"The Gospel of Thomas" lay hidden in the sands of Egypt for over 1600 years until recently discovered. Thus, it was not tampered with by anyone, and what we have are the sayings of a Master, with very little colouring or dilution. "The Gospel" is made up entirely of short and highly concentrated sayings - mini-parables, each with an outer form and deep inner meanings - which are given in symbolic language that reaches directly to the spiritual being at the centre of each of us. They are presente...
Among the casualties of the western intervention in Iraq and the recent activities of ISIS are the Mandaeans of southern Iraq. Keepers of an ancient minority religious tradition, these peace-loving people may now be found in small numbers in such unlikely locations as Sydney, New Jersey, or Manchester. They have a claim to being the last Gnostics, The Mandaeans place weekly river baptisms at the centre of their religious life, and the primary exemplar, though not the founder, of their religion i...
The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, #63)
by Frank Williams
Epiphanius, monastic founder and bishop of Salamis on Cyprus for almost 40 years of the fourth century, threw heart and soul into the controversies of the time and produced the "Panarion" or "Medicine Chest", an historical encyclopedia of sects and heresies and their refutations. Book I, concerned chiefly with Gnostic and Jewish Christian groups, deals with material which is also found in Nag Hammadi and other Gnostic writings and in such patristic authors as Irenaeus, Hippolytus et al, and repr...
The Gnostic 4 Inc Alan Moore on the Occult Scene and Stephan Hoeller Interview
Translated by R. McL. Wilson A full-scale study based on the documents of the Coptic Gnostic library found at Nag Hammadi providing a comprehensive survey of the nature, the teachings, the history and the influence of this religion.
A fresh translation of the Pistis Sophia from the Coptic and a discussion of its historical setting.Sophia is one of the great symbols of the divine feminine in world civilization and the personification of divine Wisdom. In Gnosticism, the secret teaching of ancient Christianity, she represents the consciousness that all of us share, but which became trapped in the material world as a result of the Fall.One of the most sublime Gnostic texts is the Pistis Sophia or "Faith Wisdom," a great allego...
This book is the first to present the Christian Gnosis of the Kabbalah in a practical and deeply esoteric way. It takes the readers from the basic ideas of the Kabbalah to in-depth explorations of the Tree of Life. Gnostic legends and myths of Lazarus, Mary Magdalene and Jesus are woven into the study of the Holy Sefirot as well as commentaries on the Ten Commandments and The Beatitudes of the Sermon on the Mount.
From the printing press to the telegraph, through radio, TV and the Internet, TechGnosis explores the mystical impulses that lie behind our obsession with information technology. In this thrilling book, writer and cyber guru Erik Davis demonstrates how religious imagination, magical dreams and millennialist fervour have always permeated the story of technology. Through shamanism to gnosticism, voodoo to alchemy, Buddhism to evangelism, TechGnosis peels away the rational shell of info tech to re...
