Modern Christianity has been subjected to many re-interpretations which seek to remove elements of mythology and to 'de-mystify' its traditions. But there is also a parallel development in which a strong current of renewal finds inspiration from the spirit and essential character of the early Churches. The texts of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi, and more recent research on ancient documents, have thrown an unexpected light on the roots and emerging faith of the first Christians. Fresh ins...
Valentinus was a popular, influential, and controversial early Christian teacher. His school flourished in the second and third centuries C.E. Yet because his followers ascribed the creation of the visible world not to a supreme God but to an inferior and ignorant Creator-God, they were from early on accused of heresy, and rumors were spread of their immorality and sorcery. Beyond Gnosticism suggests that scholars approach Valentinians as an early Christian group rather than as a representative...
Gnosis, Misterios y Revelaciones (Coleccion Ageac Online)
by Kwen Khan Khu
The Tree of Life
by Dr Israel Regardie, Lon Milo Duquette, and James Wasserman
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...
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.
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 scholarship, though its documentation is impeccable. It is as convincing a reconstruction of the way the Gno...
Nu Gnosis Vol3 No2
by Jaul Joseph Rovelli, Iona Miller, and R H Orshalev
Splendor of the True (SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions)
This text provides an up-to-date introduction to Gnosticism as it relates to early Christianity. The author tries to make the reader familiar with the themes and ingredients of Gnosticism without going directly into where they come from.' Part 1 provides general orientation. Part 2 explores the religious and philosophical background. Part 3 contains a more detailed discussion of Gnosticism and Gnostics. Part 4 examines the relationship between 'Catholic' Christianity and Gnosticism
"The Gnostic Religion" is a study of the heretical world of Gnosticism, treating its literature, symbolic language and main tenets - based on actual Gnostic documents. Gnosticism's complex systems of thought, from creations to restorations, are comprehensively treated. There is also a large section on the relation of the classical mind to gnosticism. This edition was first published in 1963 but not previously available outside North America. This book should be of interest to undergraduates, pos...
