Practicing Gnosis: Ritual, Magic, Theurgy and Liturgy in Nag Hammadi, Manichaean and Other Ancient Literature

by April D. DeConick

Ritual, magic, liturgy, and theurgy were central features of Gnosticism, and yet Gnostic practices remain understudied. This anthology is meant to fill in this gap and address more fully what the ancient Gnostics were doing. While previously we have studied the Gnostics as intellectuals in pursuit of metaphysical knowledge, the essays in this book attempt to understand the Gnostics as ecstatics striving after religious experience, as prophets seeking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004256296
• ISBN13: 9789004256293
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.4"