Forbidden faith : the Gnostic legacy from the gospels to the Da Vinci Code / Richard Smoley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smoley, Richard, 1956-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gnosticism--History.

Gnosticism.

History.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : HarperSanFrancisco, [2006]

Summary:

In this sweeping history of Gnosticism, the school of spiritual seekers that flourished between the first and fourth centuries A.D. is revealed along with the movement's influence on early Christianity and beyond.

Contents:

1 Who Were the Gnostics? 11

2 The Heirs of Egypt 31

3 The Lost Religion of Light 51

4 The War against the Cathars 67

5 Gnosis in the Medieval Church 89

6 The Sages of the Renaissance 107

7 Rosicrucianism and the Great Lodges 125

8 The Gnostic Revival 151

9 Gnosis and Modernity 171

10 The Future of Gnosis 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0060783397 :

OCLC:

66142947

Publisher Number:

9780060783396