The Gnostic Bible (Book and Audio-CD Set)

About this book

Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium C.E. whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and mystical experience. Sample the gnostics in their own words with this unique book-and-audio set. The book The Gnostics and Their Scriptures provides a brief yet thorough introduction to gnostic philosophy while the audio program allows you to encounter the gnostic scriptures as the living oral tradition they were intended to be. The selections are taken from among the most importantand most poetically beautifulof all gnostic texts including the Gospels of Thomas Judas and Mary Magdalene. Includes 3 CDs.