The tree of gnosis : gnostic mythology from early Christianity to modern nihilism / Ioan P. Couliano ; translated into English by H.S. Wiesner and the author.
Rev. translation of: Les gnoses dualistes d'Occident.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 270-280) and index.
Contents
Dualism : a chronology -- Myths about Gnosticism : an introduction -- Gnostic myth 1 : fallen wisdom -- Gnostic myth 2 : the ignorant demiurge -- The abolition of the law and of the actual father : Marcion of Sinope -- Manichaean myth -- Paulicianism or popular Marcionism -- Bogomilism : a pseudodualism -- The two religions of the Cathars -- The tree of Gnosis -- Modern nihilism.
