Forbidden Faith, Richard Smoley
Forbidden Faith, Richard Smoley
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Forbidden Faith
The Secret History of Gnosticism

Author: Richard Smoley

Narrator: Bob Souer

Unabridged: 8 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/31/2020


Synopsis

The success of books such as Elaine Pagels's Gnostic Gospels and Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code proves beyond a doubt that there is a tremendous thirst today for finding the hidden truths of Christianity—truths that may have been lost or buried by institutional religion over the last two millennia.

In Forbidden Faith, Richard Smoley narrates a popular history of one such truth, the ancient esoteric religion of gnosticism, which flourished between the first and fourth centuries AD, but whose legacy remains even today, having survived secretly throughout the ages.

About Richard Smoley

Richard Smoley is editor of Quest: Journal of the Theosophical Society and former editor of Gnosis: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions. He has published eleven books, including Forbidden Faith: The Secret History of Gnosticism, Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Traditions, and Supernatural: Writings on an Unknown History. He has spent over forty years studying the world's mystical traditions.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik on August 17, 2009

This book is designed to be popular. If you've liked what you've read about "gnostic religion", are intrigued by claims of vast masonic conspiracies, read C.G. Jung or William Blake, or think either The Matrix or The DaVinci Code profound films, then there's a lure here to catch your attention and i......more

Goodreads review by Tim on December 24, 2015

I cannot think of a better popular introduction to the gnostic turn of mind although the book is mistitled and the author admits as much. The Gnostic turn of mind is a way of seeing for many human beings whereas Gnosticism was a belief system of a particular time and place. Gnosticism, the very part......more

Goodreads review by R.W. on February 15, 2017

interesting read lots of information here.......more

Goodreads review by Simon on July 06, 2008

A quick look into the history of the world that surrounds the monotheistic religions that are organized and not organized......more

Goodreads review by Orion on May 15, 2016

This is a chronology of gnostic thought, from its beginnings to the present day. The book is reasonably easy to read despite the fact it has some difficult concepts. A more thorough discussion of the basic tenets of gnosticism would have been useful but the author seems to pre-suppose the reader has......more