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Gnostic
Texts from the Gnostic traditions, including Nag Hammadi scriptures, Sethian and Valentinian writings, and apocrypha.
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Texts
Fragments of a Faith Forgotten — G.R.S. MeadThe most comprehensive survey of Gnostic thought written before the Nag Hammadi discoveries, drawing on Church Fathers, the Pistis Sophia, the Bruce Codex, and newly recovered papyri to reconstruct the teachings of the earliest Christian heretics.GlossaryA shelf-specific glossary starter for the Gnostic shelf.Gnostic John the Baptizer — G.R.S. MeadSelections from the Mandaean John-Book and Harran Gawaitha, presenting the Gnostic traditions surrounding John the Baptist, translated and annotated by G.R.S. Mead.Introduction to GnosticismA source-critical introduction to the texts and traditions gathered under the name 'Gnosticism' — a category that may not exist, a discovery that changed everything, and a modern movement that has almost nothing to do with either.Reader's Guide to GnosticA source-critical guide to the Gnostic shelf, separating codices, genres, named movements, hostile witnesses, early-Christian neighbors, and modern reconstructions.The Gnostics and Their Remains — Charles William KingA pioneering 1887 study of Gnostic beliefs, symbols, gems, and their connections to Mithraism, Serapis worship, the Templars, and Freemasonry, written decades before the Nag Hammadi discoveries.