THE LACONNEAU TRADITION

Laconneau offers an intensive course series that combines one-on-one mentoring with group training to encourage the development of a daily practice of meditation and spiritual observance based on a traditional form of European Gnosticism.

The Laconneau Tradition is derived from an ancient path of Gnostic spiritual development originating in Occitania - the Languedoc region of Southern France. It is a largely oral tradition historically passed down from woman to woman In accordance with Gnostic beliefs, it stresses inner growth and development, positive ethics, and devotion to the Divine Feminine. Although primarily found in France, traces of similar traditions can be found in other areas throughout Southern Europe.

It was in Occitania (then Roman Gaul) during the first century CE that the Tradition encountered and embraced the teachings of the early Gnostic Christian church.  Adopting much of the belief system of the early Gnostics, and with possible links to the early Magdalene cult, the Tradition survived and adapted to the western spread of Christianity, while still maintaining spiritual focus upon the Divine Feminine. As with the Gnostic Church itself, however, the advent of the militant Roman Church spelled the end of the Tradition as an open practice. Driven underground in the 13th century by the persecution of the Albigensian crusade and the subsequent Inquisition, Laconneau survived and flourished in spite of intense and often deadly attempts to eliminate it. Carried to northeastern France by refugees from the Inquisition, the Tradition in time found new homes where it survived to continue its work. It still survives today.