Gnosis: An Esoteric Tradition of Mystical Visions and Unions

Daniel Merkur

Language: English

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: Dec 31, 1992

Description:

Traces the use of powerful gnostic visionary techniques from Hellenistic Gnosticism and Jewish merkabah mysticism, through Muhammad, the Ismaeilis, and theosophical Sufism to medieval neoplatonism, and renaissance alchemy.