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
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
Zugänge zur Gnosis
Christoph Markschies, Johannes van Oort
2013
key
Rune Ødegaard
2011
monastic origins of the Nag Hammadi codices
Hugo Lundhaug, Lance Jenott
2015
"D'javoly" "serebrjanogo" veka
Sergej L. Slobodnjuk
1998Russian
"Gott-spielen" - die Suche nach einem theologisch-pastoralen Zugang zu einem Computerspiel
Angelika Hummel
2003German
Adversus Valentini et similium gnosticorum haereses libri V
Irenaeus
1576Latin
Adversus Valentini et similium gnosticorum haereses, libri V accessit quoque Arnobii catholici et Serapionis Aegyptii conflictus, de Deo trino et uno (etc.)
Irenaeus
1596Latin
Adversus Valentini, & similium Gnosticorum Haereses Libri quinque: Iam secundo ... aliquot capitibus aucti: Praeterea ... quibusdam Sancti Polycarpi (etc.)
Irenaeus, Polycarpus
1639Latin
Die "Apophasis megale" in Hypolyt's Refutatio (VI 9-18)
Josef Frickel
1968German
La tentazione gnostica
Ezio Albrile
1995Italian
Les "Kephalaia gnostica" d'Évagre le Pontique
Antoine Guillaumont
1962French
Les gnostiques
Serge Hutin
1959French
[Gnosis]
Eugen Prucker
1937German
"Voi siete dèi"
Paolo Galiano
2016Italian
"Zerstört die Werke der Weiblichkeit!"
Silke Petersen
1999German
"Zihrun, das verborgene Geheimnis"
Bogdan Burtea
2008
... Examen critique de l'évangile de Marcion, première partie ...
Charles Édouard Becker
1837French
7 sermones ad mortuos
C. G. Jung, Basilides, Mauro Comba
1916German
ARCHONTEN
Tilman W. Birkenfeld
2025German
Abramelin & Co
Peter-R. König
1995German
Abraxas: la magia del tamburo
Paolo Riberi, Igor Caputo
2021Italian
Adversus Marcionem
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, Volker Lukas
2015German
Adversus Valentinianos
Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, Volker Lukas
2019German
Aktion und Kontemplation in der Antike
Wolfgang Vogl
2002German