Contents of Gnostic Tendencies

Here’s a preliminary list of contents for Gnostic tendencies. It already adds up to quite a lot of material.   Introduction:  Why I Write About Gnosticism A Whirlwind Tour Reading the Gnostics Gnostic Scripture The Gospel of Thomas: Translatyion and Esoteric Interpretation The Hard choice: Authoritative Discourse Obnoxious Gnostics: The Apocalypse of Peter 14 Gnostic […]

Reading the Gnostics

Reading the Gnostics was a piece I wrote to accompany A Dictionary of Gnosticism. In a modified form it will be one of the introductory essays in Gnostic Tendencies, intended to whet your appetite for reading the Nag Hammadi Library. Reading the Gnostics   And he [Jesus] said, “The kingdom is like a wise fisherman […]

A Question For Alan Moore

A few months ago I was lucky enough to get the chance to ask Alan Moore, author of Watchmen, V For Vendetta, From hell, Promethea et al, a question. At the moment I can’t really divulge the circumstances but maybe I can say more a bit later. Alan became a magician at the age of […]

Discussing the Cathars With Jesse Waugh

I was interviewed recently by Jesse Waugh, an artist who is exploring the esoteric world in a series of podcast interviews. The interview was focused on the Cathars but we went off on several enjoyable tangents. you can listen to it here:-   http://www.jessewaugh.com/radio/2016/3/10/andrew-phillip-smith-lost-teachings-of-the-cathars

Half a Review

Lost Teachings of the Cathars also has a review in The Scientific and Medical Network review. this only happens to be online because someone else whose book was reviewed posted a couple of pages of the PDF online, and these two pages included half of the review of my own book. So, if you enjoy […]

Review of Lost Teachings of the Cathars

Another good review, this time from the Association of Mormon Letters website. I hardly know anything substantial about the LDS. I did exchange emails with the late Welsh poet and short story writer Leslie Norris, who was a long-term poet-in-residence at Brigham Young University in Utah. And once in a London pub a man came […]

Talk Gnosis Interview

My video interview with the guys at Talk Gnosis is now up on YouTube. This is a short 20 minute chat about Lost Teachings of the Cathars. I went on to record an extra hour of material for them, which I believe you can access via their subscription service on Patreon. We chat mainly about […]