We Gnostics tend to be a bookish lot. There are exceptions, of course, but regardless it is often helpful to compare notes on what media everyone is consuming. This page lists a number of books that are helpful to anyone that is interested in Gnostic Christianity with a special emphasis on the Johannite tradition in particular.
Note: This is very much a work-in-progress. It is not, nor will it ever be, the definitive or comprehensive reading list for our Parish nor the Apostolic Johannite Church as a whole. It is simply a tool to aid those who are hungry to devour information relevant to our tradition and exists to hopefully save them a few steps in the search for quality material.
Introductory Reading —
Sanctuary of the Sacred Flame by Father Tony Silvia
Living Gnosticism: An Ancient Way of Knowing by Monsignor Jordan Stratford
The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing by Stephan A. Hoeller
A Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom by June Singer
Scriptures & Primary Sources —
The Levitikon: The Scriptures According to the Primitive Church, translation by Father Donald Donato
The Gnostic Bible, Revised and Expanded Edition by Willis Barnstone and Marvin Meyer
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures edited by Marvin Meyer
The Gnostic Scriptures by Bentley Layton
Pistis Sophia
The Books of Jeu and the Untitled Text in the Bruce Codex
The Nag Hammadi Library in English edited by James M. Robinson
The Thunder: Perfect Mind — A New Translation and Introduction by Hal Taussig, Jared Calaway, Maia Kotrosits, Celene Lillie, and Justin Lasser
History & Scholarship —
Community of the Beloved Disciple by Raymond E. Brown
Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition by Richard Smoley
The Gnostic Religion by Hans Jonas
Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism by Kurt Rudolph
The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity by David Brakke
What Is Gnosticism? by Karen L. King
Rethinking ‘Gnosticism’: An Argument for Dismantling a Dubious Category by Michael Allen Williams
The Gnostic World edited by Garry W. Trompf, Gunner B. Mikkelsen, and Jay Johnston
Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff
Found Christianities: Remaking the World of the Second Century CE by M. David Litwa
The Gnostics and Their Remains by Charles William King
Specialized Studies —
The Spiritual Seed: The Church of the ‘Valentinians’ by Einar Thomassen
Beyond Gnosticism: Myth, Lifestyle, and Society in the School of Valentinus by Ismo Dunderberg
Images of the Feminine in Gnosticism edited by Karen L. King
The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus by Christian H. Bull
Jesus in the Nag Hammadi Writings by Majella Franzmann
Apocalypse of the Alien God: Platonism and the Exile of Sethian Gnosticism by Dylan M. Burns
Valentinianism: New Studies edited by Christoph Markschies and Einar Thomassen
Neoplatonism and Gnosticism edited by Richard T. Wallis and Jay Bregman
Lexicon of Spiritual Powers in the Nag Hammadi “Library” in the Light of the Texts of Ritual Power by Przemysław Piwowarczyk