Culianu, Ioan P,

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.



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Philosophy-Ancient
Gnosticism--History.

B638.T744 1992 B638.C967.T744 1992