The Reception of Pistis Sophia and Gnosticism: Uncovering the Link between Esoteric Milieus and Contemporary Academia

This article surveys the reception of the Gnostic text Pistis Sophia in esoteric milieus in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe. The first part of the article contains an overview of the text and scholarship on it. Then follows a study of the reception of Pistis Sophia in a broader array...

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Main Author: Linjamaa, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: Aries
Year: 2023, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 262-300
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Europe / Pistis Sophia / Gnosis / Reception / Esotericism / Theosophy / History 1796-2023
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AX Inter-religious relations
AZ New religious movements
BF Gnosticism
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBA Western Europe
KBK Europe (East)
Further subjects:B Theosophy
B Counter Culture
B Esotericism
B Ancient Wisdom Tradition
B Pistis Sophia
B Libertinism
B reception of Gnosticism
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