - Non-attachment
9th November 2025 - Silence
