Initiation
The holy process that has passed teacher to student, unbroken, since the time of King Salomon — the doorway into the Great Work.
About the Lineage
An Unbroken Path, 3,000 Years Old
The teachings held here belong to the Modern Mystery School — the ancient lineage of King Salomon, carried faithfully from teacher to student across more than three millennia, and open to the public since 1997.
The Mission
World Peace, Beginning Within
To create world peace by empowering individuals to find peace within themselves.
The school is in service to all of humanity — to assist in the ascension of human consciousness on this planet, a work the lineage holders have pursued for over 3,000 years. Its purpose is to help each person reach their highest spiritual potential in this physical life, while living with joy, fulfilment and love.
We do not hand you your answers. We give you the tools and the teachings to remember that you are your own greatest teacher — that everything you seek already lives within you. You can read the mission in full on the Modern Mystery School's mission page, alongside the core values that guide the work.
What the School Offers
Ancient Tools for Empowerment
Sacred Tools
Ancient, practical teachings for the mind and the energy body, so you may take back the authorship of your own life.
The Great Work
Living in accordance with your true potential and life purpose — and, in doing so, helping to create a better world.
Why Lineage Matters
The Difference Between Wisdom and Guesswork
There was a time when humanity lived by this wisdom. Then it was “lost” to the pages of history, and the teachings were forced into hiding — preserved by a tradition of transmission that can be traced, verifiably, to King Salomon himself.
Lineage is what separates an authentic mystery school from generic spirituality. It is an unbroken chain, affirmed by initiation, that empowers the Adept to engage in the Great Work. You can explore what lineage truly means on the school's site.
Leadership
The Third Order
The main lineage holders administer and maintain the purity of the lineage and its teachings — Founder & Hierophant Gudni Gudnason, Sovereign Ipsissimus Hideto Nakagome and Sovereign Ipsissimus Dave Lanyon.
Anchors of the Light
Governing Ipsissima & Ipsissimus
Those who have reached the pinnacle initiation of Ipsissimus — master teachers and high-level initiates who each hold a specific key of knowledge and power, and anchor immense Light for the Modern Mystery School.
Divina Franca LanyonIpsissima of Alchemy
Divina Theresa Bullard-WhykeIpsissima of Kabbalah
Divina Luisa NakagomeIpsissima of Shamanism
Divina Eiko GudnasonIpsissima of the Royal Arts
Divina Tsukiko KimuraIpsissima of the Ensofic Arts
Divina Kate Bartram-BrownIpsissima of the Noble Arts
Divina Liza RossiIpsissima of the Divine Arts
Kathleen LanyonIpsissima of the Governance of the Light
Azusa YodaIpsissima of the Grand Oracle
Divina Hitomi ShibuyaIpsissima of the Goethian Arts
Kimio IwakiIpsissima of the Occult Arts
Yoko WatanabeIpsissima of the Psychic Arts
Activated 2017
The Council of Twelve
When the Third Order was initiated in 2017, the Council of 12 was also activated — a group of twelve high-level women initiates from across the world who serve as leadership for the Modern Mystery School. Working directly with the Third Order, they provide council, confirmation and conference on the school's missions, anchoring the Goddess power and connection with the Shekinah through the structures of the Light. The women rotate through their roles as needed, so the seats of the East and the West shift from year to year.
Meet the wider leadership of the school, including every Governing Ipsissima and the current Council of 12.
See It From the Inside
The LIFE Documentary Series
LIFE — Living In Full Empowerment — follows the lineage through the eyes of its students and teachers. Start with the trailer, then journey through the chapters below — each one a window into healing, initiation and the awakening of life purpose.
Official Trailer
LIFE: Living In Full Empowerment
Chapter 1
Craving Magick
Chapter 2
When Success Isn't Enough
Chapter 3
To Save The World
Chapter 4
Know Your Eternal Self
Chapter 5
Beyond the Surface
Chapter 6
Build Your Purpose
Chapter 7
All of Us or None of Us
Epilogue
A Lifelong Journey
In Ireland
Marian Barnow, Dublin
This work is carried in Ireland by Marian Barnow — a Certified Teacher, Healer and Life Activation Practitioner in the Lineage of King Salomon, and an initiated Celtic Shaman. From Dublin, she offers healings, Max Meditation, and the classes of empowerment that open the path of initiation to anyone who feels the call.
The teachings and healings are open to all. Whether you come from a long spiritual practice or are taking your very first step, you are invited — never pursued — to discover the tools this lineage has protected for you.
Know Thyself — and thou shalt know the universe and the gods.
Take the Next Step
Walk the Path
Book a Life Activation, join a class of empowerment, or arrange a free conversation to find where your path begins.