Pistis Sophia, G.R.S. Mead
Pistis Sophia, G.R.S. Mead
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Pistis Sophia
A Gnostic Miscellany: Being for the Most Part Extracts from the Books of the Saviour, to Which Are Added Excerpts from a Cognate Literature

Author: G.R.S. Mead

Narrator: Matthew Schmitz

Unabridged: 9 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2023


Synopsis

Pistis Sophia is a Gnostic text discovered in 1773, possibly written between the third and fourth centuries AD. The existing manuscript, which some scholars place in the late fourth century, relates one Gnostic group's teachings of the transfigured Jesus to the assembled disciples, including his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Martha.This is G.R.S. Mead's translation of the Pistis Sophia, the most extensive Gnostic scripture available until the discovery of Nag Hammadi texts in 1945. The Pistis Sophia is a startling blend of primitive Christianity and Hellenic Paganism, with other elements such as reincarnation, astrology, mystery religion and Hermetic magic.The goddess makes an appearance in the guise of Sophia, a fallen angel. The text is notable because the female disciples of Jesus are treated as active participants in the discourse, in a way that would be unimaginable in later Christianity. Tensions between the men and women disciples are not glossed over.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik on October 02, 2014

Here you will find what might be called the classical "gnostic" text Representative of the Valentinian school, the Pistis Sophia (Faith and Wisdom personified in some sense) gives what often passes for the central myth of gnosticism. Readers of the recently disclosed (by National Geographic most pop......more

Goodreads review by Jon on October 19, 2013

Peter hates women lol. Very eye opening book, and teachings similar to escaping Buddhist samsara cycle.......more

Goodreads review by Fred on August 04, 2024

I put off reading this book for years because someone described it as long and tedious. But some references to it I read recently convinced me I ought to give it a go. I got Mead's translation as a kindle version because it is cheap and I can easily highlight and make notes in a kindle book. The boo......more

Goodreads review by Umar on March 13, 2021

This book really gives more context to the teachings of this great being. descriptions of the journeys that are taken to each planet to attain great mysteries and seals. Different orders of the celestials are mentioned with a understanding of there purposes. yashua relationships with his various dis......more

Goodreads review by Petre on April 19, 2024

What is written in this book is very confronting when compared to main stream Christianity. How ever in this book Jesus expounds on some parables found in the common bible revealing it's real meaning and not the meaning pastors tell you. A lot of this is questions from Jesus disciples and answers from......more