Tau Malachi
Born
Bret C. Cagle

1962
United States
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Spiritual teacher and guide and author
ReligionGnosticism
ChurchEcclesia Pistis Sophia
Ordainedby Tau Elijah in 1975
Writings
  • The Gnostic Path of St. Thomas
  • The Gnostic Gospel of St. Thomas
  • Gnosis of the Cosmic Christ
  • Living Gnosis
  • St. Mary Magdalene
  • Gnostic Healing
  • Gnosis of Guadalupe
Offices held
Gnostic Apostle of Ecclesia Pistis Sophia
TitleGnostic Apostle, Sacred Tau
Websitesophian.org

Tau Malachi (full name: Tau Malachi eben Ha-Elijah; born Bret Cagle in 1962[1]) is an American neo-Gnostic religious leader and writer. He is currently the Gnostic Apostle of Ecclesia Pistis Sophia, also known as The Fellowship.[2][3]

Tau Malachi is the current lineage holder of the Sophian Gnostic tradition. Although members claim that the lineage dates back to the 1700s,[4] the current tone of Ecclesia Pistis Sophia was revealed in the 1880s by Tau Miriam, an Englishwoman. She initiated her protégé Tau Elijah,[5][6] who left England in the early twentieth century to establish the lineage in the Bay Area of Northern California. In the 1960s, Tau Elijah retired from public teaching and initiating to live in the Lake Tahoe basin, where he died in the 1970s.

Biography

Tau Malachi was born Bret Cagle in 1962 in the United States,[1] and was 8 years old when he met his spiritual leader Tau Elijah. As a disciple of Tau Elijah during the 1970s, he received the spiritual name Tau Malachi eben Ha-Elijah.[7]

In 1983, Tau Malachi founded The Fellowship.[8]

Tau Malachi has also been initiated into the Martinist[9] Tradition, though he does not practice in that tradition. Other than Christian Kabbalah and the Gnostic Path, he has also studied and participated in Vajrayana Buddhism, Vedanta, Sufism, and Native American shamanism.[10]

Tau Malachi currently resides in Grass Valley, California.[11][12]

Books

Books by Tau Malachi:[13]

  • Tau Malachi (2023). The Gnostic Path of St. Thomas. St. Paul, Minn: Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0-7387-7565-4. OCLC 1373831290.
  • —— (2004). The gnostic Gospel of St. Thomas: meditations on the mystical teachings. St. Paul, Minn: Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0-7387-0499-9. OCLC 54677610.
  • —— (2005). Gnosis of the Cosmic Christ: a Gnostic Christian Kabbalah. St. Paul, Minn: Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0-7387-0591-0. OCLC 56510349.
  • —— (2005). Living gnosis: a practical guide to gnostic Christianity. St. Paul, Minn: Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0-7387-0718-1. OCLC 57564851.
  • —— (2006). St. Mary Magdalene: the Gnostic tradition of the holy bride. Woodbury, Minn: Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0-7387-0783-9. OCLC 62089969.
  • —— (2010). Gnostic healing: revealing the hidden power of God. Woodbury, Minn: Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 978-0-7387-1983-2. OCLC 424560073.
  • —— (2017). Gnosis of Guadalupe: A Mystical Path of the Mother. EPS Press. ISBN 978-0-692-81095-8.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Tau Malachi". VIAF. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  2. ↑ Eichler-Levine, Jodi (2013-01-01). "Imagining Mary Magdalene: The Discourse of Hidden Wisdom in American Popular Culture". Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts and Contemporary Worlds. 7 (1): 1–25. ISSN 1743-887X. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  3. ↑ "Tau Malachi". Contemplative Inquiry. 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  4. ↑ Miller, David Ian (2012-02-11). "Tau Malachi, a Sophian Gnostic bishop, talks about Gnosticism and 'The Da Vinci Code'". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  5. ↑ Walters, B. Dave (2012-04-21). "Tau Malachi, Christian Mystic and Gnostic Teacher". Beliefnet. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  6. ↑ Ecclesia Pistis Sophia.
  7. ↑ Brett Cagle. History of the Independent Sacramental Movement (ISM). Accessed 2021-11-26.
  8. ↑ Tau Malachi. Llewellyn.
  9. ↑ "Tau Malachi". Banyen Books & Sound. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  10. ↑ Plummer, John (May 25, 2006). "Speaking of Sophia & the Magdalene: Interview with Tau Malachi". Theosophical Society in America. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  11. ↑ Interview with Gnostic Priest, Tau Malachi by Clint Sabom.
  12. ↑ "About Tau Malachi". Ecclesia Pistis Sophia. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  13. ↑ "Tau Malachi". Goodreads. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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