Gnosticism is the most radical religion I know ... In one text, "The Secret Book of John," God (the good God, not the bullying one) says, "I am the father. I am the mother. I am the child." ...

He is the author of several books, including "St. Mary Magdalene: The Gnostic Tradition of the Holy Bride." He spoke with me last week by phone from his home in Nevada City. Gnostic ideas figure ...

Twenty years ago, Elaine Pagels wrote The Gnostic Gospels, a book that introduced the larger public to the other "Christian" writings that arose in the early centuries of the church. Regarding the ...

These books, later scholarly examination would reveal, contained 52 different texts reflecting the Gnostic perspective, most of which had never been seen by modern eyes. The first complete English ...

In one dense but masterful summary, we find the essential aspects of Gnosticism. In his book Crossing the Threshold of Hope, Pope John Paul II writes: “A separate issue is the return of ancient ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels Vintage Books, New York: 1979 pp. xiii-xxiii In December 1945 an Arab peasant made an astonishing archeological discovery in Upper Egypt. Rumors obscured ...