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Most anyone interested in such topics as creation mythology, Jungian theory, or the idea of "secret teachings" in ancient Judaism and Christianity has found "gnosticism" compelling. Yet the term "gnosticism," which often connotes a single rebellious…

"Alexandria in 412 CE was a venerable city that honored and preserved great learning. But it was also a city wracked by religious conflict that finds echoes in our own time. Within this maelstrom we find Hypatia, a woman of great intellectual…

"The subject of Mystical Languages of Unsaying is an important but neglected mode of mystical discourse, apophasis. which literally means "speaking away." Sometimes translated as "negative theology," apophatic discourse embraces the impossibility of…

"Meister Eckhart, thirteenth century Dominican theologian and the greatest of German mystics, speaks to us with a new voice in this faithful and authoritative translation by M.O'C. Walshe. Eckhart was regarded as the most learned scholar of his time,…