Forbidden Faith
The Secret History of Gnosticism

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

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

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

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

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