Codex III: The Mixed Philosophical and Mythological Collection
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.
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Acts of Peter and the Twelve: The Parable of Poverty and Spiritual Wealth
Explore the Acts of Peter and the Twelve, a Nag Hammadi tale of Lithargoel, pearl merchants, and the paradox of poverty as the path to divine treasure.
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The Demented God Architect
Unmasking the Demiurge in Gnostic Cosmology How an ancient heresy threatened the foundations of monotheistic power—and why it had to be destroyed The Forbidden Library In December 1945, an Egyptian peasant named Muhammad Ali al-Samman accidentally uncovered what would become one of the most significant archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century. Near the town of…
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The First Apocalypse of James: Martyrdom and the True Jerusalem
The First Apocalypse of James—Jesus reveals mysteries to his brother before and after the passion, preparing him for martyrdom. Features passwords for ascent through archons and the true Jerusalem above.
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Marsanes: Platonizing Sethian Metaphysics
Marsanes—fragmentary but philosophically ambitious. A Platonizing Sethian treatise mapping the three substances (matter, soul, spirit) and the path of transmigration and return.
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The Gospel of Truth: The Poetics of Recognition
The Gospel of Truth—perhaps the most beautiful text in the Nag Hammadi Library. A Valentinian meditation on error and recognition, forgetfulness and return.
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Codex XII: Fragments and the Sentences of Sextus
Codex XII—the most damaged codex, containing Sentences of Sextus and fragments. Of interest mainly to scholars studying textual transmission.
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Codex XI: Valentinian Technical Texts and Allogenes
Codex XI—Valentinian technical texts and Allogenes. Advanced theological and mystical speculation for specialist readers.
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Codex I: The Jung Codex — Valentinian Theology and the Tripartite Tractate
Codex I (The Jung Codex)—the first discovered, containing Valentinian masterpieces including the Tripartite Tractate, Gospel of Truth, and Treatise on the Resurrection.
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Seven Powers of Wrath: What the Gospel of Mary Magdalene Reveals
Some texts do not merely survive; they resurrect. In January 1896, a German diplomat named Carl Reinhardt purchased a fifth-century papyrus codex from a Cairo antiquities dealer who claimed it had been found wrapped in feathers, sealed in a niche at a Christian burial site in Akhmin, Egypt. The dealer had no idea what he…
