Author: A WESTERN MYSTIC.
Title: The Secret Sayings of Jesus Explained.
Description: Aberdeen: Shiva Publications, 1971. One of a limited edition of 600 copies. "In this readable and exciting essay of ideas, the Gospel of Thomas is explained in terms of a modern Gnostic philosophy..The austere psychology of the Fifth Gospel is remote from the superstitious Messiah-worship of the Synoptic Gospels. It is one of the stimulating and important themes of this workl to reveal just how the editors of those Gospels glossed and devalued the wisdom of Thomas." Pp.67. Blue boards, dustwrapper rubbed with edge wear. VG/G+.

Keywords: Western Mystic Secret Sayings Jesus Explained Gospel Thomas Gnostic Philosophy Eastern Western Mysticism Fifth Gospel Christianity 43052 Mysticism


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