Tradition 08 of 33
Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity
Gnostic texts, Christian esotericism, mystical apocrypha, and heterodox cosmologies.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 878
- Earliest
- 1000
- to 2026
- Read free
- 20%
- 174 with public full text
- With covers
- 33%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match793
- Metadata match73
- Query match10
- Source classification (retained through merging)2
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Key subjects
- gnosticism354
- Gnosis141
- Gnosticisme120
- History106
- Philosophy91
- Christian mysticism81
- Religion67
- Social Sciences65
- Arts and Humanities64
- Gnosticismo59
- Mysticism59
- Theology59
- christianity59
- Archeology53
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies53
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices46
- Art44
- Religious studies42
- Text41
- Non-fiction literature39
- Gnostycyzm37
- Literature36
- グノーシス主義36
- Gnostic literature34
Top languages
- English426 · 49%
- German130 · 15%
- French60 · 7%
- Latin46 · 5%
- Spanish34 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- Samael Aun Weor17 in this tradition20 books
- 大貫, 隆14 books
- Bishop of Lyon Irenaeus13 books
- Amelia Febriany12 in this tradition25 books
- Hans Jonas8 books
- Irenaeus8 books
- Bentley Layton7 books
- Bishop of Lyon Irenaeus Saint7 books
- Kurt Rudolph7 books
- 荒井, 献7 books
- Bernard McGinn6 in this tradition11 books
- Timothy Freke5 in this tradition8 books
878 books
The persistence of mysticism in Catholic Europe
Bernard McGinn
2020
The royal line of Christ the Logos
Robert B. Clarke
2010
VII sermones ad mortuos
Carl Gustav Jung
1967
Vitamins, Their Origin, Sources and Specific Uses
Frank Homer Curtiss, Harriette Augusta Curtiss
1937
The mystic fable
Michel de Certeau
1992
F.C. Baur's synthesis of Böhme and Hegel
Corneliu C. Simuţ
2015
Esotericism in Western culture
Wouter J. Hanegraaff
2025
Gnostic countercultures
April D. De Conick, Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta
2020
Pushing Near-Death Experiences (III)
Jens Schlieter
2018
Revisiting the critical legacy of Shah Ismail
Seyed Javad Miri
2025
Before Valentinus
Einar Thomassen
2023
Das Auditive im biblischen und gnostischen Horizont
Anton J. Simon
2009German
Kitab Hitam
Amelia Febriany
2026Indonesian
Kompendium Lampu Menyala
Amelia Febriany
2026Indonesian
Pistis sophia
Émile Amélineau, Valentinus
1885French
Apocalyptic Patience
Andrew Shanks
2024
Der vollkommene Mensch
Marievonne Schöttner
2019German
Elisabeth Langgässer
Frederik Hetmann
1999German
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Gnosis oder protestantisch-evangelische Glaubenslehre für die Gebildeten in der Gemeinde. 1
1869German
- Read free
Gnosis oder protestantisch-evangelische Glaubenslehre für die Gebildeten in der Gemeinde. 2
1870German
Gnostischer Katechismus | Mysterien der Gnosis
Olaf Räderer
2024German
La gnose antique : de l'archéologie du christianisme à l'institution du judaïsme
André Paul
2025French
La version arménienne du livre V de l'adversus haereses d'Irénée de Lyon
Irenaeus, Gabriel Kepeklian, Bastien Kindt
2025Armenian
Las puertas templarias
Javier Sierra
2000Spanish