Gnosticism

Secret Cinema: Gnostic Vision in Film

by Eric G. Wilson

Knowledge of the Heart: Gnostic Secrets of Inner Wisdom

by June Singer

Knowledge of the Heart is based on one of the most exciting religious literary discoveries of our time - the finding in 1945 of 52 ancient books containing the Gnostic Gospels at nag Hammadi in Egypt in 1945. The Gnostics were an early Christian sect who believed that God can be accessed only through gnosis, the kind of knowledge or inner wisdom which streams from a wellspring within each individual. ...

The Gnostic Papers: The Undiscovered Mysteries of Christ

by John Panella

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"Mine is not much of a review, it is rather a testimony/review. When I encountered the revealing facts in the Gnostic Papers, it did not take long for me to realize that the Author had done not just a mechanical research but he had poured his heart in the desire to make his valuable revelation known to every and each seeker for Truth. ..."

The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism

by Ioan P. Couliano

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There Is No Male and Female: The Fate of a Dominical Saying in Paul and Gnosticism (Harvard Dissertations in Religion)

by Dennis R. MacDonald

Illumination: A Gnostic Handbook for the Post Modern World

by Christan Amundsen

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Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, & Early Christianity: Fourteen Leading Scholars Discuss the Current Issues in Gnostic Studies

No Longer Jews: The Search for Gnostic Origins

by Carl B. Smith

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"Gnostic origins has always elicited much debate among scholars and has produced theories and ideas that are as wide and varied as you could imagine. Some responses to the problem have been very extreme, (such as getting rid of the entire category of "gnosticism"). "No Longer Jews: The Search for Gnostic Origins" gives yet another theory in the long tradition of them.

Smith's basic theory is that Gnosticism came out of the Jewish religion of Egypt as a response to the devastaion caused by the suppression of the Jewish Revolt of 115-117 AD. ..."

Gnosis: The Mysteries and Christianity: An Anthology of Essene, Gnostic and Christian Writing

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Revelation of the Unknowable God: With Text, Translation, and Notes to Nhc Xi, 3 Allogenes (California Classical Library) (California Classical Library)

by Karen L. King

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Among the Gnostic treasures uncovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945 is this extraordinary spiritual narrative. In it, a third-century narrator known as Allogenes—the Foreigner—recounts a series of visions and divine revelations. He describes his spiritual progress: how he overcomes fear and ignorance and ascends into the divine realm as he experiences the transcendent Unknowable God. ...