WWW Resources for Gnosticism and Nag Hammadi

This page is under construction and will be updated soon

Here are some links to Web sites I've found useful. Each of these will connect you to several other sites of interest. For the study of Religion more generally, there is a valuable page of links for the study of Religion compiled by James Gulick of Magill Library.

Sites of General Interest for the Study of Gnosticism

• Ouroboros: The Gnostic Web Ring
• Edward Moore, "Gnosticism," Internet Encyclopedia of Gnosticism
• The Gnosis Archive
• The Gnostic Society Library
• The Norweigna Gnostic Society (Societas Gnostica Norvegia) Index of Resources
• Academic Info: Gnostic Studies
• The Gospel of Thomas Home Page
• The Ecole Initiative: Index of Web Sites for the Study of Early Church History
• "The Thunder, Perfect Mind" translated by Anne McGuire (Diotima)
• "Thunder, Perfect Mind" translated by George W. MacRae (NHLE) with a commentary by Anonymous
• A Bibliography on Women and Gender in Gnosticism, prepared by Anne McGuire (Diotima)
• The Home Page of the Mandaean Research Centre
• Polemical Works against the Gnostics, Virtual Library:
  • Links to selections from Irenaeus, Clement, Hippolytus, Tertullian, Origen, Chrysostom, Jerome, Epiphanius
  • For more works against the Gnostics, see below: Selected Anti-Gnostic Writings
• Contemporary Anti-Gnostic Sites: Gnostic Friends Network Links to 175+ Anti-Gnostic Sites
  • "Gnosticism and the Gnostic Jesus from the Christian Research Institute.

   

Primary Texts for the Study of Gnosticism: The Nag Hammadi Library and other Ancient Texts

• Nag Hammadi Libary/Gnostic Society
• The Gnostic Society Library 
• The Norwegian Gnostic Society Virtual Library

Selected Anti-Gnostic Writings: Irenaeus, Tertullian, Plotinus, et al.

• Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book One, Virtual Library
• Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, New Advent
• Hippolytus of Rome, Refutation of All Heresies, New Advent Series
• Tertullian, The Prescription against Heretics, Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Tertullian, Against the Valentinians, Christian Classics Ethereal Library
• Plotinus, The Six Enneads, Internet Classics Archive
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  Early Christian Documents

• Guide to Early Church Documents, Institute for Christian Leadership
• Ecole Initiative, Early Church Documents
• St. Pachomius Library
• Early Church Fathers at Wheaton
• Fathers of the Church: New Advent
• Blackwell's Christian Resources on the Net

  Selected Sites for the Study of the Ancient Mediterranean World

• Classics and Mediterranean Archeology Home Page
• Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in Antiquity
• The Ancient World Web
• Magic in Late Antiquity
• Ancient Egypt Links
• The Coptic Network
• Alexandria
• Alexandria in the Roman Period
• Mythology
• Links to Mythology Sites
• Classical Mythology

  Contemporary Gnostic Groups and Texts

• Modern Gnosis: A Resource Guide, prepared by Katie Unger, Bryn Mawr College, for Religin 222a, 2006
  • Additional Index List of Sites on Modern Gnosis
• The Gnostic Friends Network
• The Gnostic Pagan Tradition
  • Hymn to Isis
• Seven Sermons to the Dead, "Transcribed" by C. G. Jung, Attributed to Basilides of Alexandria
  • Link to Stephan Hoeller's Book, The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead
• On Separation by Colin Low, 1998
• Cannabis and the Christ
• New Aeon Socialist Movement

• Gnostic Christian Church Directory, compiled by Gnostic Society of Norway (some links do not work).
• Profile of Contemporary Gnostic Groups: Modern Gnostic Denominations
• Contemporary: Gnostic Friends Network
• Ecclesia Gnostica Home Page
  • An Introduction to the Ecclesia Gnostica by their bishop, Rt. Rev. Stephan A. Hoeller, Los Angeles, CA
  • "The Gnostic Catechism of the Ecclesia Gnostica, by Stephan A. Hoeller
• The Gnostic Church of St. Mary Magdalene
• The Gnostic Pagan Tradition
  • Hymn to Isis
• The Ordo Templi Orientis
  • Spermo-Gnostics and the Ordo Templie Orientis by P. R. Koenig
• The Independent Church of Australia
• The Institute for Gnostic Studies
• The White Robed Monks of St. Benedict Home Page
• Seven Sermons to the Dead, "Transcribed" by C. G. Jung, Attributed to Basilides of Alexandria
  • Link to Stephan Hoeller's Book, The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead

  Primary Texts from Contemporary Gnostic Groups

• Liturgical Calendar, Ecclesia Gnostica
• The Lectionary of the Ecclesia Gnostica
• Morning Prayer of the French Gnostic Church
• Sophia's Tale Retold
• The Holy Gnostic Rosary,
• Benediction, Ecclesia Gnostica

  Additional Sites for the Study of Modern Gnosticism

•  Links to Small List of Sites on Modern Gnosticism
• Texts from Modern Gnosticism (Gnostic Virtual Library)
• Modern Gnosticism - a list from the
• Writings from the Ecclesia Gnostica
• Gnostic Apostolic Church, Australia.
• Ecclesia Gnostica Apostolica
• Ecclesia Gnostic Mysteriorum, Palo Alto, CA.

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