Tradition 08 of 33
Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity
Gnostic texts, Christian esotericism, mystical apocrypha, and heterodox cosmologies.
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- 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
Les actes de Pierre et des douze apôtres
Victor Ghica
2017Coptic
Les gnostiques
David Brakke
2019French
Les manuscrits de Nag Hammadi
James M. Robinson, Carole Hennebault, Francis E. Williams, Harold W. Attridge, Bentley Layton, Frederik Wisse, George W. MacRae, Douglas M. Parrott, Stephen Emmel, Wesley W. Isenberg, Thomas Oden Lambdin, William Richard Schoedel, Robert McLachlan Wilson
2008French
Pistis sophia
Luigi Moraldi
1999Italian
The Missing Family of Jesus
Tobias Churton
2010
Wrestling with Archons
Jonathan Cahana-Blum
2018
"There is a rebirth and an image of rebirth"
Hugo Lundhaug
2007Coptic
A Woman's Voice from the Desert
Amelia Febriany
2026
Alchemy & mysticism: the hermetic museum
Alexander Roob, Shaun Whiteside
1997
Cybernetic Shamanism and the Discipline of Architectural Consciousness
Zack Olinger
2025
De gnostiske evangelier
Elaine Pagels
2007
Encounters with Angels
Dan Lindholm, Donald Maclean
1991
Gnostic Revisions Of Genesis Stories And Early Jesus Traditions
Gerard P. Luttikhuizen
2006
Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing
Stephan A. Hoeller
2002
How to Overcome Death
Glen Cutlip, Glen C. Cutlip
2000
In search of truth : Augustine, Manichaeism, and other gnosticism : studies for Johannes van Oort at sixty
J.A. Van Den Berg, Johannes van Oort
2011
Introduction to gnosticism
Nicola Denzey Lewis
2013
Irenaeus of Lyons
Eric Osborn
2001
Nag Hammadi codices and late antique Egypt
Norge 2013 Nag Hammadi Codices in the Context of Fourth- and Fifth-Century Christianity in Egypt Oslo, Hugo Lundhaug, Lance Jenott
2018
No Religion Higher Than Truth: A History of the Theosophical Movement in Russia, 1875-1922
Maria Carlson
2015
Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking
Tuomas Rasimus
2009
Plotinus in Dialogue with the Gnostics
Jean-Marc Narbonne
2011
Poetics of the Gnostic Universe
Zlatko Pleše
2006
Prophecies of St Malachy & St Columbkille
Peter Bander, H. E. Cardinale, Joel Wells
1995