8. Gnosticism/Occultism

The Nature of the Rulers, a gnostic writing.

Understanding Gnosticism (the approach I think we should try to when trying to understand gnostic writing, illustrated with some reflections on how to understand a Gnostic writing called “The Nature of the Rulers”)

The Nature of the Rulers (abbreviated)

The Acts of Thomas (the topic of my doctoral dissertation; describes two ways of overcoming gnostic alienation from the world)

Summary: the Acts of Thomas as a solution to the gnostic problem presented in The Nature of the Rulers