The Gnosis or Ancient Wisdom in the Christian Scriptures
Subtitle: or, The Wisdom in a Mystery
By: William Kingsland
Publisher: G. Allen & Unwin, Ltd.
Published: 1937
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Theosophy; Gnosis; Mysticism
Genres: Non-fiction
Other titles: Wisdom in a mystery
First sentence: Before dealing more specifically with the Christian Scriptures and the religion based thereon, it will be useful to survey to some extent the field of Religion in general; and it is fundamental to our subject to draw a very broad distinction between Religion and religions.

--from Chapter I
Description: This work is written mainly for a class of readers and students
who find themselves altogether out of touch with "Christianity" 
in any of its current doctrinal or sacerdotal forms,
but who, notwithstanding this, have some more or less
clear apprehension that behind those forms, and in the
Christian Scriptures themselves, there lies a deep spiritual
truth, a real Gnosis (Gr. knowledge) of Man’s origin, nature,
and destiny which has simply been materialized by the
Church in the traditional interpretation of those Scriptures
based upon their literal acceptation.

--from the Introduction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-222) and index.
"First published in 1937."
Table of contents: label: I.
title: Religion And Religions
pagenum: 49; label: II.
title: The Bible
pagenum: 73; label: III.
title: The Ancient Wisdom Or Gnosis
pagenum: 93; label: IV.
title: The Genesis Narrative
pagenum: 111; label: V.
title: The New Testament Scriptures   I. The Gospels
pagenum: 141; label: VI.
title: The New Testament Scriptures   II. Paul's Epistles
pagenum: 172; label: VII.
title: Practical Religion
pagenum: 190