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
Sethian Gnosticism and the Platonic Tradition
John Douglas Turner
2001
The American religion
Harold Bloom
1992
The Economic and social origins of gnosticism
Henry A. Green
1985
The Rediscovery of Gnosticism (2 vols.)
Bentley Layton
1981
The Rediscovery of gnosticism
Bentley Layton, International conference on gnosticism
1980
The allure of Gnosticism
Robert Alan Segal
1995
The mytho-empiricism of gnosticism
Shlomo Giora Shoham
2003
The tyranny of time?
D. Jeffrey Bingham
2024
Christian gnosis
Wolfgang Smith
2008
Gnostic heresies
Henry Longueville Mansel
1980
Interior silence
Maria Stakhovich, Nun Maria Stakhovich, Sergius Bolshakoff
1992
Irenaeus on the Christian Faith
James R. Payton
2011
Orthodox Mysticism and Asceticism
Constantinos Athanasopoulos
2020
Secret knowledge, hidden wisdom
Belzebuub
2007
The sources of gnosticism
Frederick F. Kramer
1896
Twenty Questions About Medjugorje
Kevin Orlin Johnson
1999
Alte Sonnenkulte und die Lichtsymbolik in der Gnosis und im frühen Christentum
Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn
1944French
"Le temps presse"
Jacob Taubes
2009French
Alfred Schuler, der letzte deutsche Katharer
Franz Wegener, Alfred Wegener
2003German
De codice Bruciano seu de libris gnosticis qui in lingua coptica exstant commentatio
Carl Schmidt
1892Greek
Der Fisch aus der Tiefe oder Die Freuden der Keuschheit
Adolf Holl, Walter Famler, Harald Klauhs
2024German
Die Gnosis
Hans Leisegang
1985German
Die ästhetische Gnosis der Moderne
Leander Kaiser
2008German
Gnosis und Judentum
Jaan Lahe
2012German