The Gnostic Epic of Mary Magdalene and Pistis Sophia

The Pistis Sophia is the most epic and obscure Gnostic Scripture to come down to us from antiquity. Seemingly a manual for initiation into the mysteries of an otherwise unknown gnostic sect, the Pistis Sophia is as magnificent as it is complex, lengthy and obscure. In it we find Jesus 11 years after his resurrection, gathered around him select disciples to reveal the true mysteries of salvation: a truly vast cosmology populated by a staggering range of regions and entities; the secret 4-fold baptisms reminiscent of Greco-Egyptian magical practice without which one was doomed to reincarnation; techniques of mystical ascent back to the ineffable, primordial light through heavenly citadels; all of which was most clearly comprehended not by the male apostles Peter or Paul but by Mary the Mother of Jesus, Martha and most especially Mary Magdalene.

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Recommended Readings:

Erin Evans (Walker) - The Books of Jeu and the Pistis Sophia as Handbooks to Eternity: Exploring the Gnostic Mysteries of the Ineffable - https://amzn.to/4cwV3bd or Summon b/c Brill

Brill - Pistis Sophia (summon!)

Articles by Sarah Parkhouse - https://manchester.academia.edu/SarahParkhouse

Brill - The Woman Jesus Loved: Mary Magdalene in the Nag Hammadi Library and Related Documents (summon!)

GRS Mead - Pistis Sophia: The Gnostic Tradition of Mary Magdalene, Jesus, and His Disciples - https://amzn.to/4cSnq3e