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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Robert M. Price
But if subjective pietism is not the real crux of this all-important Gospel, if it is instead belief in the plan of salvation, how are we not dealing with "salvation by (cognitive) works" and Gnosticism (salvation by special knowledge)? Fundamentalists hotly deny it, but isn't it finally a matter of believers in the right religion being saved and everyone else being disqualified? ...more
Robert M. Price

Hal Duncan
It’s the dark world of the Kali Yuga, out here on the edge, the Gnostic prison-world of a mad, blind creator, a world of lies, truth hidden in the silky veils of Maya.
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