category: gnosticism

... Kabbalah are historiogra- phically involved and complex , there are fundamental aspects of mysticism that have been handed down and are practiced even today . Current , popular literature on the Kabbalah , such as Yehuda Berg's book The ...

... HOY JOACHIM JEREMIAS Tübingen Scarsdale Bamberg Paderborn Miami Tübingen Ottawa GEORGE JOHNSTON LUDWIG W. und TATYANA KAHN WILLIAM KLASSEN A. F. J. KLIJN HELMUT KOester BERNHARD KÖTTING KLAUS KOSCHORKE ROBERT A. KRAFT JACOB KREMER GEORG ...

This book of hours consists of the Ordinary of the Little Office, the regular prayers to be said at each hour (or time) of prayer for the day; the Book of Odes, with the Odes of Solomon organized according to a 3-day cycle; a book of ...

Recommended by top scholars in the field of Gnostic studies for many years, but has been virtually impossible to find until now. One of the best books on the subject, essential for any serious researcher.

Presents Gnostic healing practices in a clear and systematic way. Techniques include mystical prayer, meditation, and sacred ceremony, and are suitable for both beginning and experienced healers.

This up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the sacred Gnostic manuscripts features introductory essays, notes, tables, and more to help the reader understand the context and contemporary significance of these texts that have ...

... warrior 3 , 1 Ptahil is the real Demiurge . The movement of falling away from the Kingdom of Light begins already in the " Second Life ( identified with Yoshamin ) , spreads to his son Abathur , the Weigher " ( Judge of Souls , who is ...

... hypostasis of the archons " ( tthupostasis nnarkhōn ) ( 97 : 22-23 ) 18 . Thus , the title indicates the primary subject matter of the treatise . It is obviously important to the author to present an account of the hypostasis of the archons ...

elements ( such as the figure of the gnostic ' Jesus ' ) superadded . On the contrary , the figure of Jesus is essential , and without Jesus the systems would drop to pieces . In my view the systems were in- vented to explain Jesus in ...

The texts are organized to reflect the history of gnosticism in the second through fourth centuries CE. This second edition provides updates throughout and adds three new ancient texts, including the recently discovered Gospel of Judas.