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The Gnostic Society Library is being continually improved and expanded. It is our desire to present all extant Gnostic texts, some in several different translations. Files are presently stored both on The Gnosis Archive server (located in California) and on the Societas Gnostica Norvegia server (located in Oslo). If you have trouble accessing or finding a file, check the SGN site.

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The Nag Hammadi Library

  • The Nag Hammadi Library, a collection of thirteen ancient codices containing over fifty texts, was discovered in upper Egypt in 1945. This immensely important discovery includes a large number of primary Gnostic scriptures -- texts once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy" -- scriptures such as the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Philip, and the Gospel of Truth. The discovery and translation of the Nag Hammadi library has provided impetus to a major re-evaluation of early Christian history and the nature of Gnosticism. (Readers unfamiliar with this history may wish to review the brief introduction to Gnosticism and the Nag Hammadi library provided here.)

    The Nag Hammadi materials in the Gnostic Society Library were completely corrected and re-edited in June of 1997. Multiple authoritative translations of several texts are now included.

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