Waning Gibbous
The first release.
The first release
Gratitude is the correct posture here, which is why most people miss it — they are still chasing the peak that just passed. Harvest before the insight fades. Write the lesson in the exact words you would use to teach it to one person you love. Specificity is the only way a gnostic insight survives the cycle it was born in.
Upcoming Occurrences
The next three exact Waning Gibbous moments — computed from real ephemeris, your local time.
Related Lexicon
Terms from Gnostic Cosmology for the work this phase calls for.
Abraxas
Greek: Ἀβράξας — numerical value 365 (A=1, B=2, R=100, A=1, X=60, A=1, S=200), representing the 365 heavens and the totality of the cosmic year
Aeon
Greek: Αἰών (Aiōn) — age, epoch, eternity; in Gnostic usage, a divine emanation from the Source
Anima Mundi
Latin: anima mundi — soul of the world
Related Reading
Essays from Gnostic Cosmology that deepen this phase's instruction.
The Demiurge: The Creator-God Who Forgot He Was Not the Highest
In the Gnostic texts, there is a creator god — but he is not the highest. He is blind to what is above him. And that blindness is the architecture of the world we live in.
The Seven Archons Are the Seven Deadly Sins: How Gnostic Cosmology Mapped the Chakras Before Yoga Reached the West
Before the Church called them deadly sins, the Gnostics called them the Seven Archons. Before yoga named them chakras, the Greeks called them the Hebdomad. Three traditions. One hidden map.
A guided practice for the Waning Gibbous
If you want more than a framing — a structured workbook for the phase — the matching protocol is the next step. Written for solo practice, no prerequisites.
Open the protocol