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1	Gnostic Gospels more books like this by Elaine Pagels add to wishlist Pagels, a noted authority of religion, examines what impact Gnosticism could have had on Christianity had it not been labelled heretical by the early church fathers. THE GNOSTIC GOSPELS offers up insights from this obscure branch of Christianity, offering synopses of these documents that purport to reveal new insights into Jesus's life, his ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.66! \| first editions
2	The Gospel of Mary Magdalene more books like this by Jean-Yves LeLoup, Jacob Needleman (Preface by) add to wishlist The Coptic Gospels, which are said to be written in the voice of Mary Magdalene, are the source of this volume, which contains the gospels as well as commentary on them by French scholar Jean-Yves Leloup. The Coptic Gospels, discovered in Egypt in 1945, seem to rehabilitate the Magdalene, who traditionally has been seen as a prostitute. see all copies from £4.10! new only from £4.10! \| first editions
3	The Gnostic Bible: Gnostic Texts of Mystical Wisdom from the Ancient and Medieval Worlds more books like this by Willis Barnstone (Editor), Marvin Meyer (Editor) add to wishlist Gnosticism, steeped as it is in individualism, introspection, and personal revelation, is especially appealing to personal seekers who have turned away from formal religion. The publication of several best-selling Gnosticism-related studies and the roaring success of THE DA VINCI CODE have dusted up great public interest in the Gnostic texts in a ... see all copies from £9.24! new only from £9.29! \| first editions
4	Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians more books like this by Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy add to wishlist Freke and Gandy take their ideas about the pagan origins of Christianity in a startling new direction: a mystical marriage between a godman and godwoman, represented in the Christian tradition by the figures of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. see all copies from £7.79! new only from £9.96! \| first editions
5	The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed more books like this by Bart D Ehrman add to wishlist The recent National Geographic special on the Gospel of Judas was a major media event, introducing to tens of millions of viewers one of the most important biblical discoveries of modern times. Now, a leading historian of the early church, Bart Ehrman, offers the first comprehensive account of the newly discovered Gospel of Judas, revealing what ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Gospel of Judas: From Codex Tchacos more books like this by Rodolphe Kasser (Editor), Gregor Wurst (Editor), Marvin Meyer (Editor) add to wishlist For 1,600 years its message lay hidden. When the bound papyrus pages of this lost gospel finally reached scholars who could unlock its meaning, they were astounded. Here was a gospel that had not been seen since the early days of Christianity, and which few experts had even thought existed-a gospel told from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
7	The Nature of Good and Evil more books like this by Sylvia Browne add to wishlist A framework for understanding the nature of good and evil. The struggle to continue being "good" when many "bad" people seem to get ahead faster is given a deeper meaning, as the author counsels that the choices made will impact directly on the soul, and invites the reader to find a path with God. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
8	If You Could See What I See: The Tenets of Novus Spiritus more books like this by Sylvia Browne add to wishlist This enlightening work contains the Gnostic tenets of the author's church, the Society of Novus Spiritus. The text is a map of humankind's search for spirituality and the path to God. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing more books like this by Stephan A Hoeller, Hoeller Stephena add to wishlist This authoritative introduction reveals Gnosticism as the indigenous mystical tradition of the West and considers its message to Judeo-Christianity in the 21st century. see all copies from £5.69! new only from £5.69! \| first editions
10	The Gospel of Judas more books like this by Rodolphe Kasser (Editor), Marvin Meyer (Editor), Gregor Wurst (Editor) add to wishlist Seventeen hundred years ago, an unknown monk or scribe copied a gospel detailing the last three days of Jesus' life from the perspective of Judas Iscariot. Condemned as heretical, the "Gospel of Judas" faded from view and the codex containing its only known surviving copy was hidden in a cave in the Egyptian desert. Ever since the discovery of the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!
11	The American Religion: The Emergence of the Post-Christian Nation more books like this by William Golding, Harold Bloom add to wishlist The bestselling author of The Book of J says that Americans are a nation of Gnostics, believers in a pre-Christian tradition of individual divinity, of a divine spark more primordial than Creation itself--and that God knows and loves each of us. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.93! \| first editions
12 view cover	The Laughing Jesus: Religious Lies and Gnostic Wisdom more books like this by Peter Gandy, Timothy Freke add to wishlist Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, authors of "The Jesus Mysteries "and "Jesus and the Lost Goddess," return with a powerful indictment of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic fundamentalism and a passionate reinterpretation of Gnostic spirituality. According to Freke and Gandy, religiously inspired acts of violence, such as the attacks on 9/11, are nothing ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Gnostic Gospels more books like this by J Michael Matkin add to wishlist "The birth of the Christian Churchaand what it means for modern religion and philosophy." This engaging guide presents an accessible overview of the birth of the Christian church, using the historical works found at the famous Nag Hammadi site in Egypt. With chapters discussing each of the major and minor documents found at Nag Hammadi, this ... see all copies from £7.44! new only from £9.80!
14 view cover	Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism more books like this by Kurt Rudolph add to wishlist 'Kurt Rudolph is the world's leading expert on the only branch of Gnosticism that has survived down to the present. He also is the scholar who has the most authoritative overview of the whole Gnostic phenomenon....(His) popular survey of Gnosticism...does for the next generation what Hans Jonas's Gnostic Religion did for the generation just past: ... see all copies from £8.26! new only from £11.49! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Lost Gospel more books like this by James McConkey Robinson add to wishlist In this fully revised and updated edition, an expert historian of early Christianity tells of the discovery of a lost gospel attributed to Judas, and Judas's newfound meaning for history and the Christian faith. see all copies from £2.86! new only from £3.16! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Secret Teachings of Jesus: Four Gnostic Gospels more books like this by Marvin W Meyer (Translator) add to wishlist Four revealing Christian texts founded in 1945 in Egypt which provide invaluable information about the character of the early Church and the Gnostic Christians within the Church. see all copies from £4.70! new only from £4.70! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Scandal of the Incarnation: Irenaeus Against the Heresies more books like this by Irenaeus, St Irenaeus of Lyons, Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Cardinal (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £4.25! new only from £4.25! \| first editions
18 view cover	Talisman: Sacred Cities, Secret Faith more books like this by Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval add to wishlist The bestselling authors of The Secret of the Sphinx relate the extraordinary account of a longstanding conspiracy at the heart of Western civilization, the visual evidence of which surrounds us all. A talisman is an object with "meaning." It is a potent symbol or icon that can fire the imagination and emotions of men and women anywhere, any time. ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.67! \| first editions
19 view cover	Ancient Wisdom more books like this by Annie Wood Besant add to wishlist An in-depth study of theosophical teachings. see all copies from £6.37! new only from £8.72! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics: An Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic Manuscripts Discovered at Chenoboskion more books like this by Jean Doresse add to wishlist A collection of sacred Gnostic texts, believed by many scholars to surpass the Dead Sea Scrolls in importance, discovered in the late 1940s after being concealed for sixteen centuries. Includes the famous Gospel According to Thomas. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £11.41! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Laughing Jesus: Religious Lies and Gnostic Wisdom more books like this by Timothy Freke, Peter Gandy add to wishlist An Incendiary Wake-Up Call to the World What if the Old Testament is a work of fiction, Jesus never existed, and Muhammad was a mobster? What if the Bible and the Qur'an are works of political propaganda created by Taliban-like fundamentalists to justify the sort of religious violence we are witnessing in the world today? What if there is a big ... see all copies from £3.61! new only from £6.29! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Gnostic Gospels: Including the Gospel of Thomas the Gospel of Mary Magdalene more books like this by Alan Jacobs (Editor), Vrej Nersessian (Introduction by) add to wishlist In 1945 several secret gospels, hidden since the first century, were discovered in the Egyptian Desert at Nag Hammadi. They caused a sensation in the religious world as they revealed the mysteries of Gnostic Christianity. The gospels selected for this volume reveal intimate conversations between Jesus and his disciples and shed new light on his ... see all copies from £7.31! new only from £7.31!
23 view cover	The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts Complete in One Volume more books like this by Marvin Meyer, James M Robinson add to wishlist This is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of fourth-century Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945, which rivaled the Dead Sea Scrolls find in significance. see all copies from £9.91! new only from £9.91!
24	The Nag Hammadi Library in English more books like this by James McConkey Robinson add to wishlist see all copies from £7.72! first editions
25 view cover	Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief more books like this by John Lamb Lash, Derrick Jensen (Afterword by) add to wishlist Basing much of "Not in His Image" on the Nag Hammadi and other Gnostic writings, John Lamb Lash explains how a little-known messianic sect propelled itself into a dominant world power, systematically wiping out the great Gnostic spiritual teachers, the Druid priests, and the shamanistic healers of Europe and North Africa. They burned libraries and ... see all copies from £11.71! new only from £11.71!

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