The gnostic new age : how a countercultural spirituality revolutionized religion from antiquity to today /

De Conick, April D.,

The gnostic new age : how a countercultural spirituality revolutionized religion from antiquity to today / April D. DeConick. - 1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The matrix of ancient spirituality -- The gnostic true man -- Supermen and monsters -- Paul and gnostic dogma -- John and the dark cosmos -- Gnostic altered states -- Hell walks and star treks -- Spiritual avatars -- The Pi of gnostic politics -- Pleasantville religions -- Gnosticism out on a limb.

9780231542043


Gnosticism--History.
New Age movement.


Electronic books.

B638 / .D4 2016

299/.932