Tradition 08 of 33
Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity
Gnostic texts, Christian esotericism, mystical apocrypha, and heterodox cosmologies.
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- 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
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The Ascent to the Bottom of Hell: A Gnostic Philosophical Narrative الصعود إلى قاع جهنم: عمل روائي فلسفي غنوصي
Ameen Malaysheh
2026
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English Translation of A Brief Opening of the Three Principles and Worlds in Man
Johann Georg Gichtel, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Edith Stein
Edith Stein, John Sullivan
2002
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English Translation of Key to the Secrets of Nature
Karl von Eckartshausen, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Elisabeth of Schönau
Saint Elisabeth of Schönau, Elisabeth
2000
The Gnostic Papers
John V. Panella
2002
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Le origini gnostiche del culto mariano. Genesi, sviluppo e significato di un fenomeno religioso in continuo mutamento
Renato Giuliani
2025Italian
Life and selected revelations
Bridget of Sweden, Marguerite T. Harris, Albert Tyle Kezel, Tore Nyberg
1989
Everything as divine
Meister Eckhart, Edmund Colledge, Bernard McGinn
1996
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English Translation of Dawn rising
Jacob Boehme, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Scala perfectionis
Walter Hilton, Hilton, John P. H. Clark, Rosemary Dorward
1923
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English Translation of Pistis Sophia
Petermann, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Poems
John of the Cross, Kathleen Jones, P. J. Kavanagh
1933
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English Translation of The Way to Christ
Jacob Boehme, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
Dictionary Of Gnosticism
Andrew Phillip Smith
2009
Esoteric Secrets Of Surrealism
Patrick Lepetit
2014
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English Translation of Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. Rh. 172
Pseudo-Thomas Aquinas, Source Library, Google Gemini
2026
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Little Blonde Bitch by Austin Antonio Gomes
Austin Antonio Gomes
2026
Patristics
Garry Trompf
2025
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Quoting the Subtitles: How the Sacred Was Overwritten — and How to Read the Source Code Again
The Asha Foundation
2026
Religion and the New Technologies
Noreen Herzfeld
2017
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The Machinery of the Lie: How Empires, Councils, and Translation Overwrote the Sacred — and How the Oldest Meanings Can Be Recovered
Asher Wilder
2026
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The Mystical Ubermensch
Amir Martin Ebrahimi
2022
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Evangile selon Marie - apocryphe gnostique égyptien - traduction et interlinéaire des Roses noires
Xavier Numa Borloz
2022French