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
The Black Book
Amelia Febriany
2026
The Ones Who Knew, Supposedly Saved
Amelia Febriany
2026
- Read free
Ueber die biblische Gnosis
Johann von Horn
1805German
- Read free
Versuch über die Kirchlichen Alterthümer der Gnostiker
Friedrich Münter
1790German
Western Esotericism : A Guide for the Perplexed
2013
- Read free
Zur Frage nach dem Ursprung des Gnostizismus
Wilhelm Anz
1897German
Before the living God
Ruth Burrows, Ruth Burrows Ocd
1975
Catholicity and heresy in the early church
M. J. Edwards
2009
Christian metaphysics and neoplatonism
Albert Camus
2007
Christians, Gnostics and Philosophers in Late Antiquity
Mark Edwards
2017
Dans la lumière du Christ
Vasiliĭ Abp. of Brussels and Belgium, Basil Krivocheine, Anthony P. Gythiel
1980
Dawnist Rosarian Manifesto
Viridarius Rosae Jose Elias Rivera
2026
Dictionary of gnosis & western esotericism
Antoine Faivre, R. van den Broek, Jean-Pierre Brach
2005
Dionysius, the Areopagite, on the Divine names and the Mystical theology
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, C. E. Rolt
1940
Essential Gnostic Scriptures
Marvin Meyer
2010
Evelyn Underhill
A. M Allchin, Michael Ramsey
1996
Femme, gnose et manicheisme
Madeleine. Scopello
2005
Forbidden faith
Richard Smoley
2006
Gnosis
Philip Gardiner
2006
Gnosis of the cosmic Christ
Malachi Tau
2005
Gnostic Gospels
Alan Jacobs, Vrej Nersessian
2016
Gnostic Jung
Carl Gustav Jung, Robert Segal
2013
Gnostic Scriptures
Bentley Layton
1987Coptic
Gnostic tarot
Lee Irwin
1998