The Gnostic Religion

Here is a full-scale study of the heretical world of Gnosticism - its literature, symbolic language and main tenets - based on actual Gnostic documents and written by an eminent authority in the field. The paperback edition of this classic contains an important new chapter entitled "The Recent Discoveries in the Field of Gnosticism, " and an epilogue on "Gnosticism, Existentialism and Nihilism."