num_pages: 158
description: A Manual for the Gnostic is a comprehensive resource on the creeds, doctrines, and sacraments of the French Gnostic Church, including rare historical texts which have never before been translated and compiled. This Manual provides many prayers and meditations suitable for Gnostics and mystically minded Christians. Included are instructions for finding one’s Patron, Guiding, and Teaching Angels, rituals of spiritual protection, and techniques for enhancing the feeling of God's presence in one's life.  Some of the original texts have been reduced in length for use in this manual. Recommended readings for further study follow each section. Following the Gnostic liturgical calendar, many sections of the Manual are divided into Christic, Sophianic, Paracletic, Angelic and Saintly subsections.
title: A Manual for the Gnostic: Doctrines, Prayers, & Practices of the Esoteric Christian Tradition
publisher: L'Eglise Gnostique Catholique Apostolique