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The Gnostics
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1297815
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Title
The Gnostics
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Year
1987
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First edition
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179
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ISBN10
0-297-79106-0
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Published to accompany the Channel 4 tv series of the same name; a study of the Gnostic tradition, beginning with the discovery of a series of ancient manuscripts in the sands of Upper Egypt in 1945, representing a string of secret teachings emanating from 2nd century Alexandria, passing through Medieval France as dangerous heresy, through the Renaissance as a promise of scientific enlightenment, thence underground until the present day; characters include Valentinus, de Castres, Pico, Bruno, Blake and Mary Shelley. Incudes 16 pages of illustrations.
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Published to accompany the Channel 4 tv series of the same name; a study of the Gnostic tradition, beginning with the discovery of a series of ancient manuscripts in the sands of Upper Egypt in 1945, representing a string of secret teachings emanating from 2nd century Alexandria, passing through Medieval France as dangerous heresy, through the Renaissance as a promise of scientific enlightenment, thence underground until the present day; characters include Valentinus, de Castres, Pico, Bruno, Blake and Mary Shelley.
Incudes 16 pages of illustrations.