The tree of gnosis : gnostic mythology from early Christianity to modern nihilism / [print]
Ioan P. Couliano ; translated into English by H.S. Wiesner and the author.
- 1st HarperCollins ed.
- [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, [(c)1992.
- xviii, 296 pages ; 25 cm.
Rev. translation of: Les gnoses dualistes d'Occident.
Dualism : a chronology Myths about Gnosticism : an introduction Gnostic myth 1 : fallen wisdom Gnostic myth 2 : the ignorant demiurge The abolition of the law and of the actual father : Marcion of Sinope Manichaean myth Paulicianism or popular Marcionism Bogomilism : a pseudodualism The two religions of the Cathars The tree of Gnosis Modern nihilism.