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The Gnosticism Book: The Demiurge, Sophia, the Archons, and the Secret Knowledge

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The Gnosticism Book: The Demiurge, Sophia, the Archons, and the Secret Knowledge

The Demiurge, Sophia, and the Archons

The forbidden cosmology of the Gnostics: a false creator god, a fallen wisdom, prison-world rulers called archons, and the divine spark trapped inside you, waiting to wake. Recovered from the buried codices of Nag Hammadi.

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What you will read

  • 11 chapters, primary sources
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  • Original ink illustrations
  • Inline citations to the Nag Hammadi codices
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  1. 01The Gnostic Revolution
  2. 02The Pleroma and the Fullness of Light
  3. 03Sophia's Fall and the Birth of the Demiurge
  4. 04The Demiurge: The Blind God Who Thought He Was Alone
  5. 05The Archons and the Prison of the Spheres
  6. 06The Making of Adam and the Divine Spark
  7. 07The Serpent, the Tree, and the First Knowledge
  8. 08Christ as the Revealer of Gnosis
  9. 09The Sethians, the Valentinians, and the Schools
  10. 10The Gospels They Buried: Thomas, Judas, Mary, Philip
  11. 11The War with Orthodoxy and the Survival of Gnosis

About this book

About this Gnosticism mythology guide

The forbidden cosmology of the Gnostics: a false creator, a fallen wisdom, a prison-world of archons, and the divine spark trapped inside you, recovered from the Nag Hammadi library.

Early Christianity had rivals it tried hard to erase. The Gnostics taught that the god who made this world was not the true God but a blind and arrogant craftsman, the Demiurge; that the material world is a prison built by his servant archons; and that inside every human sleeps a spark of the real divine light, which only secret knowledge, gnosis, can wake. The orthodox burned their books. In 1945, a jar of them came out of the Egyptian sand.

This book is the complete guide to that recovered world. Eleven chapters cover the fullness of light called the Pleroma, the fall of Sophia and the birth of the Demiurge, the archons and the spheres, the divine spark in Adam, the schools of Valentinus and the Sethians, and the buried gospels of Thomas, Judas, Mary, and Philip. Every chapter cites its sources.

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What you will discover inside

  • The Demiurge: the blind creator who thought he was the only god
  • Sophia's fall and the accident that made the material world
  • The archons: the prison-wardens of the planetary spheres
  • The divine spark: the light trapped in every human, waiting to wake
  • The gospels orthodoxy buried: Thomas, Judas, Mary, and Philip
  • How the serpent of Eden became, for the Gnostics, the first liberator

Gnosticism mythology book at a glance

TraditionGnosticism mythology
Chapters11 chapters
Length160 pages
SourcesDrawn from the primary sources, cited inline
Reading levelBeginner-friendly. Every name and place is explained from scratch
FormatPrint-quality PDF
DeliveryPDF within 24 hours

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About the author

Guillaume Henry, founder of Mythologis

Guillaume Henry

Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Mythologis

Guillaume Henry founded Mythologis to make the world's mythologies readable without losing what makes them strange. Every Mythologis book draws on the primary sources first, cross-references multiple translations, and avoids inventing details that aren't in the originals.

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Questions about the Gnosticism mythology book

When will I receive my PDF?

Within 24 hours of purchase. Your download link arrives in your inbox automatically.

Is this book based on primary sources?

Yes. It cites the Nag Hammadi codices (the Apocryphon of John, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, the Hypostasis of the Archons), the Gospel of Judas, and the reports of the heresiologists (Irenaeus, Hippolytus), with references to the standard translations.

How long is the book?

Eleven chapters, around 160 pages depending on the final layout. Designed to be read in evenings or in one long sitting.

Is this book for beginners or specialists?

Beginners welcome. The book explains every name, place, and concept from scratch. Specialists will find the source citations useful for further reading.

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