Tradition 08 of 33
Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity
Gnostic texts, Christian esotericism, mystical apocrypha, and heterodox cosmologies.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 764
- Earliest
- 1366
- to 2026
- Read free
- 13%
- 102 with public full text
- With covers
- 28%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match680
- Metadata match69
- Query match14
- Source classification (retained through merging)1
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
- gnosticism254
- Gnosis136
- Gnosticisme116
- Philosophy87
- Christian mysticism69
- History69
- Social Sciences65
- Arts and Humanities64
- RELIGION63
- Gnosticismo59
- Mysticism55
- Archeology53
- Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies53
- Theology53
- Christianity49
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices46
- Art44
- Religious studies42
- Text41
- Non-fiction literature39
- Gnostycyzm37
- Literature36
- グノーシス主義36
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation32
Top languages
- English385 · 50%
- German108 · 14%
- French48 · 6%
- Spanish34 · 4%
- Japanese30 · 4%
Notable authors
All authors- Samael Aun Weor17 in this tradition20 books
- 大貫, 隆14 books
- Amelia Febriany12 in this tradition25 books
- Hans Jonas8 books
- Irenaeus8 books
- Bentley Layton7 books
- Kurt Rudolph7 books
- 荒井, 献7 books
- Bernard McGinn6 in this tradition11 books
- Timothy Freke5 in this tradition8 books
- Marvin W Meyer5 in this tradition6 books
- Lugdunensis Irenaeus5 books
764 books
Les enfants de Seth
HieroSolis
2018French
Les gnostiques
Madeleine Scopello
1991French
Les livres secrets de l'Égypte
Jean Doresse
1997French
Licht und Finsternis
Karl R. H. Frick
1975German
Lo gnosticismo
Hans Jonas
1991Italian
Los cuerpos solares
Samael Aun Weor
2004Spanish
Los evangelios gnósticos
Elaine H Pagels
1987Spanish
Lud Boży
Eric Voegelin
1994Polish
Manicheizm średniowieczny
Steven Runciman
1996Polish
Martyrium und Sophiamythos im Gnostizismus nach den Texten von Nag Hammadi
Clemens Scholten
1987German
Mellem venner og fjender
Anders Klostergaard Petersen, Jesper Hyldahl, Einar Thomassen
2008Danish
Mistyka a gnoza w myśli chrześcijańskiej
Artur Jocz
1995Polish
Nag Hammadi Deutsch
Hans-Gebhard Bethge, Ursula Ulrike Kaiser, Hans-Martin Schenke, Catherine Gärtner, Katharina Stifel, Berliner Arbeitskreis für Koptisch-Gnostische Schriften
2013Coptic
Neuplatonische und gnostische Weltablehnung in der Schule Plotins
Christoph Elsas
1975German
New Age
Bartłomiej Dobroczyński
1997Polish
Od antropozofii po Schulza
Marcin Czerwiński
2016Polish
Paroles gnostiques du Christ Jésus
André Wautier
1988Coptic
Philosophia kai thrēskeia stēn hysterē archaiotēta
Giannis Stamatellos
2007Greek
Philosophische Schriften
Susan Taubes, Thomas Macho, Johannes Steizinger, Rüdiger Hentschel, Konrad Honsel, Sigrid Weigel, Christina Pareigis, Christoph Lienkamp
2026German
Pistis Sophia
Carl Schmidt
2022German
Plotin chez Augustin
Michel Fattal
2006French
Początki chrześcijaństwa
Andrew J Welburn
1998Polish
Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Gnosticism, Stockholm 1973
International Colloquium on Gnostic
1977
Shkola Valentina
Valentinus, Evgeniĭ Vasilʹevich Afonasin
2002Ancient Greek