Gnosticism

Gnosticism describes a collection of ancient religions which taught that people should shun the material world created by the demiurge and embrace the spiritual world.

The Gnostic Gospels
The Nag Hammadi Library
The Gnostic Bible
Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing
The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity
Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism – An Accessible Introduction to the Ancient Religion of Late Antiquity
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78
Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Gospel
The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead
The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus
The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism
VALIS
The Gnostics
The Gnostic Scriptures: A New Translation with Annotations and Introductions by (Anchor Bible Reference Library)

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Why should anyone care about [esoteric wisdom]? Because it challenges our understanding of God, and dares us to transform ourselves. It shatters childish theological images, and discovers a God called Infinity-God as infinity, transforms Gender and Personality."- Daniel Matt, a scholar of Kabbalah and Professor at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley ...more
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By standing up to our fears, examining our darkness and reassembling our fragmented selves, we undergo a profound metamorphosis ... provided we’re up to the challenge of seeing the world for what it is: a product of our own projections that have been manipulated for something else’s benefit.
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