100 Best Gnosticism Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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The Nag Hammadi Library

Marvin W. Meyer

5.0

The Nag Hammadi Library was discovered in 1945 buried in a large stone jar in the desert outside the modern Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi. It is a collection of religious and philosophic texts gathered and translated into Coptic by fourth-century Gnostic Christians and translated into English by dozens of highly reputable experts. First published in 1978, this is the revised 1988 edition supported

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The Gnostic Gospels

Elaine Pagels

5.0

The Gnostic Gospels is a landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, The Gnostic Gospels has continued to grow in reputation and influence over the past two decades. It is now widely recognized as one of the mo

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Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing

Stephan A Hoeller

4.7

Gnosticism developed alongside Judeo-Christianity over two thousand years ago, but with an important difference: It emphasizes, not faith, but direct perception of God--Gnosticism being derived from the Greek word gnosis, meaning "knowledge." Given the controversial premise that one can know God directly, the history of Gnosticism is an unfolding drama of passion, political intrigue, martyrdom, an

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The Little Prince Family Storybook: Unabridged Original Text

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

4.6

Rediscover Antoine de Saint-Exupery's universal masterpiece with original text and magnificent new illustrations created by masters of film animation. This wise and enchanginting fable teaches the secret of what is really important in life.

Recommended by Ryan Holiday, Brandon Stanton, Evan Goldberg, and 1 others.

Ryan Holiday

Author

Equally allegorical, I read The Little Prince for the first time which for some reason I’d never been exposed to before. If you’re in the same boat, read it. It’s short but great. [source]

Brandon Stanton

Brandon Stanton recommended this book on the podcast "The Tim Ferriss Show". [source]

Evan Goldberg

Phenomenal. [source]

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The Gnostic Bible

Willis Barnstone, Marvin Meyer

4.6

Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CE—with earlier antecedents and later flourishings—whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and non-Christian thought. For example, some gnostic texts suggest that god should be celebrated as both mother and fathe

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The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity

Hans Jonas

4.4

The Gnostic Religion was the 1st decent introduction to gnosticism for the modern world & is still of value today. It includes both heresiological & original texts--Nag Hammadi only uncovered later. It holds useful material on Simon Magus, the Hermetic Poimandres (shown here to be equally a gnostic document), the Valentinians, Mandaeans, Manichaeans & the "Hymn of the Pearl". The existentialist be

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Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism

Kurt Rudolph

4.4

Presents a readable and appealing introduction to what otherwise might seem an inaccessible religion of late antiquity.

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The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus

Marvin W. Meyer, Harold Bloom

4.4

A new translation and analysis of the gospel that records the actual words of Jesus.
Explores the gnostic significance of Jesus's teachings recorded in this gospel and explains the true nature of the new man whose coming Jesus envisioned.
Translated and interpreted by the author of the bestselling Gospel of Mary Magdalene and The Gospel of Philip.
One of the cache of codices and manuscripts discovere

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The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead

Stephan A. Hoeller

4.4

Jungian psychology based on a little known treatise he authored in his earlier years.

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The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity

David Brakke

4.4

Who were the Gnostics? And how did the Gnostic movement influence the development of Christianity in antiquity? Is it true that the Church rejected Gnosticism? This book offers an illuminating discussion of recent scholarly debates over the concept of "Gnosticism" and the nature of early Christian diversity. Acknowledging that the category "Gnosticism" is flawed and must be reformed, David Brakke

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Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians

Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy

4.4

Why Were the Teachings of the Original Christians Brutally Suppressed by the Roman Church?

• Because they portray Jesus and Mary Magdalene as mythic figures based on the Pagan Godman and Goddess
• Because they show that the gospel story is a spiritual allegory encapsulating a profound philosophy that leads to mythical enlightenment
• Because they have the power to turn the world inside out and transf

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The Disappearance of the Universe

Gary R. Renard

4.4

What would you do if you were sitting quietly in your living room when a mysterious couple appeared from out of nowhere--and then told you they were "ascended masters" who had come to reveal some shocking secrets of existence and teach you the miraculous powers of advanced forgiveness? When two such teachers appeared before Gary Renard in 1992, he chose to listen to them (and ask a lot of impertin

Recommended by Amit Sadh.

Amit Sadh

@SuperAalif The disappearance of the universe ... Best lesson / book you gave me 🙏🤗 [source]

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The Gospel of Judas

Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, Gregor Wurst, Bart D. Ehrman

4.3

For 1600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Here was a gospel that had not been seen since the early days of Xianity, & which few experts had even thought existed–a gospel told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, history’s ultimate traitor. Far from being a villain, the Judas

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The Books of Enoch: A Complete Volume Containing 1 Enoch (First Book of Enoch), 2 Enoch (Second Book of Enoch) the Extended Version, 3 Enoch (Third Book of Enoch)

Joseph Lumpkin

4.3

The First Book of Enoch was lost for centuries to the western world although it was kept by the Ethiopian church. In 1773 the Scottish explorer James Bruce heard that the Book of Enoch may have been in Ethiopia so traveled there and procured three copies. In 1821 Richard Laurence, a professor of Hebrew at Oxford, produced the first English translation. Fragments of ten Enoch manuscripts were found

Recommended by The Dome.

The Dome

@Gospel_Truther do a study on orbs, and the orbs of the sun as it sets as well - may find it interesting - the book of enoch refers to this as well - it is an "enclosed circle" [source]

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What is Gnosticism?

Karen L. King

4.3

A distinctive Christian heresy? A competitor of burgeoning Christianity? A pre-Christian folk religion traceable to "Oriental syncretism"? How do we account for the disparate ideas, writings, and practices that have been placed under the Gnostic rubric? To do so, Karen King says, we must first disentangle modern historiography from the Christian discourse of orthodoxy and heresy that has pervaded-

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Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet

Meggan Watterson

4.3

--WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER-- The Gospel of Mary Magdalene reveals a very different love story from the one we've come to refer to as Christianity. Harvard-trained theologian Meggan Watterson leads us verse by verse through Mary's gospel to illuminate the powerful teachings it contains.

A gospel, as ancient and authentic as any of the gospels that the Christian bible contains, was buried deep

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The Gospel of Mary of Magdala

Karen L. King

4.3

Lost for more than fifteen hundred years, the Gospel of Mary is the only existing early Christian gospel written in the name of a woman. Karen L. King tells the story of the recovery of this remarkable gospel and offers a new translation. This brief narrative rejects Jesus' suffering and death as a path to eternal life and exposes the view that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute for what it is--a pie

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

Ioan P. Couliano

4.3

This pioneering study interprets the mythology of dualism from Gnosticism to the medieval Cathars to modern nihilism. Couliano shows that, far from being "historically" transmitted, the underlying connection between all dualistic worldviews is a perennial and immensely appealing mindset.

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The Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original Jesus" a Pagan God?

Tim Freke

4.3

“Whether you conclude that this book is the most alarming heresy of the millennium or the mother of all revelations, The Jesus Mysteries deserves to be read.”
-- Fort Worth Star -Telegram

What if . . .
* there were absolutely no evidence for the existence of a historical Jesus?
* for thousands of years Pagans had also followed a Son of God?
* this Pagan savior was also born of a virgin on the twenty-fi

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Forbidden Faith: The Secret History of Gnosticism

Richard Smoley

4.3

The success of books such as Elaine Pagels's Gnostic Gospels and Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code proves beyond a doubt that there is a tremendous thirst today for finding the hidden truths of Christianity - truths that may have been lost or buried by institutional religion over the last two millennia.

In Forbidden Faith, Richard Smoley narrates a popular history of one such truth, the ancient esoteric re

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Voices of Gnosticism: Interviews with Elaine Pagels, Marvin Meyer, Bart Ehrman, Bruce Chilton and Other Leading Scholars

Miguel Conner, Elaine Pagels, et al.

4.3

For several years, Miguel Conner has engaged the most prominent writers and scholars on Gnosticism and early Christianity on Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio. These interviews with 13 leading scholars represent one of the best ways to get to know ancient Gnosticism, the movement that has inspired Dan Brown, Philip Pullman, Philip K. Dick and The Matrix movies. Read what the best minds have to say about the

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The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions

Bentley Layton

4.3

This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. Maps and tables.

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VALIS (VALIS Trilogy, #1)

Philip K. Dick

4.3

VALIS is the first book in Philip K. Dick's incomparable final trio of novels (the others being The Divine Invasion and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer). This disorienting and bleakly funny work is about a schizophrenic hero named Horselover Fat; the hidden mysteries of Gnostic Christianity; and reality as revealed through a pink laser. VALIS is a theological detective story, in which God is

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Introduction to Gnosticism: Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds

Nicola Denzey Lewis

4.2

Discovered in Egypt in 1945, the fascinating and challenging Nag Hammadi writings forever changed our understanding of early Christianity. State-of-the-art and the only volume of its kind, Introduction to "Gnosticism": Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds guides students through the most significant of the Nag Hammadi texts. Employing an exceptionally lucid and accessible writing style, Nicola Denzey

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The Gospel of Mary Magdalene

Jean-Yves Leloup, Joseph Rowe, Jacob Needleman

4.2

Restores to the forefront of the Christian tradition the importance of the divine feminine

• The first complete English-language translation of the original Coptic Gospel of Mary, with line-by-line commentary

• Reveals the eminence of the divine feminine in Christian thought

• Offers a new perspective on the life of one of the most controversial figures in the Western spiritual tradition

Perhaps no fi

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Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew

Bart D. Ehrman

4.2

The early Christian Church was a chaos of contending beliefs. Some groups of Christians claimed that there was not one God but two or twelve or thirty. Some believed that the world had not been created by God but by a lesser, ignorant deity. Certain sects maintained that Jesus was human but not divine, while others said he was divine but not human.

In Lost Christianities, Bart D. Ehrman offers a fa

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Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity

Elaine Pagels, Karen L. King

4.2

The two leading, bestselling experts on the Gnostic Gospels weigh in on the meaning of the controversial newly discovered Gospel of Judas.

When the Gospel of Judas was published by the National Geographic Society in April 2006, it received extraordinary media attention and was immediately heralded as a major biblical discovery that rocked the world of scholars and laypeople alike. Elaine Pagels an

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The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs

Tim Freke

4.2

The Hermetica is the first easily accessible translation of the forgotten Egyptian classic that inspired some of the world's greatest artists, scientists, and philosophers, including Blake, Newton, Raleigh, Milton, Shelley, Shakespeare, Botticelli, Kepler, da Vinci, and Jung. Influencing the Egyptians, Greeks, and much of Western thought, this work is credited to Hermes, an ancient Egyptian sage w

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Dream Changer: Transform Your Nightmares Into Victories, Find Help for Bad Dreams, and Win Spiritual Battles in Your Sleep

Beth Chiles

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The Gnostics

Jacques Lacarriere

4.2

Gnostics have always sought to “know” rather than to accept dogma and doctrine, often to their peril. This inquiry into Gnosticism examines the character, history, and beliefs of a brave and vigorous spiritual quest that originated in the ancient Near East and continues into the present day.

Lawrence Durrell writes, “This is a strange and original essay, more a work of literature than of scholarshi

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The Book of Enoch (Ethiopian)

Enoch

4.2

R. H. Charles provides a definitive translation of one of the most noted apocalyptic works still in existence. Often described as "the lost book" of the Bible, The Book of Enoch seems to have been written in Palestine by several different authors in the first and second centuries B.C. For hundreds of years it was accepted by the early church fathers, but it was rejected by the council of Laodicea

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Pistis Sophia: The Gnostic Tradition of Mary Magdalene, Jesus and His Disciples

G.R.S. Mead

4.2

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Womanpriest: Tradition and Transgression in the Contemporary Roman Catholic Church

Jill Peterfeso

4.2

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The World Of Narnia Collection

C.S. Lewis, Deborah Maze

4.2

Lucy steps through the wardrobe.--Edmund and the White Witch.--Aslan.-- Aslan's triumph.

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The Land of Narnia

Brian Sibley, Pauline Baynes

4.2

"Narnia fans of all ages will enjoy this introduction and companion to the magical world created by C.S. Lewis. Sibley introduces Lewis, describes how he came to write [The Chronicles], imparts interesting insights about [their] deeper meaning, and summarizes each of the seven stories and their characters. Marvelously illustrated with maps, drawings and colorplates by [the illustrator] for the ori

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Ancient Gnosticism: Traditions and Literature

Birger A. Pearson

4.2

Even as public interest is attracted to this esoteric religion, Escholars have debated its origins, its relationship to Judaism and Christianity, and even whether one distinctive and separate Gnostic "religion" ever existed. Birger Pearson's expert and accessible introduction brings the reader into the debate. Directly addressing the nettling questions of origins and definition, Pearson situates t

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I Forgive You, But...: 3 Steps That Can Heal Your Heart Forever

Karen Jensen Salisbury

4.2

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The Ramayana of Valmiki, Volume 5: Sundarakanda

Robert Goldman

4.2

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The Book of Secret Wisdom: The Prophetic Record of Human Destiny and Evolution

Zinovia Dushkova

4.2

Do you wonder about the future and the destiny of humanity? Do you want to know the true purpose of your existence on Earth and in the Universe? A long-hidden ancient text holds the answers you seek!

Zinovia Dushkova, Ph.D., is one of the few living people who has gained access to the million-year-old manuscript widely known as the Book of Dzyan. Written in the language of the Gods, called Senzar,

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Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

Hermann Hesse

4.2

Emil Sinclair ist ein Junge, der in einem als "Scheinwelt" beschrieben bürgerlichen Elternhaus aufgewachsen ist. Dies ist die dramatische Geschichte seines Abstiegs - gesteuert durch sein frühreifen Schulkamerad Max Demian - in eine geheime und gefährliche Welt der Kleinkriminalität und Revolte gegen Konvention und seiner Erwachen zu Selbstheit.

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Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It Into the New Testament

Bart D. Ehrman

4.2

While most people think that the twenty-seven books of the New Testament are the only sacred writings of the early Christians, this is not at all the case. A companion volume to Bart Ehrman's Lost Christianities, this book offers an anthology of up-to-date and readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the first centuries after Christ--texts that have been for the most part lost or

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The Gnostic Gospel Illuminated: Gnosis freely dispensed and demystified

CydCharise Ropp Ph.D.

4.2

Gnosis is not a bundle of hidden secrets that must be studied and understood to gain redemption. Simply put, gnosis is the realization that we come from above, and that our Father is in Heaven, and to Heaven we shall return. That's all. Gnosis involves stepping down from the throne of ego to better reveal the Light of God. You cannot be taught gnosis; you must discover it for yourself. So, even th

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Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom

June Singer

4.2

Within the Nag Hammadi Library, thought to have been written during the first two centuries c.e., are ancient texts written by a group who called themselves the Gnostics. June Singer has recast the wisdom found in these texts into a book of hours, the traditional framework for an ongoing meditative practice. Its purpose is to enable readers to maintain an awareness of the presence of the divine my

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The Other Bible

Willis Barnstone

4.2

A new edition of our classic, The Other Bible, including a new index, new cover, and a new introduction from the author to bring The Other Bible up to date.

The Other Bible gathers in one comprehensive volume ancient, esoteric holy texts from Judeo–Christian tradition that were excluded from the official canon of the Old and New Testaments, including the Gnostic Gospels, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the K

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The Laughing Jesus: Religious Lies and Gnostic Wisdom

Tim Freke

4.1

An Incendiary Wake-Up Call to the World

What if the Old Testament is a work of fiction, Jesus never existed, and Muhammad was a mobster?

What if the Bible and the Qur'an are works of political propaganda created by Taliban-like fundamentalists to justify the sort of religious violence we are witnessing in the world today?

What if there is a big idea that could free us from the us-versus-them world cr

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Gnostic Philosophy: From Ancient Persia to Modern Times

Tobias Churton

4.1

An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition

• Explains how the Gnostic understanding of self-realization is embodied in the esoteric traditions of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons

• Explores how gnosticism continues to influence contemporary spirituality

• Shows gnosticism to be a philosophical key that helps spiritual se

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The Tumultuous 2020's and Beyond

Bert Farias and Mario Murillo

4.1

A last days authentic oracle. A lightning bolt from heaven!A clarion call that includes a severe warning to the body of Christ in America."This book is a Godsend to help you not only face the 2020s but to thrive for God in them." - Mario Murillo

In many ways, the entire decade of the 2020s will be the most tumultuous decade in American history. The soul of our nation hangs in the balance.The battl

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Fragments of a Faith Forgotten

G. R. S. Mead

4.1

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true t

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The New Gods

Jack Kirby

4.1

Dubbed “Nietzsche without his hammer” by literary critic James Wood, the Romanian philosopher E. M. Cioran is known as much for his profound pessimism and fatalistic approach as for the lyrical, raging prose with which he communicates them. Unlike many of his other works, such as On the Heights of Despair and Tears and Saints, The New Gods eschews his usual aphoristic approach in favor of more ext

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The Levitikon

Donald Donato, Jordan Stratford

4.1

The controversial and influential Gnostic accounting of the Gospel of John; appearing in English for the first time.

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Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius

Copenhaver

4.1

The Hermetica are a body of mystical texts written in late antiquity, but believed during the Renaissance (when they became well known) to be much older. Their supposed author, a mythical figure named Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses. The Hermetic philosophy was regarded as an ancient theology, parallel to the revealed wisdom of the Bible, supporting Biblical revelati

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The Gnostic Gospels of Jesus

Marvin W. Meyer

4.1

The Definitive Collection of Mystical Gospels and Secret Books about Jesus of Nazareth

For all those readers curious to read the actual texts of the Gnostic Gospels, here is the definitive collection of all the Gnostic Gospels and Gospel-like texts.

Marvin Meyer, premier scholar of Gnostic and other Christian literature outside the New Testament, presents every Gnostic Gospel and Jesus text with a

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Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition

Richard Smoley

4.1

Inner Christianity is the first introduction to mystical and esoteric Christianity for the general reader. It speaks from a nonsectarian point of view, unearthing insights from the whole of the Christian tradition, orthodox and heretical, famous and obscure. The esoteric tradition has traditionally searched for meanings that would yield a deeper inner knowledge of the divine. While traditional Ch

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The White Flag: When Compromise Cripples the Church

David S. Steele

4.1

These are troubling times. We live in a day which is marked by theological error and apostasy. Leaders are falling, truth is routinely maligned, and compromise is celebrated. A glance across the cultural milieu reveals an unfurled white flag. The white flag has been hoisted high and a diabolical deal has been struck. This flag reveals a horrifying reality which must be addressed, namely - final su

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Jung and the Lost Gospels: Insights into the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library

Stephan A. Hoeller

4.1

The "Lost Gospels" refer to the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library, both discovered in the 1940s. The Nag Hammadi Library consists of writings found by two peasants who unearthed clay jars in 1945 in upper Egypt. These did not appear in English for 32 years, because the right to publish was contended by scholars, politicians, and antique dealers. The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in clay

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The Gospel of the Beloved Companion: The Complete Gospel of Mary Magdalene

Jehanne de Quillan

4.1

Product Description The Gospel of the Beloved Companion is the first English translation of a previously unpublished first-century gospel of the same name. Originally written in Alexandrian Greek, and brought from Egypt to the Languedoc during the early to middle part of the first century, this exceptional manuscript has been preserved within the author's spiritual community since that period. In

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TechGnosis: Myth, Magic Mysticism in the Age of Information

Erik Davis

4.1

How does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis - a cult classic now updated and reissued with a new afterword - Erik Davis argues that while the realms of the digital and the spiritual may seem worlds apart, esoteric and religious impulses have in fact always permeated (and sometimes inspired) technological communication. Davis uncovers startling c

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Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible & Why We Don't Know About Them

Bart D. Ehrman

4.1

Picking up where Bible expert Bart Ehrman's New York Times bestseller Misquoting Jesus left off, Jesus, Interrupted addresses the larger issue of what the New Testament actually teaches—& it's not what most people think. Here Ehrman reveals what scholars have unearthed:
•The authors of the New Testament have diverging views about who Jesus was & how salvation works
•The New Testament contains books

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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

Geza Vermes

4.1

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judean desert between 1947 and 1956 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Hidden in the caves at Qumran by the Essenes, a Jewish sect in existence before and during the time of Jesus, the Scrolls have transformed our understanding of the Hebrew Bible, early Judaism, and the origins of Christianity. This fully revised edition of the c

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The book that will forever change our ideas about the Bible

Mauro Biglino

4.1

This book follows a series of excerpts of the Old Testament, offering its true meaning, the same given in its literal translations, that is the alien creation of man; the truth about the ten commandments; the visions of the UFOs the prophets had as they themselves told us; the passage in which the Old Testament affirms in a puzzling way that God dies as all men do; the figures of the angels stripp

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A Dictionary of Gnosticism

Andrew Phillip Smith

4.1

A Dictionary of Gnosticism is a scholarly yet accessible guide that covers the people, mythology, movements, scripture, and technical terms related to this pre-Christian Western religion. It contains nearly 1700 entries, from Aachiaram, an angel in the 'Secret Book of John to Zostrianos', a third-century Gnostic text, and is a reliable reference for the Nag Hammadi library and other Gnostic texts.

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Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief

John Lamb Lash

4.1

Basing much of Not in His Image on the Nag Hammadi and other Gnostic writings, John Lamb Lash explains how a little-known messianic sect propelled itself into a dominant world power, systematically wiping out the great Gnostic spiritual teachers, the Druid priests, and the shamanistic healers of Europe and North Africa. They burned libraries and destroyed temples in an attempt to silence the ancie

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Inwardly Digest: The Prayer Book as Guide to a Spiritual Life

Derek Olsen

4.1

Creating a vibrant spiritual life requires us to acknowledge the state we are in now needs to be transformed by God, through God, and toward God - and we have a role in the process. Daily spiritual practice takes discipline, and we often wonder where to start and how to keep it from feeling like yet another task on our to-do list. In this grounded, practical book, author Derek Olsen uses The Book

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Call on Me: A Prayer Book for Young People

Jenifer Gamber and Sharon Ely Pearson

4.1

This prayer book designed for teens draws from the Book of Common Prayer, relevant prayers written by well known Episcopalians, and ancient prayers rooted in the Bible. New and original prayers are also offered, written by contemporary church leaders in the Episcopal Church, as well as by teens themselves, young adults and youth leaders.

The book is structured in four parts:
Daily Prayer. Includ

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The Origin of Satan: How Christians Demonized Jews, Pagans and Heretics

Elaine Pagels

4.1

From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan's story into an audacious exploration of Christianity's shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way

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The Divine Invasion

Philip K. Dick

4.1

In The Divine Invasion, Philip K. Dick asks: What if God — or a being called Yah — were alive and in exile on a distant planet? How could a second coming succeed against the high technology and finely tuned rationalized evil of the modern police state?

The Divine Invasion "blends Judaism, Kabalah, Zoroastrianism, and Christianity into a fascinating fable of human existence"
--West Coast Revew of Boo

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The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion

Jeffrey J. Kripal

4.1

“Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field.” With those words in Genesis, God condemns the serpent for tempting Adam and Eve, and the serpent has shouldered the blame ever since. But how would the study of religion change if we looked at the Fall from the snake’s point of view? Would he appear as a bringer of wisdom, more generous than the Go

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Gnostic Gospels: Including the Gospel of Judas, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Mary Magdalene (Sacred Texts)

Alan Jacobs

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The selections made in this volume shed light on these esoteric doctrines revealing intimate conversations between Jesus and his Disciples. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene throws new light on his relationship with this favourite disciple. The Gospel of Thomas contains concentrated mini-parables, containing deep inward and symbolic meaning, many of which are not found in the New Testament. The texts c

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Gnostic Writings on the Soul: Annotated & Explained

Andrew Phillip Smith

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The inspiration and insight of these Gnostic writings can become a companion on your own spiritual journey.

Just what is a soul, exactly? Where did the idea come from? How do we experience our souls? Two ancient Gnostic texts--The Exegesis on the Soul and The Hymn of the Pearl, both presented here in all-new translations--hold important clues to the development of the soul as a concept and reveal

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Treatise of Revolutionary Psychology: The Gnostic Method of Real Spiritual Awakening

Samael Aun Weor

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This book begins by asking the questions, "Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going? What are we living for? Why are we living?" The answers to these questions can be discovered if one knows where and how to look.

No matter who we are, we feel fulfillment, happiness, and purpose inside of ourselves. These qualities are not felt outside of ourselves, and cannot be found in external thi

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The Major Mysteries: The Gnostic Jesus and the Path of Initiation

Samael Aun Weor

4.1

For two thousand years, the teachings of Christianity have changed dramatically, especially regarding its founder and inspiration, Jesus. A master of Kabbalah and Hebrew, Jesus made the secret teachings public, enraging those who were attached to their power and traditions.

“If the Lord had not been crucified, the destiny of the Western world would have been another. We would now have sublime enlig

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The Lost Books of the Bible: The Great Rejected Texts

Joseph B Lumpkin

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The Lost Books of the Bible: The Great Rejected Texts -
Eighteen of the most sought after books available, which shed light on the evolution of our faith, our theology, and our church. Translations and commentary by the author of the best selling book, "The Lost Book of Enoch," Joseph B. Lumpkin. - Section One: Lost Scriptures of the Old Testament-
First Book of Adam and Eve, Second Book of Adam a

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The Virgin of the World, plus A Treatise On Initiations and The Definitions Of Asclepius

Hermes Trismegistos

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The Gnostic Jung

C.G. Jung, Robert Segal

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Gnosticism was for C.G. jung the chief prefiguration of his analytical psychology. In this volume Robert Segal, an authority on theories of myth and Gnosticism, has searched the Jungian corpus for Jung's main discussions of this ancient form of spirituality. The progression in Gnosticism from sheer bodily existence to the release of the immaterial spark imprisoned in the body - and the reunion of

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The Oxford Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Archaeology

Helena Hamerow, David A. Hinton, et al.

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Since the early 20th century the scholarly study of Anglo-Saxon texts has been augmented by systematic excavation and analysis of physical evidence--settlements, cemeteries, artefacts, environmental data, and standing buildings. This evidence has confirmed some readings of the Anglo-Saxon literary and documentary sources and challenged others. More recently, large-scale excavations both in towns a

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Why Religion?: A Personal Story

Elaine Pagels

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New York Times bestseller

One of PW’s Best Books of the Year

One of Amazon’s Best Books of the Month

Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address the

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The Gnostic Bible: The Pistis Sophia Unveiled

Samael Aun Weor

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The Secret Teachings of Jesus as Recorded by His Disciples

"It came to pass, when Jesus had risen from the dead, that he passed eleven years discoursing with his disciples, and instructing them..." (The Pistis Sophia)

The Apostles wrote down what Jesus taught them during those eleven years, resulting in "The Pistis Sophia," the most important Gnostic scripture. Includes an extensive commentary by S

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The Gnostic Paul: Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters

Elaine Pagels

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In this highly original work, Elaine Pagels demonstrates how evidence from gnostic sources may challenge the assumption that Paul writes his letters to combat "gnostic opponents" and to repudiate their claims to secret wisdom. Drawing upon evidence from the gnostic exegesis of Paul, including several Nag Hammadi texts, the author examines how gnostic exegetes cite and interpret key passages in the

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Conquering the Spirit of Death: Experiencing and Enforcing the Resurrection Power of Jesus

Becky Dvorak

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Take Hold of Resurrection Life!

The devil prowls around like a lion, seeking to steal, kill, and destroy. The enemy can keep us from experiencing the abundant life that Jesus promised.

But the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead lives within us, His children. To truly walk in fullness of life, we must apply this resurrection power to our daily lives!

Becky Dvorak is a dynamic preacher of the

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The Gnostic Bible: Revised and Expanded Edition

Willis Barnstone

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The Three Mountains: The Autobiography of Samael Aun Weor

Samael Aun Weor

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For the first time in the history of humanity, the path of Initiation has been explained from beginning to end.

In this work Samael Aun Weor explains the essential outline of the Direct Path to the realization of the Being. The Direct Path is the only way to reach the heights of spiritual development, and was indicated with precision by Jesus of Nazareth: "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is

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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Bhagavata Purana (18 Vol. Set)

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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The Yoga of Spiritual Devotion: A Modern Translation of the Narada Bhakti Sutras

Prem Prakash

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• The first translation of this great but little-known path of spiritual devotion written for the modern Western audience.

• An insightful commentary aimed at making the path of love immediately accessible to Westerners.

• A life-affirming and relationship-positive path of yoga.

• Written in the spirit of the kirtans (ecstatic songs and dances) of Narada, sensitively translated by Prem Prakash.

Bh

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Freedom: Alchemy for a Voluntary Society

Stephan A Hoeller

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Dr. Stephan Hoeller examines the philosophic basis for freedom as expressed in the writings of the Gnostics and Carl Jung. He relates this philosophy to that of America's founders and to such recent events as the collapse of Communist regimes throughout the world.

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The Prophetic Generation: Fearless and Uncompromising

Tim Bagwell

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Take your place in this prophetic generation!

Man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord. (Deut. 8:3)

As the world grows darker, God is raising up a generation that is in tune with His voice and empowered by His Spirit to release supernatural transformation by declaring His Word.

Are you tired of dry, dead religion?
Do you desire to hear G

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The Invisibles, Vol. 4: Bloody Hell in America

Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez

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In a world where paranoia is a survival skill, the only hope for humankind is a group of unconventional occultist freedom fighters called the Invisibles. In this collection, the team launches an assault on an underground New Mexico lab to free the cure for the AIDS virus from the alleged inventors of the disease: the U.S. government. Collects Volume 2, Issues #1-4

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The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism

Daniel C. Matt

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A translation of the Kabbalah for the layperson includes a compact presentation of each primary text and features a practical analysis and vital historical information that offer insight into the various aspects of Jewish mysticism.

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Igneous Rose: The Magic, Sexual Energy, and Mind of the Inner Buddha

Samael Aun Weor

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“We are now going to penetrate into the most profound caverns of the earth in order to extract its most terrific secrets...”

All of the great prophets and avatars performed great feats in their effort to assist humanity. This book is a practical guide to follow in their footsteps.

All those who aspire to incarnate the Christ (also known as Avalokitesvara, Vishnu, Quetzalcoatl, etc.) must first know

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Echoes from the Gnosis

G R S Mead, John Algeo, Robert Gilbert, Stephan Hoeller

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Between 1906 and 1908, G. R. S. Mead published eleven small books under the series title "Echoes from the Gnosis." These books contain translations and interpretations of the Gnostic writings of the ancients. Long before the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library, Mead translated these esoteric texts of various origins (Christian, Roman, Greek). He wanted to make this material accessible to the grow

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The Perfect Heresy: The Revolutionary Life and Spectacular Death of the Medieval Cathars

Stephen O'Shea

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Chronicles the life & death of the Cathar movement, led by a group of heretical Christians whose brutal suppression by the Catholic Church unleashed the Inquisition.

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The Wisdom of the Knowing Ones: Gnosticism, the Key to Esoteric Christianity

Manly P. Hall

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Magick, Gnosticism & The Witchcraft: Introductory Essays

Jack Parsons

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The Gospel of Thomas - A Blueprint for Spiritual Growth

David Capps

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Book of Confessions: Study Edition, Revised

Presbyterian Publishing

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This revised study edition of the Book of Confessions contains the official creeds, catechisms, and confessional statements of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), including the new Confession of Belhar that was added at the 222nd General Assembly (2016). Each text is introduced by an informative essay providing in-depth historical and theological background information. The book also includes two ap

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The Transmigration of Timothy Archer

Philip K. Dick

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The Transmigration of Timothy Archer, the final novel in the trilogy that also includes Valis and The Divine Invasion, is an anguished, learned, and very moving investigation of the paradoxes of belief. It is the story of Timothy Archer, an urbane Episcopal bishop haunted by the suicides of his son and mistress - and driven by them into a bizarre quest for the identity of Christ.

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The Philosopher’s Stone: Alchemy and the Secret Research for Exotic Matter

Joseph P. Farrell

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The Philosopher’s Stone reveals the connections between little known ideas in physics and ancient alchemy. Examining American, Soviet and Nazi research, Farrell traces out alchemy’s view of an information-creating physical medium, and shows how this idea is related to the phenomenon of high-spin rotation and the unusual properties in matter that it induces.

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Goetia the Lesser Key of Solomon the King: Lemegeton, Book 1 Clavicula Salomonis Regis

Aleister Crowley

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Provides a clear and detailed account of the preparations and precautions necessary for the successful evocation of its 72 spirits, which are described in detail. Includes Crowley's "An Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic," his version of "The Bornless Ritual," Enochian translations of some of the Goetic invocations, an introduction, and notes. Illustrated. Smythe-sewn and printed on acid

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Akhenaten to the Founding Fathers: A History of the Secret Knowledge of the Western World

Scott F. Wolter

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Akhenaten to the Founding Fathers: The Mysteries of the Hooked X is the third book in a series that investigates the origin and meaning of a mysterious symbol originally found on the five fiercely debated medieval North American rune stones. That research led forensic geologist Scott Wolter on a world-wide search that resulted in several explosive discoveries, including the stunning realization th

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The Secret History of the Gnostics

Andrew Phillip Smith

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The Secret History of the Gnostics offers long-awaited illumination on the mystical movement that teaches 'gnosis' - knowledge of God as opposed to unquestioning faith. Acclaimed author Andrew Phillip Smith delves into the myths and practices of this ancient movement, exploring its popularity during 2nd century AD, its subsequent decline under the weight of orthodoxy in the Church, and its present

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Entering the Desert

Craig Williams

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