Sacred Texts & Research Library
A guided collection of primary texts and scholarship used in the study of Presurrection and the wider Gnostic Christian tradition. Sources are arranged by tradition so readers can study them in context.
Primary texts are separated from modern interpretation and scholarship.
Gnostic Gospels & Core Witnesses
Extensive Gnostic texts, translations, and related traditions.
Find individual works by title.
Sayings tradition central to interpretation and self-knowledge.
Two perspectives on Jesus's ascension: Mary sees his angel, while Jesus tells her what the spirit named Desire said while possessing him and how he resisted it. This is Jesus's spiritual battle, reflected in Ephesians 6:12-18.
Sacramental language, resurrection, image, and transformation.
Ignorance, remembrance, and return to the Father.
Resurrection understood as a present spiritual reality.
Discipline, self-knowledge, and the struggle against appetite.
Descent, forgetfulness, awakening, and return.
Textual witnesses and interpretive resources.
Creation, divine image, ignorance, and awakening.
Repentance, ascent, powers, and instruction after resurrection.
A readable translation of the surviving Coptic text.
Manuscript background and research links.
Searchable Coptic text and linguistic data.
Search Coptic corpora and manuscript resources.
Codex list, translations, and manuscript orientation.
Biblical, Ethiopian & Second Temple Foundations
Searchable Hebrew Bible with translations and commentary.
Public-domain R. H. Charles translation.
Manuscript images and catalogue for the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Digital manuscript and translation tools for Isaiah.
Official list of canonical books in the Ethiopian Orthodox tradition.
Text, background, and scholarly orientation.
Major scrolls with images, translations, and context.
Organized links for further study.
Ancient Egyptian Texts & Funerary Theology
Primary-text orientation from Pyramid Texts through later funerary works.
Further Scholarship: James P. Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts; R. O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts and The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead; Jan Assmann; Erik Hornung; the Book of Two Ways; Osirian afterlife traditions; temple theology; and the Thoth tradition.
Hermeticism & Alchemy
Further Scholarship: the Emerald Tablet; alchemical conjunction and transformation; G. R. S. Mead; Zosimos of Panopolis; C. G. Jung’s Psychology and Alchemy and Mysterium Coniunctionis; and modern scholarship on Hermetic initiation.
Greek Philosophy, Platonism & Mystery Traditions
Search Greek and Roman primary texts in original languages and translation.
Public online translation of the central Neoplatonic work.
Scholarly orientation to the Neoplatonic tradition.
Scholarly introduction to Plotinus and his thought.
Public-domain translation of the theurgic treatise.
English translations of Orphic invocations and divine figures.
Justice, the ordered soul, education, ascent from the cave, and knowledge of the Good.
The ordered cosmos, the divine craftsman, soul, form, and matter.
Recollection, virtue, inquiry, and knowledge latent within the soul.
The One, being, contradiction, and disciplined contemplation.
Ancient accounts of mortal men and women raised to divine status through apotheosis.
Descent, conquest of death, recognition, and ascent to Olympus.
Further Scholarship: Plato’s Republic and Phaedrus; Middle Platonism; Plotinus; Iamblichus and theurgy; Orphic descent and return; Greek mystery traditions; apotheosis and participation in the divine; and Greek mythology as an interpretive language for transformation.
Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah
These resources are presented in their Jewish historical context and are not treated as interchangeable with Christian Gnosticism.
Searchable collection of foundational Jewish mystical texts.
The Book of Formation with translations and commentary.
Searchable text and translation of the central Kabbalistic work.
Biblical foundations for later Jewish mystical interpretation.
Further Scholarship: Hekhalot literature; Merkavah ascent; Enoch and Metatron traditions; Sefer Yetzirah; the Zohar; Gershom Scholem; Moshe Idel; Elliot R. Wolfson; divine image, ascent, restoration, and the symbolism of the Tree of Life.
Jungian Psychology, Individuation & Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
These resources support the dissertation’s study of individuation, shadow work, discernment, thought testing, and responsible pastoral care. Psychological interpretation is presented alongside theology without confusing pastoral ministry with licensed clinical treatment.
Authoritative introduction to cognitive behavioral therapy and its structured approach to thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and action.
Library record for Jung’s work on the self, shadow, and symbolic Christianity.
Library record for Jung’s study of religious experience and the psyche.
Archival interview material on Jung’s life, religious thought, and psychology.
University College London thesis on Gnostic themes and psychological transformation.
Scholarly study connecting Jung, pastoral questions, and evil.
Scholarly article on Jung’s approach to religion.
Scholarly discussion of Jung’s relationship to Kabbalistic and Gnostic traditions.
Further Scholarship: Answer to Job; Psychology and Alchemy; Mysterium Coniunctionis; The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious; Symbols of Transformation; Memories, Dreams, Reflections; The Red Book; Judith S. Beck’s Cognitive Behavior Therapy; individuation; shadow integration; cognitive distortions; evidence testing; behavioral practice; values; responsibility; and pastoral boundaries.
Pastoral care may use CBT-informed questions to support reflection and responsible action. It is not psychotherapy and does not replace diagnosis or treatment by a licensed mental-health professional.
Dissertation Scholarship & Research Catalogue
The Library distinguishes primary texts from modern interpretation. This catalogue identifies the principal research fields and scholars supporting the Presurrection dissertation; inclusion does not imply that the Holy Gnostic Church agrees with every conclusion of every source.
GNOSTIC AND EARLY CHRISTIAN STUDIES
Hans Jonas; Bentley Layton; Elaine Pagels; Kurt Rudolph; Karen L. King; April D. DeConick; Marvin Meyer; Birger A. Pearson; John D. Turner; Michael A. Williams; Einar Thomassen; the Coptic Gnostic Library; Nag Hammadi codex studies; the Gospel of Judas; Pistis Sophia; early Christian diversity; and “Gnosticism Through the Prism of the Third Millennium: Or Between God and the Creator,” by Alexander Maistrovoy. A contemporary study of Gnosticism, its historical development, and its continuing significance in the third millennium.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION
James P. Allen; R. O. Faulkner; Jan Assmann; Erik Hornung; Pyramid Texts; Coffin Texts; Book of the Dead; Book of Two Ways; Osirian traditions; temple theology; ritual transformation; and Thoth traditions.
HERMETICISM, ALCHEMY, AND PLATONISM
Corpus Hermeticum; G. R. S. Mead; Brian P. Copenhaver; Wouter J. Hanegraaff; Zosimos of Panopolis; Plato; Middle Platonism; Plotinus; Iamblichus; John Dillon; Gregory Shaw; theurgy; mystery traditions; alchemical conjunction; and participation in the divine.
SECOND TEMPLE JUDAISM AND JEWISH MYSTICISM
Dead Sea Scrolls; 1 Enoch; Jubilees; Isaiah traditions; Hekhalot literature; Merkavah ascent; Sefer Yetzirah; the Zohar; Gershom Scholem; Moshe Idel; Elliot R. Wolfson; Peter Schäfer; James C. VanderKam; Florentino García Martínez; and Enoch-Metatron traditions.
JUNGIAN PSYCHOLOGY AND CBT
C. G. Jung’s Answer to Job, Psychology and Alchemy, Mysterium Coniunctionis, Aion, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Symbols of Transformation, Memories, Dreams, Reflections, and The Red Book; Aaron T. Beck; Judith S. Beck; cognitive distortions; evidence testing; behavioral practice; individuation; shadow integration; responsibility; and pastoral boundaries.
BIBLICAL AND CHRISTIAN FOUNDATIONS
The Hebrew Bible and Septuagint traditions; Isaiah; wisdom literature; one consolidated canonical Gospel witness; Matthew 4; Matthew 15:11; Matthew 16:24; Ephesians 6:10-18; Ethiopian canonical traditions; resurrection traditions; patristic sources where historically relevant; and modern historical-critical scholarship.
FINDING EDITIONS
Crossref Search: Find scholarly articles and DOI records.
The complete citation list is maintained in the Presurrection dissertation and will accompany its authorized scholarly edition.
Translations and interpretations differ. External resources retain their own copyright, access, and use terms. Links are provided for study and may change over time.