The Mead Collection

Collection Index

Brief Introduction 

Echoes from Gnosis

The Gnosis of the Mind

The Hymn of Jesus

The Hymn of the Robe of Glory

The Hymns of Hermes

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The G. R. S. Mead Collection

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Books by G.R.S. Mead

Pistis Sophia: A Gnostic Miscellany by G. R. S. Mead

Until recent publication of the MacDermot translation (above), this was the most readable translation of major portions of the Books of the Savior (from the Askew codex, commonly titled Pistis Sophia) with excerpts of related literature and valuable commentaries. Pistis Sophia provides our major source on Valentinian Sophiology. Mead provides a more complete and scholarly translation of Pistis Sophia than does McDermot in her new edition -- Mead's version serves better for reference use, and McDermot's for casual study. (This is a reprint edition, and this entire book is available online in our library.)   Buy the Book.

 

Thrice Greatest Hermes
by G. R. S. Mead

This is the complete and unabridged edition of Thrice Greatest Hermes, containing translations of extant sermons and fragments of Trismegistic (Hermetic) literature, with Prolegomena, commentaries, and notes. It was first published in three volumes in London in 1906 and remains the best scholarly edition of the Hermetic writings.  It is also widely considered the definitive masterpiece of G. R. S. Mead.  Buy the Book.

 

Echoes from the Gnosis: 100th Anniversary Edition
by G. R. S. Mead

Fifty years before the discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library, Mead searched, collected and translated a treasure trove of ancient Gnostic texts from Christian, Greek, and Roman sources. First published between 1906 and 1908, Mead's  exploration of the early textual history of Gnosticism remains accurate, insightful and important.  Here is the complete collection of his groundbreaking eleven volumes on Gnosticism -- long out of print and now reissued in a centennial edition with an appreciative commentary by Stephan A. Hoeller.  Buy the Book

 

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: A Contribution to the Study of the Origins of Christianity by G. R. S. Mead 

Mead offers here a superb exposition of virtually all Gnostic materials extant prior to the Nag Hammadi discovery. Though first published over eighty years ago, this study still merits attention. (This is a reprint edition.)  Buy the Book.

Books about G. R. S. Mead

G. R. S. Mead and the Gnostic Quest
by Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

This nice little book offers a concise biography by a noted theosophical historian followed by a wide-ranging collection of extracts from Mead's many published works. This is an excellent introduction to Mead's life and work.   Buy the Book.

 

 

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