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
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
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
Psychology of Religious Mysticism
James H. Leuba
2003
Science, Politics and Gnosticism
Eric Voegelin
1997
Svatý grál
Sangeet Duchane
2007Czech
Tajemství templářů
Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince
2006Czech
TechGnosis: Myth, Magic & Mysticism in the Age of Information
Erik Davis
1998
The Cambridge Companion to Christian Mysticism
Amy Hollywood, Douglas Burton-Christie, Walter Simons, Edward Howells, Andrew Louth, E. Ann Matter, Thomas H. Bestul, Rachel Fulton Brown, Veerle Fraeters, Dyan Elliott, Bernard McGinn, Charlotte Radler, Barbara Newman, Sara S. Poor, Charles M. Stang, Patricia Dailey, Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Fiona Somerset, RSCJ Mary Frohlich, Alison Weber, Constance M. Furey
2012
The Coptic gnostic library : a complete edition of the Nag Hammadi codices
James M. Robinson
2000
The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology
Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum
2015
The Demiurge in Ancient Thought
Carl Séan O’Brien
2015
The Four Great Questions of Life
James N. Judd, D.D. James N. Judd Ms.D.
2000
The Gnostic Jung
Robert A. Segal
1992
The God Who Botched the World
Amelia Febriany
2026
The Golden World
Robert A. Johnson
2007
The Penguin book of new age and holistic writing
William Bloom
2001
The gnostic attitude
Geo Widengren
1973
The spirit of revolt
Fabian Linde
2010
Two Gods, One Book
Amelia Febriany
2026
many and the one
Herman Ludin Jansen
1985
whitelotusapps/Prolegomenon-of-Cybernetic-Shamanism: Prolegomenon v1.3.0
Zack Olinger
2025
The Hermetic Tradition: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art
Julius Evola
1995
American Gnosis
Arthur. Versluis
2024
Seek to See Him
April D. DeConick
1996
The Gnostic Pynchon
Dwight Eddins
1990
Origen's references to Heracleon
Carl Johan Berglund
2020