Author : Samael Aun Weor
Publisher : Glorian Publishing
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 30,22 MB
Release : 2011-02-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1934206644
“It came to pass, when Jesus had risen from the dead, that he passed eleven years discoursing with his disciples, and instructing them.” The Apostles wrote down what Jesus taught them during those eleven years, resulting in The Pistis Sophia, the most important Gnostic scripture. Includes an extensive commentary by Samael Aun Weor.
Author : G. R. S. Mead
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 15,31 MB
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1625584970
Pistis Sophia is an important Gnostic text. It relates the Gnostic teachings of the transfigured Jesus to the assembled disciples including his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Martha. Pisti Sophia recounts that Jesus remained on earth after the resurrection for 11 years. In it the complex structures and hierarchies of heaven familiar in Gnostic teachings are revealed.
Author : Alan Jacobs
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,1 MB
Release : 2016-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1780289707
This eye-opening collection of texts sheds light on the esoteric knowledge of Gnosticism, revealing intimate conversations between Jesus and his Disciples In 1945, several gospels, hidden since the first century, were found in the Egyptian Desert at Nag Hammadi. This discovery caused a sensation as the scrolls revealed the mysteries of the Gnostics—a movement which emerged during the formative period of Christianity. ‘Gnosis’, from the Greek, broadly meaning ‘hidden spiritual knowledge’, was associated with renouncing the material world, and focusing on attaining the life of the Holy Spirit. Many Christian sects are derived from the esoteric knowledge of Gnosticism. The gospels selected here by Alan Jacobs reveal intimate conversations between Jesus and his Disciples. The Gospel of Mary Magdalene sheds new light on his relationship with his favorite follower, while the Gospel of Thomas consists of mini-parables of deep inward and symbolic meaning—many of which are not found in the New Testament. The wisdom in this inspiring collection of texts is wholly relevant to our lives today, addressing the questions of good and evil, sin and suffering, and the path to salvation.
Author :
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,25 MB
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0307756645
In December 1945, two Egyptian fellahin, digging for natural fertilizer in the Nile River valley unearthed a sealed storage jar. The jar proved to hold treasure of an unexpected sort: a collection of some fifty-two ancient manuscripts, most of which reflect the teachings of a mystical religious movement we call Gnosticism (from the Greek word gnosis, "knowledge"). The texts are also, with few exceptions, Christian documents, and thus they provide us with valuable new information about the character of the early church, and about the Gnostic Christians within the church. In this volume, Marvin W. Meyer has produced a new English translation for general readers of four of the most important and revealing of these early Christian texts -- the Secret Book of James, the Gospel of Thomas, the Book of Thomas, and the Secret Book of John.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 907 pages
File Size : 37,35 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Gnosticism
ISBN : 9781892139030
The Coptic Gnostic narrative theme which attempts to explain the dilemma of humanity's predicament as a realm of intelligence amidst many realms of Life, both visible and invisible. It also emphasizes the role of female disciples in the ministry of Jesus the Christ.The later chapters contain much information concerning the soul and its origin: exploring how the soul comes to birth through the Virgin of Light and departs from earth-life. The text also explains how the soul works within the Light-power and the spiritual elements in humanity, all being connected with the striving's of Wisdom/Sophia.
Author : James McConkey Robinson
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 41,6 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Gnostic literature
ISBN : 9789004071858
Author : Jacques Lacarriere
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 14,97 MB
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0720618029
Gnostics have always sought to “know” rather than to accept dogma and doctrine, often to their peril. This inquiry into Gnosticism examines the character, history, and beliefs of a brave and vigorous spiritual quest that originated in the ancient Near East and continues into the present day.Lawrence Durrell writes, “This is a strange and original essay, more a work of literature than of scholarship, though its documentation is impeccable. It is as convincing a reconstruction of the way the Gnostics lived and thought as D.H. Lawrence’s intuitive recreation of the vanished Etruscans.”
Author : June Singer
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780892540679
From the Nag Hammadi Library with the different times of day and days of the week. She reveals for us the macrocosm of human experience in the microcosm of the passing hours and days. Reverent introspection in the moment yields recognition of the sacredness and eternity of who we are and what our lives mean. Book jacket.
Author : Annie Besant
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 39,53 MB
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752374160
Reproduction of the original: Esoteric Christianity by Annie Besant
Author : Susan Haskins
Publisher : Random House
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 28,48 MB
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1446499421
A dramatic, thought-provoking portrait of one of the most compelling figures in early Christianity which explores two thousand years of history, art, and literature to provide a close-up look at Mary Magdalen and her significance in religious and cultural thought.
