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Books on Gnosticism & Christian Mysticism

132 books — primary sources in translation, practitioners’ classics and current scholarship.

Adversus MarcionemTertullian Adversus MarcionemTertullian Ernest Evans (ed. and trans.)1972 Cover of Against Heresies Against HeresiesIrenaeus of Lyon 180 Cover of The Alexiad The AlexiadAnna Komnene 1148 Cover of Answer to Job Answer to JobC. G. Jung 1952 The Apocryphon of JohnMichael Waldstein and Frederik Wisse The Apocryphon of JohnMichael Waldstein and Frederik Wisse Michael Waldstein and Frederik Wisse (eds.)1995 Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the AreopagiteCharles M. Stang Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the AreopagiteCharles M. Stang 2012 Cover of Arcana Coelestia Arcana CoelestiaEmanuel Swedenborg 1749 The Arch-Heretic MarcionSebastian Moll The Arch-Heretic MarcionSebastian Moll 2010 Cover of Aurora (Morgenröte im Aufgang) Aurora (Morgenröte im Aufgang)Jacob Boehme 1612 The Behmenists and the PhiladelphiansNils Thune The Behmenists and the PhiladelphiansNils Thune 1948 Cover of Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas Beyond BeliefElaine Pagels 2003 Cover of Boehme: An Intellectual Biography of the Seventeenth-Century Philosopher and Mystic BoehmeAndrew Weeks 1991 Cover of The Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism The BogomilsDmitri Obolensky 1948 A Book of Contemplation the Which is Called the Cloud of UnknowingEvelyn Underhill A Book of Contemplation the Which is Called the Cloud of UnknowingEvelyn Underhill Evelyn Underhill (ed.)1912 Cover of The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans The Canonical Prayerbook of the MandaeansE. S. Drower E. S. Drower (trans.)1959 Cover of The Cathars The CatharsMalcolm Lambert 1998 Cover of The Cathars: Dualist Heretics in Languedoc in the High Middle Ages The CatharsMalcolm Barber 2000 The Cheese and the WormsCarlo Ginzburg The Cheese and the WormsCarlo Ginzburg John Tedeschi and Anne Tedeschi (trans.)1980 Cover of Christian Dualist Heresies in the Byzantine World, c. 650–c. 1450 Christian Dualist Heresies in the Byzantine World, c. 650–c. 1450Janet Hamilton & Bernard Hamilton 1998 Cover of The Cloud of Unknowing The Cloud of UnknowingAnonymous 14th c. Cover of The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works The Cloud of Unknowing and Other WorksA. C. Spearing A. C. Spearing (trans.)2001 Cover of The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counselling The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy CounsellingPhyllis Hodgson Phyllis Hodgson (ed.)1944 Cover of The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross The Collected Works of St. John of the CrossJohn of the Cross Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez (trans.)1964 Cover of The Cologne Mani Codex: Concerning the Origin of His Body The Cologne Mani CodexRon Cameron and Arthur J. Dewey Ron Cameron and Arthur J. Dewey (trans.)1979 Cover of Commentary on the Gospel of John Commentary on the Gospel of JohnOrigen 230 Cover of The Complete Mystical Works of Meister Eckhart The Complete Mystical Works of Meister EckhartMeister Eckhart Maurice O'C. Walshe (trans.)2009 Cover of The Complete Works of Saint John of the Cross The Complete Works of Saint John of the CrossJohn of the Cross E. Allison Peers (trans.)1934 Corpus DionysiacumBeate Regina Suchla Corpus DionysiacumBeate Regina Suchla, Günter Heil & Adolf Martin Ritter (eds.) 1990 Cover of The Corruption of Angels: The Great Inquisition of 1245–1246 The Corruption of AngelsMark Gregory Pegg 2001 Cover of Dark Night of the Soul Dark Night of the SoulJohn of the Cross 16th c. Cover of The Darkness of God: Negativity in Christian Mysticism The Darkness of GodDenys Turner 1995 De signatura rerum (The Signature of All Things)Jacob Boehme De signatura rerum (The Signature of All Things)Jacob Boehme 1622 Cover of Denys the Areopagite Denys the AreopagiteAndrew Louth 1989 Die gnostischen Schriften des koptischen Papyrus Berolinensis 8502Walter C. Till Die gnostischen Schriften des koptischen Papyrus Berolinensis 8502Walter C. Till 1955 Cover of Emanuel Swedenborg: Scientist and Mystic Emanuel SwedenborgSigne Toksvig 1948 Excerpts from TheodotusClement of Alexandria Excerpts from TheodotusClement of Alexandria 200 The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi CodicesInternational Committee for the Nag Hammadi Codices The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi CodicesInternational Committee for the Nag Hammadi Codices 1972 The First New TestamentJason D. BeDuhn The First New TestamentJason D. BeDuhn 2013 Cover of The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus The Five GospelsRobert W. Funk, Roy W. Hoover and the Jesus Seminar 1993 Cover of The Formation of a Persecuting Society The Formation of a Persecuting SocietyR. I. Moore 1987 Cover of The Foundations of Mysticism The Foundations of MysticismBernard McGinn 1991 The Founder of ManichaeismIain Gardner The Founder of ManichaeismIain Gardner 2020 A Fountain of GardensJane Lead A Fountain of GardensJane Lead 1696 GinzaMark Lidzbarski GinzaMark Lidzbarski Mark Lidzbarski (trans.)1925 Gnosis on the Silk RoadHans-Joachim Klimkeit Gnosis on the Silk RoadHans-Joachim Klimkeit Hans-Joachim Klimkeit (trans.)1993 Cover of Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism GnosisKurt Rudolph 1983 Cover of Gnostic Apocalypse: Jacob Boehme's Haunted Narrative Gnostic ApocalypseCyril O'Regan 2002 Cover of The Gnostic Gospels The Gnostic GospelsElaine Pagels 1979 The Gnostic New AgeApril D. DeConick The Gnostic New AgeApril D. DeConick 2016 Cover of The Gnostic Religion The Gnostic ReligionHans Jonas 1958 Cover of The Gnostic Scriptures The Gnostic ScripturesBentley Layton 1987 Cover of The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity The GnosticsDavid Brakke 2010 Cover of The Gospel of Mary The Gospel of MaryChristopher Tuckett 2007 Cover of The Gospel of Mary of Magdala The Gospel of Mary of MagdalaKaren L. King 2003 Cover of The Gospel of Thomas: Introduction and Commentary The Gospel of ThomasSimon Gathercole 2014 Cover of The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus The Gospel of ThomasMarvin Meyer Marvin Meyer (trans.)1992 Cover of Gregory of Nyssa: The Life of Moses Gregory of NyssaGregory of Nyssa Abraham J. Malherbe and Everett Ferguson (trans.)1978 Cover of Heaven and Hell Heaven and HellEmanuel Swedenborg 1758 Cover of Heresies of the High Middle Ages Heresies of the High Middle AgesWalter L. Wakefield & Austin P. Evans Walter L. Wakefield & Austin P. Evans (trans.)1969 Cover of The Impact of God: Soundings from St John of the Cross The Impact of GodIain Matthew 1995 Cover of Inquisition and Power: Catharism and the Confessing Subject in Medieval Languedoc Inquisition and PowerJohn H. Arnold 2001 Cover of Interior Castle Interior CastleTeresa of Ávila 1577 Jane Lead and Her Transnational LegacyAriel Hessayon Jane Lead and Her Transnational LegacyAriel Hessayon Ariel Hessayon (ed.)2016 Cover of Jane Leade: Biography of a Seventeenth-Century Mystic Jane LeadeJulie Hirst 2005 Cover of The Johannine Gospel in Gnostic Exegesis The Johannine Gospel in Gnostic ExegesisElaine Pagels 1973 Cover of The Kephalaia of the Teacher The Kephalaia of the TeacherIain Gardner Iain Gardner (trans.)1995 La philosophie de Jacob BoehmeAlexandre Koyré La philosophie de Jacob BoehmeAlexandre Koyré 1929 Cover of Le livre secret des Cathares: Interrogatio Iohannis, apocryphe d'origine bogomile Le livre secret des CatharesEdina Bozóky 1980 Le Registre d'inquisition de Jacques Fournier, évêque de Pamiers (1318–1325)Jean Duvernoy Le Registre d'inquisition de Jacques Fournier, évêque de Pamiers (1318–1325)Jean Duvernoy Jean Duvernoy (ed.)1965 The Mandaean Book of JohnCharles G. Häberl and James F. McGrath The Mandaean Book of JohnCharles G. Häberl and James F. McGrath Charles G. Häberl and James F. McGrath (eds. and trans.)2020 Cover of The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran The Mandaeans of Iraq and IranE. S. Drower 1937 Cover of The Mandaeans: Ancient Texts and Modern People The MandaeansJorunn Jacobsen Buckley 2002 Cover of The Mandaeans: The Last Gnostics The MandaeansEdmondo Lupieri Charles Hindley (trans.)2002 Mani's PicturesZsuzsanna Gulácsi Mani's PicturesZsuzsanna Gulácsi 2015 Cover of Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire Manichaean Texts from the Roman EmpireIain Gardner and Samuel N. C. Lieu 2004 Cover of Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval ChinaSamuel N. C. Lieu 1985 Cover of Marcion and the Dating of the Synoptic Gospels Marcion and the Dating of the Synoptic GospelsMarkus Vinzent 2014 Marcion and the Making of a HereticJudith M. Lieu Marcion and the Making of a HereticJudith M. Lieu 2015 Cover of Marcion: Das Evangelium vom fremden Gott MarcionAdolf von Harnack 1921 Cover of Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle: The Struggle for Authority Mary Magdalene, the First ApostleAnn Graham Brock 2003 Cover of Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises, and Defense Meister EckhartMeister Eckhart Edmund Colledge and Bernard McGinn (trans.)1981 The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi CodicesHugo Lundhaug The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi CodicesHugo Lundhaug & Lance Jenott 2015 Cover of Montaillou: village occitan de 1294 à 1324 MontaillouEmmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 1975 Mystical Languages of UnsayingMichael A. Sells Mystical Languages of UnsayingMichael A. Sells 1994 Cover of The Mystical Sources of German Romantic Philosophy The Mystical Sources of German Romantic PhilosophyErnst Benz Blair R. Reynolds and Eunice M. Paul (trans.)1983 Cover of The Mystical Thought of Meister Eckhart: The Man from Whom God Hid Nothing The Mystical Thought of Meister EckhartBernard McGinn 2001 Cover of Mysticism East and West Mysticism East and WestRudolf Otto Bertha L. Bracey and Richenda C. Payne (trans.)1932 Cover of Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness MysticismEvelyn Underhill 1911 Cover of The Nag Hammadi Library in English The Nag Hammadi Library in EnglishJames M. Robinson (ed.) 1988 Cover of The Nag Hammadi Scriptures The Nag Hammadi ScripturesMarvin Meyer Marvin Meyer (ed.)2007 Cover of The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly Doctrine The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly DoctrineEmanuel Swedenborg 1758 Cover of The Odes of Solomon The Odes of SolomonJames H. Charlesworth James H. Charlesworth (ed. and trans.)1973 Cover of The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys The Origins of the Christian Mystical TraditionAndrew Louth 1981 Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest ChristianityWalter Bauer Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest ChristianityWalter Bauer Robert A. Kraft and Gerhard Krodel (eds.)1971 Cover of The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy The Other GodYuri Stoyanov 2000 PanarionEpiphanius of Salamis PanarionEpiphanius of Salamis 375 The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, Book IEpiphanius of Salamis The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis, Book IEpiphanius of Salamis Frank Williams (trans.)1987 Cover of Periphyseon (On the Division of Nature) Periphyseon (On the Division of Nature)John Scottus Eriugena 866 Cover of The Philokalia The PhilokaliaNikodimos of the Holy Mountain & Makarios of Corinth (comp.) 1782 Cover of The Philokalia, Volume 1 The Philokalia, Volume 1St. Nikodimos & St. Makarios G. E. H. Palmer, Philip Sherrard, Kallistos Ware (trans.)1979 Cover of Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human FreedomF. W. J. Schelling 1809 Cover of Pistis Sophia Pistis SophiaG. R. S. Mead G. R. S. Mead (trans.)1896 Cover of Pistis Sophia Pistis SophiaCarl Schmidt Carl Schmidt (ed.), Violet MacDermot (trans.)1978 Practica inquisitionis heretice pravitatisBernard Gui Practica inquisitionis heretice pravitatisBernard Gui 1324 Cover of Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works Pseudo-DionysiusPseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Colm Luibheid (trans.)1987 Recovering the Original Gospel of ThomasApril D. DeConick Recovering the Original Gospel of ThomasApril D. DeConick 2005 Cover of The Rediscovery of Gnosticism The Rediscovery of GnosticismBentley Layton (ed.) 1980 Cover of Refutation of All Heresies Refutation of All HeresiesHippolytus of Rome M. David Litwa (trans.)2016 Cover of Rethinking 'Gnosticism': An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category Rethinking 'Gnosticism'Michael Allen Williams 1996 Cover of The Science of the Cross The Science of the CrossEdith Stein Hilda Graef (trans.)1960 Cover of The Secret Revelation of John The Secret Revelation of JohnKaren L. King 2006 Sethian Gnosticism and the Platonic TraditionJohn D. Turner Sethian Gnosticism and the Platonic TraditionJohn D. Turner 2001 Cover of The Spiritual Seed: The Church of the 'Valentinians' The Spiritual SeedEinar Thomassen 2006 Cover of St John of the Cross: His Life and Poetry St John of the CrossGerald Brenan 1973 Cover of St John of the Cross: Songs in the Night St John of the CrossColin P. Thompson 2002 Cover of St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies, Book 1 St. Irenaeus of LyonsIrenaeus of Lyon Dominic J. Unger (trans.)1992 Cover of Swedenborg, Oetinger, Kant: Three Perspectives on the Secrets of Heaven Swedenborg, Oetinger, KantWouter J. Hanegraaff 2007 Cover of Swedenborg: Buddha of the North SwedenborgD. T. Suzuki Andrew Bernstein (trans.)1996 Cover of Swedenborg's Secret Swedenborg's SecretLars Bergquist 2005 Cover of The Text of Marcion's Gospel The Text of Marcion's GospelDieter T. Roth 2015 Theosophia revelata (Boehme's complete works)Jacob Boehme Theosophia revelata (Boehme's complete works)Jacob Boehme Johann Georg Gichtel (ed.)1682 Cover of Theosophia: Hidden Dimensions of Christianity TheosophiaArthur Versluis 1994 Cover of Thomas and Tatian: The Relationship between the Gospel of Thomas and the Diatessaron Thomas and TatianNicholas Perrin 2002 Cover of True Christian Religion True Christian ReligionEmanuel Swedenborg 1771 Cover of The Unknown God: Negative Theology in the Platonic Tradition: Plato to Eriugena The Unknown GodDeirdre Carabine 1995 Valentinus Gnosticus?Christoph Markschies Valentinus Gnosticus?Christoph Markschies 1992 Cover of The War on Heresy The War on HeresyR. I. Moore 2012 Cover of The Way to Christ The Way to ChristJacob Boehme 1622 Cover of What Is Gnosticism? What Is Gnosticism?Karen L. King 2003 Cover of Wisdom's Children: A Christian Esoteric Tradition Wisdom's ChildrenArthur Versluis 1999 Cover of The Woman Jesus Loved: Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Documents The Woman Jesus LovedAntti Marjanen 1996 Cover of The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars, 1290–1329 The Yellow CrossRené Weis 2000