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
De literis ebraeorum, graecorum & latinorum quibusdam mnemonicis dissertatio
Johann Friedrich Nicolai, Universität Jena
1670Ancient Greek
Die Anatomie der differential-ontologischen Indifferenz als paradoxale Basis der spekulativen Anthropologie Meister Eckharts in ihrer tendenziellen Affinität zu problematischen Theologumena der valentinianischen Gnosis
Alexander Kunz
2009
Die Erleuchteten
Karl R. H. Frick
1973German
Die Gnosis
Werner Foerster, Martin Krause, Ernst Haenchen
1969German
Die Gnosis in Korinth
Walter Schmithals
1969German
Die Pistis Sophia – Die beiden Bücher des jeû unbekanntes altgnostisches Werk
2022German
Die geheimen Studienunterlagen einer neugnostischen Weltkirche
Egon Nesmirt
2023German
Die religionsgeschichtliche Schule
Carsten Colpe
1961German
Diui Irenaei Lugdunensis Episcopi, et Martyris Aduersus Valentini, & similium Gnosticorum haereses, libri quinque
Ireneo de Lyon, François Feuardent
1576Ancient Greek
Encyclopédie des mystiques
Marian Berlewi
1977French
Ermou tou Trismegistou Poimandrês. Asklêpiou Oroi pros Ammona basilea =
Hermes Trismegisto, Ammonio de Alejandría, Adrien Turnèbe
1554Latin
Esegesi e interpretazione della Scrittura nel Testimonium Veritatis (NHC 9., 3)
Claudio Gianotto
1986Italian
Evangelios apócrifos
T Johannes Valentinus
2023Spanish
Ewangelia Tomasza
1992Coptic
Geschlechtsfeindlichkeit in der Gnosis
Klaus Horn
1967German
Gli arconti di questo mondo
2000Italian
Gnosticismo Cristão
Ulrich Schoenborn
1995Portuguese
Gnosticismo e iniziazione
George Robert Stowe Mead
1982Italian
Grosskirche und Gnosticismus in ihrem Zusammenhang mit dem Mysterienwesen in den 3 ersten Jahrhunderten
Gustav Anrich
1894German
Het gnosticisme
Herman Huber Kuyper
1931Dutch
Het gnosticisme
Hans Jonas
1969Dutch
Hogere sferen
1993Dutch
Io. Francisci Buddei ... introductio ad historiam philosophiae Ebraeorum ; Accedit Dissertatio de haeresi Valentiniana
Johann Franz Buddeus
1720Latin
Istoriko-filosofskie voprosy gnostit͡sizma
Trofimova, Mar'i͡ana Kazimirovna
1979Russian