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Classical Scriptures
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Pistis SophiaA vast post-resurrection dialogue on the fall and redemption of Sophia — Mary Magdalene speaks more than all other disciples combined.Simon MagusG.R.S. Mead's scholarly compilation of every major ancient source on Simon Magus, the Samaritan wonder-worker whom the Church Fathers named the founder of all heresy.The Hymn of JesusA mystical ritual-hymn from the Acts of John in which Jesus leads his apostles in a sacred cosmic dance on the night before his arrest -- the earliest surviving Christian mystery-ritual.The Hymn of the Robe of GloryA second-century Syriac Gnostic poem of a prince sent to Egypt to retrieve a pearl from a serpent, who forgets his mission until a letter from home awakens him to reclaim his Robe of Glory.The Hymns of HermesG.R.S. Mead's collection of hymnic fragments from the Hermetic corpus, gathering scattered passages of praise and invocation that reveal the devotional and liturgical heart of the Hermetic tradition.The Naassene PsalmA mystical hymn of the Naassene Gnostics describing the plight of Sophia lost in chaos and the descent of Jesus to rescue her, bearing seals and revealing the holy way called Gnosis.The Sophia of Jesus ChristA post-resurrection dialogue in which the risen Christ teaches the disciples about divine wisdom, the Gnostic cosmos, the fall of Sophia, and liberation from the archons through salvific knowledge.