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Two ancient texts describe what happens when the soul tries to leave the world. In one, the soul walks out through a checkpoint, answers a gauntlet of…
From The Gospel of Mary
In texts the church never canonized, the same argument keeps breaking out. A woman speaks.
In January 1916, according to his own memoir, Carl Gustav Jung stood in a house that his family believed was haunted.
From Gnosticism Explained
Somewhere in the second century, a Greek-speaking writer imagined a goddess who made a mistake.
From Gnosticism Explained
In December 1945, an Arab peasant made an astonishing archaeological discovery in Upper Egypt.
From Gnosticism Explained
The Gospel of Mary opens mid-sentence. The first words we have, at the top of page 7 of the surviving Coptic codex, are a question from a disciple: "Then…
From The Gospel of Mary
Ask most people what the Gospel of Mary is about, and you will hear a story about a secret marriage.
From The Gospel of Mary