The story of God : Gnostic mythology -- Sethians, Valentinians and others -- As above, so below : Gnostic psychology -- Upside down and inside out : the Gnostic interpretation of the Bible -- Praxis : what did the Gnostics actually do? -- The birth of Gnosticism -- Light and darkness : the Manichaeans -- The variety and transmission of Gnosis -- The good Christians : the Cathars -- The last Gnostics : the Mandaeans -- Revival.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.