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Liverpool University Press Mytho-Empiricism of Gnosticism: Triumph of the
Book SynopsisA learning experience of the first order, encyclopedically rich in its coverage, Shoham puts myth, religion, literature and psychology into an easily understandable analytic perspective. This book traces the influence of Gnosis in European culture.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Giovanni Filoramo; Acknowledgements; Introduction -- The Triumph of the Vanquished; Part One: The Abyss -- The Ontological Split; Jews and Greeks -- A Fateful Couple; Christian and Jewish Gnosis; Syncretism and Gnosis; The Tresses of the Mind; Sin; Part Two: The Mythology of the Away and Beyond -- The Pardes: Forbidden Orchard; Unio Mystica: Clandestine Complementarities; The Avatar: Incarnation of Synchronic Transcendence in Time; Notes; Giora Shoham's Published Works and His Theory of Personality; Index.
£100.00
Equinox Publishing Ltd Prolegomena to a History of Islamic Manichaeism
Book SynopsisThis book provides an anthology of sources highlighting Manichaeism, a gnostic religion which flourished largely clandestinely in the Near East, Central Asia, and China until the beginning of the seventeenth century. It translates and discusses the importance of a number of Arabic, Syriac, and Hebrew testimonies for a proper understanding of the cultural importance of what most scholars consider to be the first 'world religion.' Many of these sources are translated here into English for the first time.
£67.50
Bardic Press The Gnostic 3: Featuring Jung and the Red Book
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Aziloth Books The Wisdom of the Egyptians
£11.01
Glorian Publishing Cosmic Teachings of a Lama: Gnosis, Science, and
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£15.72
Glorian Publishing Gnostic Magic of the Runes: Gnosis, the Aeneid,
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£12.99
Fifth Estate Lost Books of the Bible: The Great Rejected Texts
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Glorian Publishing Kundalini
Book SynopsisYou will find terrific secrets within this book, secrets that never in the history of life were published. -Samael Aun WeorAlthough the term Kundalini is associated with Indian mysticism, tantra, and yoga, the word refers to a living element in nature and is thus known in all religions by different names. In Judaism and Kabbalah, it is called Shekinah. In Christianity, it is the fire of the Pentacost that illuminated the apostles. In Buddhism it is known by many names, such as Candali.For thousands of years, many have wondered at the tales of that mysterious force, yet the method to attain this power has been hidden, misunderstood, or sometimes, intentionally sabotaged. Now, like a refreshing spring breeze, Samael Aun Weor wipes away the dust and reveals the sacred mysteries of our most ancient and holy science. With a firm foundation in scripture and practical knowledge, the method to awaken and develop the root energy of life is made clear and accessible to all. It is no longer necessary to theorize or debate: through the practice of the techniques in this book, one can know.Kundalini is the cosmic power in individual bodies. It is not a material force like electricity, magnetism, centripetal or centrifugal force. It is a spiritual potential Sakti or cosmic power. In reality it has no form. -Swami Sivananda
£15.19
Les Belles Lettres Les Gnostiques: Mythe, Rituel Et Diversite Au
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£27.00
Brepols Publishers Manichaica Taurinensia
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£160.55
Brepols N.V. Constructions of Gender in Late Antique
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£90.25
Brepols N.V. Revealing Women: Feminine Imagery in Gnostic
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£77.90
de Gruyter Der Wahre Gnostiker Nach Clemens Alexandrinus
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£134.09
JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Die Nag-Hammadi-Schriften in der Literatur- und
Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Band versammelt die Beiträge einer Tagung, die 2015 an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin stattfand, dem Jahr, in dem sich der Fund der Nag-Hammadi-Codices zum 70. Mal jährte. Die Perspektive des Bandes ist darauf gerichtet, die Nag-Hammadi-Schriften im Kontext der Literatur- und Theologiegeschichte des frühen Christentums zu interpretieren. Damit wird ein bislang nur wenig beachteter Aspekt in den Vordergrund gestellt. War die Diskussion über die Nag-Hammadi-Schriften bislang häufig darauf gerichtet, deren Verhältnis zur antiken Gnosis bzw. zu den Schriften des Neuen Testaments zu untersuchen, so wird hier ein anderer Ansatz verfolgt. Die Schriften werden entsprechend ihren literarischen Gattungen (etwa: Apokalypsen, theologische und philosophische Traktate oder Evangelien) in den Blick genommen. In Beiträgen international renommierter Forscher wird untersucht, in welcher Weise die Nag-Hammadi-Schriften diese Gattungen realisieren und wie sich ihre Stellung innerhalb der Literatur und Theologie des antiken Christentums beschreiben lässt.
£102.00
Harrassowitz Die Mandaische Religion Und Der Aramaische
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£89.30
Harrassowitz Im Namen Des Groaen Lebens: Johannes Der Taufer
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£94.00
Ergon Verlag Gnostischer Katechismus: Die Heiligen Lehren Der
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Krystiania Nøkkelen: Sethiansk gnostisisme i praksis
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Krystiania Corpus Hermeticum: Den Hermetiske lære
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Krystiania Salomos Oder
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Aarhus University Press Apocryphon Severini: Studies in Ancient
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Brill Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive reference work to cover the entire domain of “Gnosis and Western Esotericism” from Late Antiquity to the present. It contains critical discussions of all its major authors, currents and manifestations, from Gnosticism to the New Age. This one volume edition is an unabridged version of the two volume edition published in 2005.Trade Review'This superb dictionary should be an early stop for readers seeking basic, up-to-date, scholarly introductions to many aspects of Western religious eclecticism. There is no reference like it for its range and the objectivity of its coverage. Summing Up: Essential. All academic libraries serving upper-level undergraduates and above.' S. Young, Choice, 2006 'The entries present balanced, neutral accounts of the topics and the major persons involved with them without simplification, distortion, or reductionism...scholars will be delighted to have such a treasure take its place next to the popular treatments of the field. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All collections.' M.R. Pukkila, Choice, 2005. 'The Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism is a brilliantly conceived and skillfully executed reference tool unlike anything the scholarly world has ever seen. In two massive volumes it covers every aspect of pagan, Jewish, and Christian religious discourses and phenomena traditionally labeled gnosticism, hermeticism, astrology, magic, the "occult sciences," esoteric religion, and much more. The detailed and insightful articles, on nearly every related topic imaginable, are produced by an impressive array of renowned scholars, and usefully include up-to date bibliographies. Six years in the making, this is a work that every student of religion, ancient and modern, will certainly want to own.' Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Distinguished Professor and Chair of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 'The Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism is a must for any who would consider themselves a scholar of Esotericism, and should at the very least be in every academic library in the English-speaking world.' J. Gordon Melton, Center for Studies on New Religions, 2005 '… this important new reference work should be consulted by all those engaged in research in the areas covered by the dictionary. The reach of this work is truly astounding. The Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism promises to be the pre-eminent reference work of its kind for many years to come.' Andreas J. Köstenberger, Faith & Mission, 2005 'The Dictionary places gnosis and esotericism in its historical perspective – not only the breadth of the described phenomenon is surprising, but also the fact that the subjects are covered in such an objective fashion.' NRC Handelsblad, 2005 'Brill has produced a work on esotericism that will become the standard reference work on the subject. Never before has such a complete overview of this obscure peripheral area of religion appeared.' Leidsch Dagblad (Associated Press Services), 2005.Table of ContentsA selection of entries: Alchemy; Amulets; Aristotelianism; Astrology; Bacon, Francis; Blake, William; Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna; Boehme, Jacob; Bogomilism; Catharism; Christian Theosophy; Comenius, Jan Amos; Clement of Alexandria; Cusa, Nicholas of; Dante Alighieri; Cryptography; Dionysius Areopagita, -Pseudo; Eriugena, Johannes Scottus; Ficino, Marsilio; Freemasonry; Gnosticism; Grail traditions; Hermes Trismegistus; Hermetic Literature; Illuminism; Intermediary Beings; Jewish Influences Jung, Carl Gustav; Kabbalah; Magic; Manichaeism; Music; Mysticism; Neopaganism; Neoplatonism; New Age Movement; Newton, Isaac; Occult / Occultism; Paracelsus; Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni; Reincarnation; Rosicrucianism; Satanism; Scientology; Secrecy; Spiritualism; Steiner, Rudolf; Swedenborg, Emanuel; Tarot; Templars; Valentinus and Valentinians; Witchcraft (15th – 17th Centuries); Zoroaster
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Brill Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman
Book SynopsisIn Cosmology and Fate in Gnosticism and Graeco-Roman Antiquity, Nicola Denzey Lewis dismisses Hans Jonas' mischaracterization of second-century Gnosticism as a philosophically-oriented religious movement built on the perception of the cosmos as negative or enslaving. A focused study on the concept of astrological fate in “Gnostic” writings including the Apocryphon of John, the recently-discovered Gospel of Judas, Trimorphic Protennoia, and the Pistis Sophia, this book reexamines their language of “enslavement to fate (Gk: heimarmene)” from its origins in Greek Stoicism, its deployment by the apostle Paul, to its later use by a variety of second-century intellectuals (both Christian and non-Christian). Denzey Lewis thus offers an informed and revisionist conceptual map of the ancient cosmos, its influence, and all those who claimed to be free of its potentially pernicious effects.Trade Review"focused study that seeks to rebut the characterisation of second-century Gnosticism as a religious philosophy that apprehends the universe as an enslaving force. [...] a rich study, which offers a new way of thinking about the concept of face in Gnostic texts. ...it promises to be a valuable and provocative contribution." – Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, in: The Expository Times 126/2 (2014) "...concise and convincing, [...] the book is clearly-argued [...]. Its critical engagement with the research of the old school dispels scholarly myths and provides a new starting point for debate about how we are to understand the problems of fate, providence, and salvation in late ancient religious life.[...] worthwhile reading not just for students of Gnostic and Hermetic literature, but the New Testament, early Christian studies, and religion in the later Roman Empire as well." – Dylan Burns, Leipzig University, in: Numen 61 (2014) "...excellent overview of the primary sources whilst producing numerous thought-provoking arguments [...] It is a useful book for anyone interested in second-century thought patterns and is suitable for a wide audience with a range of interests." – Sarah Parkhouse, Durham University, in: Reviews of Biblical and Early Christian Studies (RBECS.org)Table of Contents1. Were the Gnostics Cosmic Pessimists? 2. Nag Hammadi and the Providential Cosmos 3. This Body of Death: Cosmic Malevolence and Enslavement to Sin in Pauline Exegesis 4. Heimarmene at Nag Hammadi: The Apocryphon of John and On the Origin of the World 5. Middle Platonism, Heimarmene, and the Corpus Hermeticum 6. Ways Out I: Interventions of the Savior God 7. Ways Out II: Baptism and Cosmic Freedom 8. Astral Determinism in the Gospel of Judas 9. Conclusions, and a New Way Forward
£137.80
Brill The Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia as
Book SynopsisDespite the surge of interest in Gnostic texts following the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library, the Coptic Books of Jeu and Pistis Sophia remain understudied. Often dismissed as convoluted, confused, and repetitious, Erin Evans convincingly shows that these texts represent the writings of a distinct religious group with a consistent system of theology, cosmology, and ritual practice. This book offers an in-depth examination of these texts, their relationship to other contemporary Gnostic ideas, and their use in the context of a practicing religious group. Three thematic sections demonstrate how the collection of texts functions as a whole, covering baptisms and mystical ascent procedures, guides to moral living, and introductory texts and myths.Trade Review'die Erläuterungen von E. zum Verständnis der Texte anregend und müssen in eine quellenvergleichende, philologische und religions- und ideengeschichtliche Arbeit an den Schriften einbezogen werden. E. ist zu danken, daß sie die Aufmerksamkeit der Forschung wieder auf diese Texte gelenkt hat.' Clemens Scholten, Universität zu Köln, Vigiliae Christianae 71 (2017) 'This book fills a significant gap, and attempts to reconstruct the groups behind the 'Jeuian' texts. [...] Evans' presentation is extremely acccessible, with essential concepts summed up clearly, and will be an asset to scholars of Gnosticism, early Christianity, and late-antique religion more broadly.' Kimberley Fowler, University of Manchester, The Expository Times 128 (9) 2017Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I Baptism and Ascent Guides 1. The First Book of Jeu 2. The Second Book of Jeu 3. Diagrams in the Books of Jeu 4. 4 Pistis Sophia (A) Part I Summary Part II Punishments and Moral Living 5. 4 Pistis Sophia (B) 6. 3 Pistis Sophia Part II Summary Part III Introductory Texts and Myths 7. 1/2 Pistis Sophia 8. The Pistis Sophia Myth Part III: Summary Conclusions
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Brill Esotericism and Deviance
Book SynopsisAries Book Series: Texts and Studies in Western Esotericism is the first professional academic book series specifically devoted to a long-neglected but now rapidly developing domain of research in the humanities, usually referred to as “Western Esotericism”. This field covers a variety of “alternative” currents in western religious history, including so-called “hermetic philosophy” and related currents in the early modern period; alchemy, paracelsianism and rosicrucianism; Jewish and Christian kabbalah and its later developments; theosophical and illuminist currents; and various occultist and related developments during the 19th and 20th centuries, up to and including popular contemporary currents such as the New Age movement. Published under the auspices of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE). For the journal Aries - Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism please click here. The series has published an average of two volumes per year over the last five years.Table of ContentsList of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Or, What We Talk about When We Talk about Deviance Manon Hedenborg White and Tim Rudbøg Part 1 Theorizing Deviance 1 On the Social Organization of Rejected Knowledge Reassessing the Sociology of the Occult Egil Asprem 2 On the Concept of a Deviant Movement Olav Hammer 3 Disrupting Sanctified Deviance The Benefits of Boredom Jay Johnston 4 “The Judges of Normality Are Everywhere” Has Esotericism and the Ideas of H. P. Blavatsky’s Ever Been Normal? Tim Rudbøg Part 2 Historical Cases 5 Constructions of Religious Deviance in the Greek and Roman Worlds Richard Gordon 6 The Deviance of Toz The Reception of Toz Graecus and Magical Works Attributed to Toz in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries Lauri Ockenström 7 Forgotten Knowledge, Deviance and Esotericism The Eternally Burning Lamps of Fortunio Liceti Martin Mulsow 8 Strategic Deviance and Conflicting Loyalties The Spiritualist Interests of Bishop Ghenadie Petrescu (1836–1918) Ionuț Daniel Băncilă 9 Jewish Kabbalah, Christian Onomatodoxy (Imyaslavie) and Theological Flexibility in Russia at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century Konstantin Burmistrov 10 Vasily V. Nalimov – A Scientist, Philosopher and “Mystical Anarchist” from Komi Birgit Menzel 11 Haṭhayoga as “Black Magic” in Early Theosophy and Beyond Keith E. Cantú 12 Philology as an Epistemological Strategy to Claim Higher Knowledge Translational Endeavors within the Theosophical Society; A Case Study of Annie Besant’s Bhagavad-Gita Yves Mühlematter 13 “I Would Not Have Left Your Platform Had I Not Been Compelled” Annie Besant’s Exclusion from the National Secular Society (1891) Muriel Pécastaing-Boissière 14 Dismissing the Occult The Links between Esoteric Currents and French Homeopathic Medicine during the First Half of the Twentieth Century Léo Bernard 15 The Devil’s Popess The French Reception of Maria de Naglowska (1883–1936) in the Early 1930s Michele Olzi 16 Confessions of a Persian Opium Smoker Sadegh Hedayat, Esotericism, and The Blind Owl Kurosh Amoui 17 Fernando Pessoa’s Multiple Esoteric Deviances Fabio Mendia Part 3 Concluding Remarks 18 Afterword Rejected Knowledge as a Liberal Art Joscelyn Godwin Editors’ Conclusion Manon Hedenborg White and Tim Rudbøg Index
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Fv Editions Pistis Sophia: Le Livre de la Fidèle Sagesse
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