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
El Evangelio De Judas / The Judas Gospel (Puzzle Enigmas Historico / Historic Enigmas)
Antonio Pinero, Sofia Torallas Tovar
Date unknownSpanish
Holy dissent
2011
Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism
Kurt Rudolph
1983
Apokryfe evangelier
2001Norwegian (Bokmål)
Evangelium pravdy
Zdeněk Kratochvíl
1994Czech
Hymnen der Pistis Sophia
Alv Kragerud
1967German
Kristendommens mysterium
Valentin A Kielland
1935Norwegian (Bokmål)
Maria Magdalenas evangelium
2002Norwegian (Bokmål)
The Toronto Blessing - Or Is It?
1995
Cristología gnóstica
Antonio Orbe
1976Spanish
Studies in Graeco-Roman Religions and Gnosticism
Miroslav Marcovich
1988
Die Gnosis
Kurt Rudolph, Werner Foerster
1969German
Sannhetens evangelium
1961Coptic
Apokryphe Evangelien aus Nag Hammadi
Konrad Dietzfelbinger
1988Coptic
Die Anapausis im Evangelium Veritatis
Jan Helderman
1984German
L'attesa della fine
Giovanni Filoramo
1983Italian
De Apellis gnosi monarchica
Adolf von Harnack
1874Latin
Dokumente der Gnosis
Wolfgang Schultz
1910German
Against the heresies
Irenaeus, John J. Dillon, Dominic J. Unger
1992
Another seed
Gedalyahu Gʹ. Sṭrumzah
1984
East of Antioch
Hendrik Jan Willem Drijvers
1984
From Christianity to gnosis and from gnosis to Christianity
Jean Magne
1993
Gnosis and hermeticism from antiquity to modern times
Wouter J. Hanegraaff, Roel van den Broek, Wouter Hanegraaff
1998
Modernist war poetry
Jamie Wood
2022