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I want to have a better understanding of Gnosticism before I
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I want to have a better understanding of Gnosticism before I read Vails. What should I read?
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Barnstone, Willis; Meyer, Marvin (2003). The Gnostic Bible. Shambhala Books. p.880. ISBN1-57062-242-6.

Barnstone, Willis; Meyer, Marvin (2010). Essential Gnostic Scriptures. Shambhala Books. p.271. ISBN978-1590309254.

Also the Wikipedia page.
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>>7457825
Thanks!
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>>7457834
Give this a lesson as well my man; an In Our Time podcast on Gnosticism: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s4rhz.
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>>7457770
>Vails
Do you mean Valis? If so, what the fuck for? It's a mediocre book at best.
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>>7457865
Cool I'll give it a listen tonight.
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Emperor and Galilean by Ibsen is also great if you want some gnostic stuff
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>>7457920
Sounds neat. Ill look into it.
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>>7457770
my diary, desu
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>>7457770
Start with the greeks
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>>7457877
This except valis is p good

No pre reqs for it, that's silly
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