Introductory Reading

A Gnostic Catechism

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by Stephan A. Hoeller

A compendium of instruction of the Gnostic framework, tenets and mythos, arranged in question and answer form. A Gnostic by definition is a knower, which carries no implication of dogmatism, as intuitive knowledge and direct experience supersede belief.

The Mystery and Magic of the Eucharist

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by Stephan A. Hoeller

Outlining and “explaining” the liturgy, the ritual phases and the mystic and symbolic elements of the Gnostic Holy Eucharist, a profoundly moving religious rite, the sacrament central to 2,000 years of Christian practice and worship.


Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing

by Stephan A. Hoeller

The history of Gnosticism as an unfolding drama of passion, intrigue, martyrdom, and mystery. Dr. Hoeller traces this fascinating story through time, showing how Gnosticism has inspired such great thinkers as Voltaire, William Blake, W. B. Yeats, Herman Hesse, Herman Melville, and C. G. Jung.

The Gnostic Gospels

by Elaine Pagels

Landmark study of the long-buried roots of Christianity, a work of luminous scholarship and wide popular appeal. First published in 1979 to critical acclaim, winning the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.

A Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom

by June Singer

A recasting of the wisdom found in these texts into a book of hours, the traditional framework for an ongoing meditative practice, inspiring an awareness of the presence of the divine mystery within the everyday world.

Books by Stephan A. Hoeller

The Gnostic Jung and The Seven Sermons to the Dead

Following intense and transformative spiritual experiences in 1916, Jung wrote the Seven Sermons to the Dead under the guise of Basilides, a 2nd century Gnostic sage. Dr. Hoeller has translated the sermons and set forth an incisive and far-ranging commentary on Jung, Gnosticism, and the present condition of the Western individual.

Jung and the Lost Gospels

Insights into the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library
Jung’s “sympathetic insight into the myths, symbols, and metaphors of the Gnostics, whom by his own admission he regarded as long-lost friends, continues as the brightest beacon of our day…”

Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing

The history of Gnosticism as an unfolding drama of passion, intrigue, martyrdom, and mystery. Dr. Hoeller traces this fascinating story through time, showing how Gnosticism has inspired such great thinkers as Voltaire, William Blake, W. B. Yeats, Herman Hesse, Melville, and C. G. Jung.

Freedom: Alchemy for a Voluntary Society

An examination of the philosophic basis for freedom, as expressed in the writings of the Gnostics and Carl Jung, relating also to the philosophy of America’s founders and to such recent events as the collapse Totalitarian regimes throughout the world.

The Fool’s Pilgrimage

Unrivaled for its clarity in explaining the ancient mystical Kabbalah in relation to the Tarot’s Major Arcana. On the enclosed CD, Dr. Hoeller provides twenty-two contemplative meditations upon the Path.