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Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing
Spiritual seekers needn't look to the East; inspiration is right here at home. Derived from the Greek word gnosis, for "knowledge" or "insight, " a Gnostic is one who seeks direct experience of Divinity. Refuting the notion that no coherent set of…
The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition: From Plato to Denys
An outline of the development of mystical theology in the Patristic period, tracing its roots to Plato and the Hellenistic tradition and centering on Origen, the Nicene Fathers, Augustine, Denys the Areopagite, and St. John of the Cross.