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

The ChurchSMSJ also claims lineages through [[bio:Mary Magdalene]] and [[bio: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 [[teachings:Gnostic Theolalite]] Trinity is the Mother, the matriarchal [[teachings: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 Secrets of the Serpent Bloodline, The Unveiling of Profound Esoteric Mysteries. |
| Douglass, Tau Tia L (2013) Purple Peacock Publications, ISBN 978-0957656406 |
| http://serpentbloodline.info |

^ The Magdalene Rite, Unveiling the Secret Symbology. |
| Douglass, Tau Tia L (2020) Purple Peacock Publications, ISBN  978-0957656420 |
| https://purplepeacockpublications.info/ |