The Church of St Mary & St John (ChurchSMSJ) and its associated closed family only Gnostic Magick Order - Ordo Infinitus Orbis (OIO) are based on ancient teachings passed through a hereditary tradition.

The ChurchSMSJ also claims lineages through Mary Magdalene and John The Baptist from a surviving bloodline tradition which predates the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as well as Eastern religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism.

The emphasis of their teachings is the returning of the Divine Feminine to public awareness. The Gnostic Theolalite Trinity is the Mother, the matriarchal Aeon of the past, the Father, the current patriarchal Aeon and the Divine Androgynous Child, the Aeon they claim we are currently moving into, known as the Aeon of Veritas, when all truths will be revealed.

The Church of St Mary & St John comprises of an esoteric Church and magickal Order (not to be confused with Roman Catholic churches of the same name), along with various other Orders and organisations under the protection of the Church. Although the Church claims ancestral lineages to very ancient Gnostic teachings its more public face - The Church of St Mary & St John, was first founded in March 2011 by Tau Tia L Douglass and Tau Graham T Suddick. Its inner Orders, the main being - Ordo Infinitus Orbis, again from ancestral lineages of Gnostic teachings which predate the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as well as Eastern religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, and Taoism, was given its current public face in March 2009 by Tau Tia L Douglass.

Temples and other buildings

The Church and Order can and do set up Temples wherever they are. No dedicated building is needed or required, some ceremonies take place outside. It is a strong Gnostic Theolalite belief that we need no fancy buildings or to set our roots down in one spot, we can be at one with the Divine wherever we are, because in truth we carry it with us, inside.

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