New Antiquities - Transformations of Ancient Religion in the New Age and Beyond - Dylan Michael Burns
Studying the “Gnostic Bible”: Samael Aun Weor and the Pistis Sophia
New Antiquities - Transformations of Ancient Religion in the New Age and Beyond - Dylan Michael Burns
Franz Winter [+]
University of Graz
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Franz Winter is professor and chair at the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Graz in Austria. His research interest includes, amongst other areas, the history of Western Esotericism, contemporary religion and spirituality culture, and new religious movements (in Europe, the United States, and Asia). A recent major publication is the Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements, co-edited with Lukas Pokorny and published with Brill, which was awarded an accolade in the category Social Sciences at the International Convention of Asia Scholars in 2019.
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In 1983, a book entitled El Pistis Sophia Develado (Pistis Sophia Unveiled) by the Colombian esoteric writer Samael Aun Weor, born Víctor Manuel Gómez Rodríguez (1917–1977), was published posthumously. It is considered a commentary to an important ancient Gnostic text, Pistis Sophia, that is read according to the Neo-Gnostic teachings of the author. This article provides insight into Weor’s specific approach to this text and the ‘Procrustean bed’ of interpretation he applied to it.