"Had Alexandria triumphed and not Rome, the extravagant and muddled stories that I have summarized here would be coherent, majestic, and perfectly ordinary."
- Jorge Luis Borges, on the Gnostics
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From
Jesus to Christ: the story of the storytellers - From "The Gnostic
Gospels" by Elaine Pagels, brought to you by WGBH
in Boston.The Gnostic Worldview - By Dr. Stephan A. Hoeller (author of Jung and the Lost Gospels).
"Jesus Christ spoke Ancient Aramaic, the language in which the first disciples and apostles preached the Gospel and the scribes recorded the New Testament. The Scriptures have been preserved in the sacred, scribal language since the Apostolic Age."
More Aramaic resources can be found here.
Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
The Gnostic Society Library has the complete Gnostic texts, including the Nag Hammadi on-line.
The International Association of Sufism - Gnosis as found in the teachings of Mohammed.
The
Gospel According to Mary a "missing" book of the New
Testament, written by Mary Magdalene.
Mary Magdalene: Author of the Fourth Gospel? This article makes a case for ascribing authorship of the Fourth Gospel (the Gospel of John) in the New Testament to Mary Magdalene.
Mary of Magdala: Goddess in the Gospels? Brought to you by the Order of Magdala. Articles on this page include: "Mary Magdalene Meets Tiberius," and "Magdalene was a Christian leader, not a repentant prostitute."
In Praise of Wisdom - From The Book of Wisdom which was CENSORED from certain versions of the Bible. (It can still be found in some of them - it is in between the "Song of Solomon" and "Ecclesiastes").
"I was sent forth from the power and I have come to you who reflect upon me, and I have been found among those who seek after me. Look upon me, you who see who I am, and you hearers, listen to me. You who are waiting for me, take me to yourselves; do not banish me from your sight; Do not speak disrespectfully of me, nor listen to those who dishonor me. Do not be ignorant of me anywhere, or at any time. Be on your guard! Do not ignore me!"

