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
Religions of the Hellenistic-Roman age
Antonía Tripolitis
2002
Selected Studies on Gnosticism
Wincenty Myszor
2020
Sequel to Ecclesiastical researches
John Jones
1813
Sethian book of Eleleth
Rune Ødegaard
2012
Six Lectures on Plotinus and Gnosticism
Th. G. Sinnige
1999
Spiritual fatherhood
Gabriel Bunge, Luis Joshua Salés
2016
Studies in later Greek philosophy and gnosticism
Jaap Mansfeld
1989
Studies in the New Testament and gnosticism
George W MacRae
1987
The Acts of John
Pieter J. Lalleman
1998
The Books of Jeu and the untitled text in the Bruce codex
Carl Schmidt, Violet MacDermot
1978Coptic
The Gnostics
A. H. B. Logan
2006
The Gnostics and their remains ... [microform]
Charles William King
1864
The Lord from heaven
Order of Christian Mystics
1910
The enthronement of sabaoth
Francis T Fallon
1978
The exodus
Order of Christian Mystics
1910
The gnostic Paul
Elaine Pagels
1975
The human mythus
Vincent Budd
1995
The inner radiance
Nigel Calder
1935
The path of the serpent
Hereward Tilton
2020
The presence of God
Bernard McGinn
1991
The scandal of the incarnation
Irenaeus
1990
The wisdom goddess
Rose Horman Arthur, Richard L Arthur
1984
Voices of Gnosticism
Miguel Conner
2010
Wisdom
Zhenghong Cai
2023