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
Gnosis : a selection of Gnostic texts
Werner Foerster, R. McL. Wilson
1972
Gnosis, the Mysteries and Christianity
1994
Gnostic Apocalypse: Jacob Boehme's Haunted Narrative
Cyril O’Regan
2002
Gnostic Return in Modernity
Cyril O’Regan
2001
Gnostic studies
Gilles Quispel
1974
Gnosticism and later platonism
2000
Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism
Karen L. King
1988
Images of the feminine in Gnosticism
1988
Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism & Early Christianity
Harold W. Attridge, Charles W. Hedrick, Robert Hodgson
1986
No Longer Jews: The Search for Gnostic Origins
II Carl B Smith
2004
Reincarnation in Jewish Mysticism and Gnosticism
Dina Ripsman Eylon
2003
Seth in Jewish, Christian and Gnostic Literature
Klijn
1977
Spiritual Guides of the Third Century: A Semiotic Study of the Guide-Disciple Relationship in Christianity, Neoplatonism, Hermetism, and Gnosticism
Richard Valantasis
1991
Tegn imod Tegn" as a paradox of genre
A.A Jur'ev
1997
The Gnostic scriptures: A new translation with annotations and introductions
Bentley Layton
1987
The New Testament and gnosis
1983
The Secret teachings of Jesus : four Gnostic gospels
Marvin W. Meyer
1984
The apocryphal acts of Peter
1998
The hermetic gnosis
Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, F. van Lamoen, Ritman Library
1988
The nature of the Archons
Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
1985
The role of alchemy and medicine in Indo-Tibetan Tantrism
Michael L Walter, Indiana University
1980
The wisdom of God
Sergueï Nikolaevitch Boulgakov
1937
The writings of Irenaeus
Irenaeus
1868
"Anapausis" w teologii chrześcijańskich gnostyków
Wincenty Myszor
1984Polish