The Nag Hammadi Library gathers ZenithEye articles on the Coptic codices discovered near Nag Hammadi and the Gnostic, apocryphal and contemplative texts they preserve. This archive route explores individual tractates, codex structure, Sethian and Valentinian traditions, ascent literature, feminine divine symbolism, reading paths and the wider significance of these texts for modern seekers, scholars and readers of gnosis.
Codex V contains six tractates spanning pagan philosophy to Christian apocalyptic: Eugnostos, Second Treatise of Great Seth, Apocalypse of Paul, First and Second Apocalypses of James, and Acts of Peter.
Complete guide to Nag Hammadi Codex III: The Mixed Philosophical and Mythological Collection. Apocryphon of John, Eugnostos, Sophia of Jesus Christ, and the Dialogue of the Saviour.
Eugnostos the Blessed from Nag Hammadi Codex III and V. The pagan philosophical source text that became the Sophia of Jesus Christ—pure metaphysics without Christian elements.
The Sophia of Jesus Christ from Nag Hammadi Codex III and V. The Christian adaptation of Eugnostos, revealing divine wisdom through Jesus’s post-resurrection dialogue with disciples.
The Exegesis on the Soul from Nag Hammadi Codex II. The allegory of the soul as prostitute and bride, the fall into forgetfulness, and the return to the Father.
Complete guide to Nag Hammadi Codex VI: The Mixed Theological Collection. Acts of Peter, Thunder: Perfect Mind, Hermetic texts, and the ascent through planetary spheres.
Complete guide to Nag Hammadi Codex VII: The Mixed Christian Collection. Paraphrase of Shem, Second Treatise of the Great Seth, Apocalypse of Peter, Teachings of Silvanus, and Three Steles of Seth.
The Feminine Divine in the Nag Hammadi Library. Barbelo, Sophia, Thunder: Perfect Mind, Norea—a thematic collection of divine feminine texts.
The controversial Gospel of Judas from Codex Tchacos. Judas as the hero who liberates Jesus from material imprisonment—the thirteenth disciple who understood.
Complete guide to Nag Hammadi Codex XI: The Valentinian Collection. Interpretation of Knowledge, Testimony of Truth, and the fragments of Valentinian theology.