Gnosticism comes from a Greek word gnosis- one of the Greek words for "knowledge". The ideas of the 'spark of enlightenment', or even 'brilliance' can be charged with gnostic significance.

In this second episode on Gnosticism, we're looking further into some very old ideas that seem to re-emerge with some frequency among Christians with new Australian gnostic bishop Tim Mansfield.

Stoyan Krstoff Vatralsky, Mohammedan Gnosticism in America. The Origin, History, Character, and Esoteric Doctrines of the Truth-Knowers, The American Journal of ...

Talisman: Gnostics, Freemasons, Revolutionaries, and the 2000-Year-Old Conspiracy at Work in the World Today Graham Hancock, Robert Bauval. Element Books, $28.95 (562pp) ISBN 978-0-00-719036-2 ...