Forbidden faith
Subtitle: the gnostic legacy from the Gospels to the Da Vinci Code
By: Richard Smoley
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 2006
Place of publication: [San Francisco]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780060783396
Subjects: Gnosticism; History
Description: "Why should Gnosticism exercise such a peculiar and lasting fascination? Throughout most of Christian history, Gnosticism was the 'forbidden faith, ' and such condemnation by the official Church might actually have served to endow the movement with glamour. But that explanation only goes so far"--P. [2] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Who were the Gnostics?; title: The heirs of Egypt; title: The lost religion of light; title: The war against the Cathars; title: Gnosis in the medieval church; title: The sages of the Renaissance; title: Rosicrucianism and the great lodges; title: The Gnostic revival; title: Gnosis and modernity; title: The future of Gnosis.