Gnostic myth and mystical knowledge
Gnosticism Texts
Gnostic texts and studies on revelation, emanation, demiurgic cosmology, salvation through knowledge, and esoteric readings of Christianity.
- Texts
- 24
- Authors
- 21
- Range
- 222 to 1945
Overview
The main subjects, texts, and practices represented in this collection.
Gnosticism functions as a distinct hub for texts where gnosis, emanation, hidden revelation, and mythic cosmology are central. It overlaps with Hermeticism and Theosophy in themes, but its canon and theological frame are different enough to stand alone.
- Gnostic scripture, myth, and commentary.
- Esoteric Christian, Sethian, Valentinian, and related currents where available.
- Texts where salvific knowledge and cosmological descent/ascent are central.
Texts
Key source texts and related works for studying Gnosticism.
The Nag Hammadi Library
Pistis Sophia
Philosophumena (Vol 2)
Pistis Sophia
Buchstabenmystik
Philosophumena (Vol 1)
Isis Unveiled, Vol. 2: Theology
The Cloud of Unknowing
The Interior Castle
Rosicrucian Manifestos
The Signature of All Things
The Divine Pymander
More Gnosticism Texts
An Address to Men of Science
The Cloud Upon the Sanctuary
The Rosicrucians
Meister Eckhart: Sermons
Meister Eckhart, Vol. 2
Fragments of a Faith Forgotten
The Christian Mythology
Demonology and Devil-lore
Miti, leggende e superstizioni (Vol 1)
Fact and Fable in Psychology
Hastings' Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Encyclopaedia of Occultism
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Gnosticism and Apocrypha
Gnostic and apocryphal texts covering Pistis Sophia, the Book of Enoch, early Christian gnosis, pseudepigrapha, mystical revelation, and esoteric Christian cosmology.
Hermeticism
Primary Hermetic texts, later Hermetic philosophy, and adjacent works on ascent, correspondence, divine mind, and spiritual transformation.
Theosophy
Theosophical texts on occult cosmology, root races, comparative religion, esoteric evolution, hidden masters, and modern esoteric synthesis.
Kabbalah
Kabbalah and Qabalah texts on the Tree of Life, divine names, emanation, symbolism, magic, meditation, and esoteric biblical interpretation.
Alchemy
Alchemy texts and commentaries covering transmutation, medicine, allegory, spiritual regeneration, and the symbolic language of the great work.
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