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A very cerebral and interesting read on Gnosticism.

Ever since I’ve been getting into Goth culture and music, I’ve been interesting Esoterica, the Occult, Mysticism, Astrology, and Mythology. I recently had a very bad experience with Catholicism, and I’ve left the church for political and dogmatic reasons. I consider myself a believer in Jesus still and in God, but I question things. I took a world religions class a few years ago, and it made me question: how can my belief by the one true belief when there’s thousands of other religions?

So my study of esoterica, and my recent experiences with faith have led me on a journey of questioning and searching for enlightenment. I had a conversation with a woman who told me she was a Gnostic and it interested me because I remember hearing about the sect during a faith formation class I took on the early Catholic Church. I did a little digging and decided I wanted to read about Gnosticism and I wanted to read these Gnostic gospels that I’d heard of. I bought this book.


This book basically explains what Gnosticism is, and I will say it’s definitely leaning towards Gnosticism in terms of its bias, but the information in this book is so enlightening for me, that I feel like I better understand Gnosticism. It’s all about enlightenment, and the idea of a demiurge, the story about Sofia, and the Gnostic version of Jesus were all fascinating to me.

The case the author makes is definitely convincing for me, but I would say I am still questioning and skeptical about it.