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
Simon Magus: The First Gnostic?
Stephen Haar
2003
A Bloody and Barbarous God
Petra Mundik
2016
Forgotten origin
Steven Strong, Evan Strong
2011
Eve's children
Gerard P. Luttikhuizen
2003
The laughing Jesus
Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy
2005
The Arabic Hermes
Kevin Thomas. Van Bladel
2009
The City of the Moon God
Tamara M. Green
1992
The Gnostics: Identifying an Early Christian Cult
Alastair H. B. Logan, Rowan Williams
2006
Gnosis and Faith in Early Christianity: An Introduction to Gnosticism
Riemer Roukema
1999
A Study on Implementation National Education Policy 2020 and Higher Education System in India: A Descriptive Analysis
Dr.) Ashok Shamrao Patil
2022
Gnostiske skrifter
Einar Thomassen, Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
2002Coptic
Jesus and the Goddess
Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy
2002
Judas Iskariot
Monika Hauf
2007German
La voie d’Hermès
Anna Van den Kerchove
2012French
The Presence of Religious Metacultures in Near-Death Discourse (1580–1975)
Jens Schlieter
2018
Thomasevangeliet
Svein Woje
2000Latin
okkulte løsning
Karl Milton Hartveit
1995Norwegian (Bokmål)
Near-Death Experiences and the Religious Metacultures of Western Modernity
Jens Schlieter
2018
The Gospel of Mary : beyond a gnostic and a biblical Mary Magdalene
Esther A. De Boer
2004
From 'Poimandres' to Jacob Böhme
2000
Himation. Métaphores du vêtement dans l’Antiquité classique et tardive
Juliette Delalande, Barthélémy Enfrein, Misel Jabin, Dimitri Mézière, Pauline Rates, Floriane Sanfilippo
2024
The Gnostic Paul : Gnostic Exegesis of the Pauline Letters
1992
The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism
Ioan P. Culianu
1992
Gnosis on the Silk Road: Gnostic Texts from Central Asia
Hans-Joachim Klimkeit
1993