Tau Malachi is presiding lineage-holder of Sophian Gnostic Tradition and EPS. He has taught and initiated thousands of people for nearly three decades. He's presented his unique expertise of Christian Kabbalah over five books such as The Gnostic Gospel of St. Thomas and St. Mary Magdalene, as well as thousands of essays and audios in his online forum. He currently lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. Elder Gideon is a lineage-holder and apprentice of Tau Malachi. He is currently an MFA candidate in creative nonfiction and poetry who has taught English and rhetoric for twenty years to underserved public high school students. This is his first book. He's concurrently developing a growing body of artwork visualizing the oral Sophian Gnostic Tradition called Sophia Guild.