The Gnostic 1: Including Interview with Alan Moore [Paperback]

Andrew Phillip Smith (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 10, 2009

The first issue of a tri-annual journal on Gnosticism in all its forms. Featuring interviews with Alan Moore and Sethian Gnostic expert John Turner; a comkplete translation of the Gospel of Judas; Tim Freke on The Gospel of the Second Coming; articles on William Burroughs, Philip K.Dick, the Alternative Judas, Gnosticism and Magic; columns, book reviews and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Bardic Press (March 10, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1906834024
• ISBN-13: 978-1906834029
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #885,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born in 1966 in Penarth, Wales, and attended the University College of Swansea. I now live with my wife Tessa and son Dylan in Dublin, Ireland, after long stints in the London area and the Sierra Nevada foothills of California. I am the author of several books and articles on Gnosticism, early Christianity and esoterica. My books include A Dictionary of Gnosticism, The Gnostics: History * Tradition * Scriptures * Influence, The Lost Sayings of Jesus: Annotated & Explained, Gnostic Writings on the Soul: Annotated & Explained, and The Gospel of Philip: Annotated & Explained. I'm also editor of The Gnostic: A Journal of Gnosticism, Western Esotericism and Spirituality. I wrote the forewords for New Nightingale, New Rose, Poems From the Divan of Hafiz, The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam: Three Translations of the Rubaiyat, and Don't Forget: P.D. Ouspensky's Life of Self-Remembering by Bob Hunter. I've been studying the Gospel of Thomas and the Fourth Way teachings since the late 1980s, and have given a number of presentations and readings on the Gnostics and other esoteric and poetical works.

Current projects include biographies of Alan Moore and Rodney Collin, and perhaps a second book on the Gospel of Thomas.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I've been waiting for., April 2, 2009

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Aiko Daiichi "Aiko" (Long Island, NY USA) - See all my reviews

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Gnosticism is a term that gets used and abused by so many different factions in our contemporary society. This periodical is a fresh and very welcomed introduction to the subject according to some of its best and brightest proponents. I recommend this to anyone who would like a nice sampling of articles that provide a great overview of what sorts of influence Gnosticism now wields in the academic, pop cultural, ecclesiastical, and literary worlds. I look forward to the next volume.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Gnosis Reborn>, September 23, 2009

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Thomas E. Ragland "GnosticTom" (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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My expectations for The Gnostic is that it may be a continuation of the Gnosis Magazine tradition from the 1990s. It looks like it is off to a good start, but I'm wondering what future issues will be like.

2 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I wouldn't buy another 1, November 25, 2009

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Not that it was exactly bad, but it was nothing compared to the original magazine "Gnosis" that it was based on. Now THAT was a good magaine, which is now gone. This was sold as a book, but it was based, definitely, on the old Gnosis magazine. Try again!