Gnosis and Literature

By Arthur Versluis

Few books embrace the range of this one. From the Gnostic sects of antiquity, through medieval Christian authors like Dante and Meister Eckhart, through little-known heretical sects of seventeenth and eighteenth-century Europe, to a survey of contemporary literature, this books is the first to trace Gnosticism and gnosis throughout European and American literary and cultural history. It is not only an excursion through literature, but an examination of the very premises of art, literature, and knowing. To examine Gnosticism and gnosis in literature is to consider more than a long-forgotten heretical movement in antiquity. To look at Gnosticism is to uncover fundamental ways of looking at the world and at the purposes of human life. Chapters include "Gnosticism Ancient and Modern," "Gnosticism in Modern Literature," and much more.

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The Mysteries of Love: Eros and Spirituality

By Arthur Versluis

There is no topic more popular than love, and none of more perennial significance. How countless the songs referring to lovers and to the beloved; how many the popular books! The fount is endless. But if you think you have heard it all about this topic, prepare to be surprised. From antiquity to the present, *The Mysteries of Love* traces the hidden connections between spirituality and eros in European traditions, ranging from Jewish and Christian mysticism to chivalry, the Grail, and troubadours, and culminating in the final chapter, "Christian Tantrism." Here, as in his previous books, Versluis continues to unveil hidden and unexpected riches in the Western spiritual and literary inheritance. Red hardcover stamped in gold, with silk ribbon.

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