One of the best books on spirituality I've read. Practices helpful as well. Tim Freke is a wonderful spiritual teacher.

Don't throw out the Baby with the Bathwater! The authors differentiate between the political manipulations of classic spiritual texts and the "Baby", or the Gnostic truths. Written for a layperson, it is a great introduction or expansion on Gnostic thought. Very enjoyable.

This slim volume kept me entranced, it is one of those books I didn't want to put down. The authors present a very clear case for the hijacking of Gnostic Christianity by the power-hungry Roman church. Read this and you will learn how the modern "Christian" churches are based on 1500 years of lies, distortions, and mistranslations. The also veer into a discussion of Islam, how Muhammad's original message of submission to God gradually changed into a mission of domination, hatred, and opression.

An excellent primer on the true history of Palestine and the religions that grew from that region that morphs halfway through into a gnostic self-help book (a commendable self-help book that many people could benefit from reading, but a self-help book nonetheless). Fascinating for the amount of time it concentrates on tossing out "The Bathwater", but "The Baby" bored me to tears with sentiments that should be obvious to anyone who has every dotted their tongue with some LSD-25 and a copy of "Be Here Now".

It seems to me that Gnosticism is the new veganism and indeed, to Freke, Gnosticism is all about becoming woke rather than awake. This dude's self-righteous, holier-than-thou sentiment is nauseating.

Enlightening read

If you have read the Bible, and found that some verses and chapters do not sit easily in your heart, then here is a little study book, that may well, if read with an open mind, actually offer some tangible answers. This study is very unbiased in its structure and approach. It doesn't ask that any one of any faith, turn their back on the principles that make us good, moral, intelligent human beings, it simply asks us to be mindful of the beliefs of others, and to ask ourselves, where, when, why and what motivates us all to follow our own individual belief systems.

It has a very interesting slant on Western religion which I still bring up from time to time when discussing religion.

Highly recommended for anyone struggling with spirituality.

Anyone interested in this should probably know a little bit about the old and new testaments as well as the Koran before reading it to get the most out of what the book is trying to get across. Its a little difficult and dry at times but overall it was a winner once you get through the tougher parts.

Not a book for those who believe literally or not willing to stretch a little with an open mind.

the first half was excellent, the historical analysis of monotheistic religions on point, to the point and clearly articulated. as for the second half, the promotion of gnosticism, our authors promised that it would not be traditional new-age spiritual "gobbledy gook," as they put it. that is exactly what it was, incomprehensible, circular, supernatural nonsense.

A compact spiritual guide in favor of gnosticism/mysticism/hereticism/whatever-you-want-to-call-it and against literalism, which in my opinion is a brilliant word to describe all of religious stupidity, not just what is traditionally understood by fundamentalism. It is divided into two parts, firstly debunking literalist religion and secondly presenting the wisdom of gnostic spirituality. It also features some nice exercises to help waking up.

One thing I liked in particurlar was that spirituality was tied in with science, and not seen as separate from it. There really is no conflict, once you throw literalism in the dustbin.