Gnosticism and the History of Religions

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Acknowledgements
Introduction: A strange charm
1 Against all heresies: Gnosticism before modern scholarship
2 The era of gnosis restored: Nineteenth-century Gnostics
3 The alien god: Gnosticism as existentialism
4 A crack in the universe: Jung and the Eranos circle
5 No texts, no history: Nag Hammadi
6 A revolt against history: Gnostic scholarship, after Nag Hammadi
7 Tongues and misunderstandings: Messina 1966
8 Takes a Gnostic to find a Gnostic: Contemporary gnostic groups
9 The third way: Gnosticism in Western esotericism
10 Knowledge of the heart: The gnostic New Age
11 The greatest heresy: Jeffrey Kripal’s gnostic scholarship
12 Elite knowledge: Gnosticism and the study of religion
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	Introduction: A strange charm
	1 Against all heresies: Gnosticism before modern scholarship
	2 The era of gnosis restored: Nineteenth-century Gnostics
	3 The alien god: Gnosticism as existentialism
	4 A crack in the universe: Jung and the Eranos circle
	5 No texts, no history: Nag Hammadi
	6 A revolt against history: Gnostic scholarship, after Nag Hammadi
	7 Tongues and misunderstandings: Messina 1966
	8 Takes a Gnostic to find a Gnostic: Contemporary gnostic groups
	9 The third way: Gnosticism in Western esotericism
	10 Knowledge of the heart: The gnostic New Age
	11 The greatest heresy: Jeffrey Kripal’s gnostic scholarship
	12 Elite knowledge: Gnosticism and the study of religion
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